356 PLANT LIFE OF ALABAMA. 



Alleghenian to Louisianian area. Illinois to southern Minnesota and Kansas; 

 North Carolina, Georgia, and Mississippi. 



ALABAMA: Mountain region, Central Prairie region. Borders of fields. Lee 

 County, Auburn (Baker $ Earle). Montgomery County. August, September; not 

 rare; perennial. 



Type locality : "Hab. in Carolina." 



Herb. Geol. Snrv. Herb. Molir. 



Paiiicum proliferum Lain. Encycl. 4:747. 1797. SPROUTING PANIC-GRASS. 



Panicum yeniculatum Muhl. Gram. 123. 1817. 



P. proliferum geniculatum Vasey, Contr. Nat. Herb. 3 : :>i. 1892. 



Ell. Sk. 1 : 117. Chap. Fl. 574. Coulter, Contf. Nat. Herb. 2 : 508. 



Carolinian and Louisiauian areas. Iowa, Missouri, south to eastern Texas, and 

 from New England to Florida and Louisiana. 



ALABAMA: Throughout the State; the typical form rather scarce, found in upper 

 district; the large southern form (P. geniculatum Ell.) 3 to 6 feet high frequent in 

 the Coast plain in low rich soil. August, September. Annual. 



The southern plant is a succulent, valuable fodder grass, popularly known as 

 tl water grass." 



Type locality : " Cultivee au J arc) in du Museum ; son lieu natal ue m'est pas conuu." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Panicum verrucosum Muhl. Gram. 113. 1817. WARTY PANIC-GRASS. 



Panicum deUle Ell. Sk. 1 : 129. 1817. 



Gray, Man. ed. 6, 631. Chap. Fl. 574. Vasey, Contr. Nat. Herb. 3 : 34. Scribner, 

 Grass. Teun. 2 : 45, 1. 11, f. 42. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Coast of New York to Florida, west to 

 Louisiana. 



ALABAMA: Coast Pine belt to Coast plain. Low sandy woods, most abundant in 

 flat shaded pine barrens near the coast. Monroe County, Claiborne. Mobile and 

 Baldwin counties. Tuscaloosa County, near University. July to August; common; 

 perennial. 



Type locality: "Hab. in N. Caesarea, Delaware et Georgia." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Panicum rostratum Muhl. Gram. 121. 1817. BKAKED PANICUM. 



Ell. Sk. 1 : 118. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 631. Chap. Fl. 573. Vasey, Contr. Nat. Herb. 3 : 

 35. Scribner, Grass. Tenu. 2 :41, /. 8, f. 32. 



Carolinian and Louisianiau areas. Southern New York, southern Pennsylvania, 

 west rn Virginia, south to Florida, Texas, and Arkansas. 



ALABAMA: Over the State. Damp, close, sandy soil, borders woods, fields, road- 

 sides. Cullman County, 800 feet. Montgomery and Clarke counties. Monroe County, 

 Claiborne. Mobile and Baldwin counties. Frequent; July to October; perennial. 



Type locality : "Hab. in pratis Penns. Carol. Cherokee." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Panicum anceps Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1 : 48. 1803. 



Confounded with Panicum rostratum. Differs from this species in the slender, 

 erect, rigid, and almost perfectly glabrous stem, the contracted panicle with the 

 spikelets more crowded, the ultimate branchlets more or less one-sided, closely 

 appressed to secondary branches; spikelets smaller, erect. 



Louisianian area. South Carolina to Florida. 



ALABAMA: Coast plain. Miry borders of pine-barren ponds, with P. K ten odes t 

 Lobelia paludosa, etc. Mobile County, Kelly's Pond. Baldwin County, Bayou 

 Ingram. June to September; perennial. 



Type locality : " Hab. in Carolinae herbosis humidis sylvaticis." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Panicum longifolium Torr. Fl. N. & Mid. U. S. 149. 1824. 



Britt. & Brown, 111. Fl. 1 : 116. 



Alleghenian, Carolinian, and Louisianian areas. Rhode Island, along the coast 

 to Florida, west to Texas. 



ALABAMA: Coast plain. Flat damp pine barrens, borders of ponds. Mobile County. 

 July, October; frequent; perennial. 



Type locality: "In the pine barrens of New Jersey." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Panicum elongatum Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. 1 : 69. 1814. 



Panicum agrostoides elongatum Scribner, Grass. Tenn. 2 : 42, /. 9, f. 34. 1894. 



Britt. & Brown, 111. Fl. 1 : 115. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. New Jersey, Virginia, Tennessee. 



