Fic. 371. PANICUM NITIDUM Lam. Tabl. Encycl. 1: 172. 1791. (Panicum 
spretum Schultes, Mant. 9: 248. 1824; 5 i Nas viis rr. Bot. Club, 25: 
. 1898; P. paueipilum Nash. ibid. 26: 573. 899.)—A erect, cœspitose. 
nally 0 dm foe high, wi h erect, lanceolate 
leaves and rather narrow and emi flowered panicles ta em. (3'-5^) long. 
le a ring of long hairs; leaf-blades 4-10 em. ian long, 3-10 mm. (13”-5”) 
bus Spikelets ovate-oblong, about 1.6 mm. an The second and third 
glabrous; the second and third. N s i y (d) with a small pa 
flowering glume (e) oblong, obtuse: t grounds, Maine to Senn 
Mississippi and Texas, mostly near ve elie 
See 3 & Merrill, U. S. Dept. Agr. die. Agros. Bul. 84:32. Notes on 
te. 1901. 
