PANICE.E. lOJi 



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hranclu's of the paniclo and spikclots, villous. Panicle open. '^O-JJO 

 (in. long. ])ranclies mostly sinii»le, those helov 1-0 em, long, those 

 ahove 2 em. long. Spikelets "^-Howered. mostly single, some in 

 pail's or in threes, oval, abrnptly pointed, 4 mm, long ; first and 

 second glumes membranous, obtuse when spread. 5-nerved : lower 

 palea as long as the second glume, hyaline, "i-nerved, enclosing a 

 stamiuate tlower ; fertile floret oval, obtuse or mucronate. .'J n.m. 

 long. 



Much like E. punctata, and in Index Kewkxsis placed with 

 that species. 



"Sea islands of S(mth Carolina.'' Elliott, Florida, CurtisK 

 ;}('.( M». 



5. E, punctata (L.) W. TTamilt. Prod. PI. Tnd. Occ o (ISrjr)). 

 M Hi a in panctatam L. Amo-n. Acad. 5 : :50'-J (1750). I/i'Io/ms 

 pi'losas 'Vv'u\. Fund. Agrost. 104 (lS"^(t). Outiparlinr jtinir/ata 

 Link, Ilort. IVrol. 1: 51 (lS-^7). llvlDjms paiidatax Nees. Agrost. 

 Bras. 10 (18-^!>). 



Perennial : culms branching below, smooth or silky hairy, es- 

 pecially at the nodes and near the panicle. 40-70 cm. high. 

 Sheaths smooth or soft hairy, reaching nearly to the nodes : blades 

 Hat, hirsute above, 5-15 cm. long. :{-10 mm. wide. Panicle 

 simple, narrow, exsertcd or partially included, 7-10 <-m. long, 

 rachis and branches short-hairy, branches 5-S, secund. subsimple, 

 2-;{ or even 5 cm. long. Spikelets mostly single, some in pairs, on 

 ])edicels 2-4 mm. long, clothed with short hairs, ovate-lanceolate, 

 Ji.5-4 mm. long, with an awn 0.5-2 mm. long : the 2 empty 

 glumes 5-nerved, first the larger : fertile Horet rough, narrowly 

 oval, 2.5-3 mm. long, very briefly mucronate. or with the awn 

 longer. 



New Mexico. U. S. Dept. Agricnl. 17 : Texas (Fll Paso). Jotien 

 4177 ; Mexico, Primjle 812 ; Arizona, Printjk ; Lower California, 

 Patmcr 44. 



Texas, Arizona, New Mexico, ^fexico, West Indies, Huenos 

 Ay res, 



0. E. aristata Vasey. Pnll. Torr. Club, 13: 220 (1S8C). 



Culms rather stout, decumbent and branchin<r below, nodes 



