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Panicum Boscii Poir. 



Panicum Porterianmn Nash. 



Panicum latifolium of American authors, not L. 



Rare or occaeional. Dry rocky woodlands. June — July. 

 Panicum Boscii Poir., var. molle (Vasey) Hitchc. & Chase 

 (soft). 

 Panicum latifolium L., var. molle Vasey. 

 Panicum pubifolium Nash. 



Dry woods and thickets, usually in rocky ground. Occa- 

 sional or local near the coast, becoming rare inland. June — 

 July. 



Panicum latifolium L. (broad-leaved). 

 Panicum macrocarpon Le Conte. 



Occasional or frequent. Woods and thickets, mostly in dry 

 ground. June — Aug. 



ECHINOCHLOA Beauv. 



Echinochloa crusgalli (L.) Beauv. (cock-spur). 

 Panicum crusgalli L. 



Barnyard Grass. Corn Grass. Cockspur or Cocksfoot Grass. 

 Common. Cultivated ground, mostly in manured soil, 

 waste places and banks of streams. July — Sept. Naturalized 

 from Europe. 



Sometimes troublesome as a weed in cultivated ground, 

 but useful as a forage plant and for the silo. 



Echinochloa frumentacea (Roxb.) Link (producing grain). 

 Japanese Barnyard Millet or Grass. Billion-Dollar Grass. 



Rare. Escaped from cultivation to fields and roadsides : 

 Southington (Andrews), SaHsbury (Mrs. C. S. Phelps). July 

 — Sept. Fugitive from the Old World. 



In cultivation as a forage plant. In India it is grown under 

 the name of Sowna Millet for its grain which is there used 

 as human food. 



Echinochloa Walteri (Pursh) Nash. 



Panicum crusgalli L., var, hispidum Torr. 

 Panicum Walteri Pursh. 



Ditches, marshes and river banks. Occasional or frequent 



