1>AM('K.K. 121 



linos. Kovorc'liou distributed this us Srfnrid inn'i^i'ta. Nearly 

 allied to P. fascicuUttuin and joininj,' I'dnicKin and ('hanurr iphis. 



Mexico, PriiKjle 381. 2:)r7 ; Texas, IIV/V//// 1S4!I. Hecerc/wn 

 :\r>, lO'.MJ. 



'Zi\. p. Myosurus Hich. Act. Soc. Hist. Nat. I'ar. 1:10(1 (i:!)'^). 

 y. Mininis Lam. 111. I: 17'^ (KKl). J/i/nHiitic/iiifMi/iirn.s Meaiiv. 

 A.-rrost. 4!», /. 10: I". S (1812). 



('idms erect, robust, without cavity. Sheaths smooth, but little 

 shorter than the internodes (at least al)ovi'); li<,'ul(' broad, entire, 

 1.5 mm. long: blades cordate, with elaspiui^ base, laneeolate-linear, 

 some near the top. ;)0-4() em. lonj,'. -)-') cm. wide. Panicle 

 cylindrical, dense, sliiiiitly branching near tiie base. ']0-:5() cm. 

 long. S-1'^ nun. broad. Spikelets linear, acuminate, I-. 5 mm. long, 

 tirst glume broadly ovate. 3-nerved. about l.o mm. long, set'ond 

 and third. S-iu'rved : floret acute at both ends, I) mm. long, lloral 

 glume and palea thin, the former delicately o-nervi'd. 



Martiiu(|ue, I/u/nt l'^.')!); Mexico. Pdhin'r \:2i)U. 



Mexico. West Indies to Urazil, East Indies. 



•i:. r. MOUA-: Sw. Prod. 2-1 (KSS). pAUA-fiUASs. /'. /jur- 

 hlHot/i'Tvin. Mem. .Vcad. St. Petersb. (VI.) :]:2. 2')(; (18:55). 



A stout asceiuling or erect iierenuial. sparingly branched. 

 • in -ISO cm. high, nodes villous. Leai'-bhuh's 'iO-oO cm. long. 

 1-1.5 cm. wide. Hat. glabrous, or with a few soft, short hairs. 

 Paiucle loose. 1-sidcd, "^0 vu\. long, i)urplish, lead-colored, the 

 lower branches 8-10 v\u, long, simple or branched, the upper '2 

 em. long. Spikelets glalu'ous. subsessile in clusters of •-i-4 or single 

 <m 'I sides of a rough, llexuous. ti'iqueti'ous rachis. oval or elliptical, 

 aeute. 3 mm. or more long, containing a staminate and a })erfect 

 llower: tirst glume deltoid, membranous, 1 -nerved, 1 mm. long; 

 second membranous, obtuse when spread, 5-uerved: lloral glume of 

 the lower floret like the second empty glume ; palea elliptical, 

 hyaline, 2-nerved; floral glume ana )alea of the perfect flower firm, 

 obtuse. 



Alabama, Afohr in 1883. 



Introduced into Alabama from South America and succeeds 

 well on low lands. 



