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The Grisebach specimen is from eastern Cuba, 1859, no. 1545. This species has 

 been referred to P. molle Sw., but the latter is a quite different Brazilian species. It 

 may be that P. muticum Forsk.« is an older name for this species. 



Salzmann's specimen from Bahia, upon which Panicum equinum is based, is in the 

 herbarium of Professor van Heurck at Antwerp ; a duplicate is in the herbarium at 

 Florence. The specimen from Reugger, Paraguay, also cited by Steudel, is in the her- 

 barium of the Museum at Paris, and also belongs to this species. 



30. Panicum parvifolium Lam. Tabl. Encycl. 1: 173. 1791. 



Wright 3458; Herradura, Tracy 9060, 9079, Hitchcock in 1906, Shafer; Pinar del Rio, 

 Shafer 430 in Herb. N. Y. Bot. Gard. 



The Grisebach specimens are from western Cuba, 1863, numbered, "901=3458" and 

 "927=3458." This is listed by Grisebach & as P. cyanescens. The type of P. parvi- 

 folium is in the Lamarck Herbarium at Paris. Wright 3458 in the Gray Herbarium is 

 labeled "In lagunas (ponds) Los Almacigos, July 28," and "On tembladeros in 

 lagunas, Asiento Viejo de San Julian, Nov." 



31. Panicum pauciciliatum Ashe, Journ. Elisha Mitch. Soc. 16: 87. 1900. 

 On crumbling banks, Loma Pelada, November 20, Wright 3876. 



There is some material of this species mixed with Wright 3461 in the Krug and 

 Urban Herbarium. This species occurs also in Porto Rico {Heller & Heller 982b, 639, 

 Underwood & Griggs 955), and is common in the Atlantic coastal plain of the southern 

 United States. 



32. Panicum pilosum Sw. Prod. 22. 1788. 

 Panicum distichum Lam. Encycl. 4: 731. 1797. 

 Panicum pilisparsum Meyer, Prim. Fl. Esseq. 57. 1818. 



Wright 3457; Herradura, Van Hermann HC 763, Tracy 9063; Isle of Pines, Curtiss 

 305, Taylor 36 in Gray Herbarium. 



There seems to be an error in the number of the Wright specimen. It is published 

 as 3451 in Grisebach 's catalogue and in Flora Cubana, and the specimen is so num- 

 bered in the Kew and the Grisebach herbaria, but in the Sauvalle and the Berlin 

 herbaria the number is 3457. The Grisebach specimen is from western Cuba, 1863, 

 numbered "888=3451." 



The hairs on the rachis are variable. Curtiss' s 305 in the National Herbarium is 

 without hairs; the same number in the herbarium of the Cuba Experiment Station 

 has hairs on some of the spikes. Wright's 3451 in the Gray Herbarium is from ' ' Retiro, 

 July 15, in woods (damp)." 



33. Panicum polycaulon Nash, Bull. Torr. Club 24: 200. 1897. 



Wright 3875 in National Herbarium; Herradura, Hitchcock in 1906; Shafer 480 in 

 Herb. N. Y. Bot. Gard.; Isle of Pines, Palmer & Riley 990. 



34. Panicum repens L. Sp. PL ed. 2. 87. 1762. 

 Habana, Leon 296, 563. 



35. Panicum reptans L. Syst. Nat. ed*. 10. 2: 870. 1759. 

 Panicum, grossarium L. op. cit. 871. 



Panicum caespitosum Sw. Fl. Ind. Occ. 1: 140. 1797. 



Pamcwm pros^ra^um Lam. Tabl. Encycl. 1: 171. 1791. 



Panicum insularum Steud. Syn. PI. Glum. 1: 160. 1854. 



Wright 762, 763, 3857; Habana, Leon 276, 292, 297, 566, 576, Curtiss 691, Hitchcock in 

 1906; San Antonio, i?iic/icoc^ in 1906; Bsiracosi, Pollard, Palmer dc Palmer 19; Madruga, 

 Curtiss 536; Colon, Baker HC 3588; Herradura, Tracy 9103; Cienfuegos, Pringle 73; 

 Combs 253 in Gray Herbarium; Yumury Valley, Rugel 1985 in Gray Herbarium. The 

 following are in the herbarium of the New York Botanical Garden: La Magdalena, 

 Earled; Baker 2455; Baracoa, Underwood & Ear lelSdl; Yumury Mountains, Pwg'eZ 195. 



" Fl. Aegypt. Arab. 20. 1775. & Cat. PI. .Cub. 233. 1866. 



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