I'AMl'K.K 117 



Found also In tlic \\\'st Indii'S. 



1!>. P. fasciculatum Sw. Fl. Iiid. Occ 1 : \4:> (ITttT). P. 

 fitriatuin Clmpin. FI. S. Stativs, Sinn)!. (KiO (1S80). not Liuii,, not 

 K. Hr. 



Annuiil; culms branching, erect, or the base dcciunhent, ;}0-!>0 

 cm. high. Tjeat'-blades thin. Ilat, cordate, rough or smooth. (I-'iO 

 cm. long, ^y-'^ mm. wide. l*aniclo contracted, exserted or ])artially 

 included, branches mostly .simple, erect. S-1.') cm. long. Spikelets 

 smooth, nerves of the glumes reticulate. ])edicellate. mostly in pairs 

 on one side of a slender. Hexuose. hairy branch, obovate, almost 

 acute, 3-3.5 mm. long, first glume broad, irregularly nerved, altout 

 1 mm. long, second l)road-obovate 7-!>-nerved; floral glume of the 

 sterile floret broad-oval, 7-nerved, its palea of equal length, oval; 

 fertile floret witli the sides unequally convex, rugose with trans- 

 verse liiu's. broad-oval. "^.."j-'^.S mm. long. 



Mexico. Pfi/iiicr 15!>. ;!0S ; Lower California, Palmer '^07; 

 Texas, [\ S. Dcpt. Ai/rinil. from Keverehou. 



South Carolina to Florida ami 4'exas. 



Also found in the West Indies and in South Anu^rica. 



Var. fuscum (Sw.) P. ftisrion Sw. Prod. '^3 (17SS). Plant 

 smaller; leaves 4-G cm. long: spikes 1-3 cm. long; secoiul glume 

 and lower floral glume 5-nerved. 



Arizona. Priiu/Jr in 1SS4. distributed as P. /(tfirmii Sw. 



Var. major (Vasey). P. fuscinn major \'asey. Contrib. V. S. 

 Nat. Herb. 3: -^7 (I.SIC,'). The whole plant stouter; blades 1.5 cm. 

 wide; i)anicle VI cm. long. 



Lower California. Palmer 158. 



Var. reticulatum (Torr.) P. reficiilafttm Torr. Marcy. Hot. 

 Exp. l{ed l\iv. f.ouis. '299 (KSo'^). Plant strict, blades narrow, 4-0 

 cm. long, blades and sheaths hairy; panicle contracted. 4-7 cm. 

 long; second and third glumes 5-nerveil. 



Mexico, Prinf/h 37!», 380. 



'20. P. Texanum liuckl. Orel. Kep. Cicol. & Agric. Surv. Tex. 

 (180(;). teste. Vasey Agricul. Orasses U. S. (1S8<)). Tkxas Mil- 

 let. Coxr.no Ckass. 



A stout decumbent and spreading anniuil, smooth or clothed 



