PANICE.E. 127 



1 mm. long, 1-3-iiervecl, second oval, ll-nerved, tumid at the base; 

 floral glume of the neuter spikelet 5-nerved; its palea membranous, 

 3-nerved; fertile lloret smooth, ilat on one side, ovoid, obtuse, l.o 

 mm. long. 



Florida, C/irfiss 3o!)l. 



An anmuil, thriving in wet ground. 



South Carolina to Florida and Texas. 



40. P. melicarium Miehx. Fl. Hor. Am. 1:50 (1803). /'. 

 dehila Poir. Lam. Enevel. Su])i)l. 4: 283 (181()). /'. /lafoifissimiiin 

 R. & S. Syst. 2:448 (1817). /'. Iiunis Ell. Hot. S. C. and (ia. 

 1: 118 (181(5). 



A slender glabrous rennial. with a creeping or decumbeiit 

 base. Culms slender, lo-.")!) cm. high. Jilades 8-15 cm. long, 2-3 

 mm. wide, the u))per reaching to the i)aniele. Panicle simple, 

 spreading, rays few, cajjillary, single or in pairs, naked below, 

 0-15 cm. long. Spikelets inostly in distant clusters, on pedicels 

 1-2 mm. long, ovate, subacute, nearly 2 mm. long, first glume 

 broad. 1-3-nerved, 1 mm. long, second oval, 5-nerved; iloral glume 

 of neuter floret 3-r)-nerved, its palea firm, large aiul as long as 

 itself, broadly obovate. gajiiug at the apex, 2-4-nervi'd; fertile floret 

 smooth, elliptical, l-(! mm. long and usually causing the outer 

 glumcis to op(!n. 



Low grounds. North Carolina to Texas. 



41. P. repens L. Sp. Pi. 87. Kd. 2, 87 (17(;2-03). 



Culms stiff, leafy, ;50-(iO cm. high, asceiuling fnun a creeping 

 rhi/ome. Ligule ciliate; blades glabrous or softly hairy, involute, 

 7-15 cm. long, 3-5 mm. wide. Panicle 7-15 cm. long, witli a W'W 

 long, erect or spreading, flexuous brunches. Spikelets smooth, 

 irregularly crowded, oii short, slender j)edic(>ls. oblong jiointed. 2.5 

 mm. long, first ghuue thin, broad, not half as long as the spikelet. 

 obtuse or acute, nerved or not; second and tliird floral glnnu's 

 acute, broad-ovate, 7-'.*-uerved ('* ;)-5-iu;rved."' Henth.). ])alea of 

 the staminate floret oval, nearly 2 mm. long; fertile flon^t oblong, 

 obtuse, 1.5 mm. long, with a thin Iloral glume ami ])alea. 

 Stamens 3. 



Alabama, Mo/ir; Louisiami, Lfnir/Jnis. 



