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its presence. This grass, especially the hairy varieties is utter- 

 ly useless for cattle. 



7. P. DIVERGENS, Autumn Pan ie grass. 



This perennial is very common on dry sandy lands and old 

 fields,, growing about a foot high. Cattle eat it when they can 

 find nothing better ; but it is worth little. 



8. P. VERUCCOSUM, Warty Panic Grass. 



This perennial is found in swamps. The culms are from two 

 to four feet long, very slender, smooth and branched. The 

 glumes are rough with minute warts. This grass is worth 

 little. 



9. P. LATIFOLIUM, Broad-leaved Panic Grass. 



This perennial grows twelve to eighteen inches high in moist 

 or dry, rich wooded lands; with leaves an inch or more wide 

 and three or four inches long. It bears repeated grazing from 

 May onward and cattle relish it. But it grows too scattering 

 to be profitable in cultivation. 



10. P. CLANDESTINUM, Hidden-flowered Panic Grass. 

 This valuable perennial is similar to, and grows intermixed 



with the last. It is later and the stems one to three feet high, 

 very leafy and with axillary branches; the panicles lateral and 

 terminal, small and more or less hidden in the sheaths; the 

 leaves one inch or more wide and three to six inches long. 



11. P. PANCIFLORUM, Few-flowered Panic Grass. 



This grass grows one or two feet high in swamps and bogs 

 and is of little value. 



12. P. VISCIDUM, Sticky Panic Grass. 



This soft, densely velvety, downy grass grows one to four 

 lect high in wet swamps and bogs ; stems very leafy and much 

 branched, varies very much. It is of little value. 



14. P. DICHOTOMUM, Polymorphous Panic Grass. 



This perennial growing in swamps, woods, fields, every sort 

 of place from a half foot to three feet high is very variable in 

 stems, panicles, branches, leaves, down, hairs etc. Stock eat it; 

 but it is not very valuable. 



14. P. GLABRUM, Smooth Panic Grass. 



This is common in pastures and .along road-sides, resembles 

 P. sanguinale in general appearance, but is smaller and not 

 hairy, nor so much relished by cattle. 



15o P. OBTUSUM, Obtuse flowered Panic Grass. 



This grass, found in Texas, New Mexico aud South Amer- 

 ica, is described as "similar in appearance to the P. Texanum, 

 but lower and less vigorous in growth, with narrower panicles, 

 and narrower, smoother leaves/' Ag. Dept., II. 1878. Mr. 

 Collier's analysis annexed shows its nutritive value about equal 

 to that of Texas millet. 



