53 
Fig. 349. PANICUM MINIMUM (Engel.) Scribn. & Merrill, U. S. Dept. Agr. 
Div. Agros. Cir.27: 4. 1900. (Panicum capillare minimum Engel. in Scribn. Tenn. 
: Agr. Exp. Sta. Bul. 7: 44, fig. 40. 1894; P. minus Nash, Bul. Torr. Bot. Club, 22: 
421. 1895. Not P. capillare minor Muhl. Descr. 124. 1817.) SMALL WITCH- 
GRASS.—A sl ender annual, rarely more than 3 dm. ae) high, with long-pilose 
sheaths, narro red panicles 8-16 
em. (36) bit d 5-10 em. (2/-4’) long psc; p "-3") „erect, 
more or less pilose or pubescent. Spikele p 2 b, o about 15 mm. (7) long, 
elliptical, aeute, smooth, borne singly or t the ends of the ultimate 
riers first st glume about one-third as longa as * equal, acute, second a 
third on Dry woods 
and thickets, New Brunswick to Michigan and Missouri, eee 
August, September. 
