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45. Panicum(ineptum Hitche. & Chase, Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 17: 509. /. 98. 

 1915. 



Known only from the type specimen collected in Santo Domingo. 



46. Panicum millegrana Poir. in Lam. Encycl. Suppl. 4: 278. 1816. 



Damp woods and shady banks, Mexico, Cuba, and Trinidad to Paraguay. 

 Originally described from tropical America, probably from Cayenne. 



47. Panicum glutinosum Swartz, Prodr. Veg. Ind. Occ. 24. 1788. 



Mountain woods, Mexico, Cuba, Jamaica, Haiti, Santo Domingo, and Porto 

 Rico, to South America. Originally described from Jamaica. Called " bur- 

 grass " and " ginger grass." 



48. Panicum rudgei Poem. & Schult. Syst. Veg. 2: 444. 1817. 



Savannas, Jamaica and British Honduras to Trinidad and Brazil. Originally 

 described from British Guiana. 



49. Panicum megiston Schult. Mant. 2: 248. 1824. 



Swamps, Mexico, Cuba, and Trinidad to Paraguay. Originally described from 

 British Guiana. 



Panicum teigonum Retz. of the East Indies has been found in a shaded situa- 

 tion at Port of Spain, Trinidad. 



Subgenus DICHANTHELIUM Hitche. & Chase. 



50. Panicum xalapense H. B. K. Nov. Gen. & Sp. 1 : 103. 1816. 



Moist banks and rich woods, southeastern United States to Guatemala; also 

 in Santo Domingo. Originally described from Jalapa, Mexico. 



51. Panicum polycaulon Nash, Bull. Torrey Club 24: 200. 1897. 



Open moist woods and savannas, Florida, Cuba, Jamaica, and Porto Rico. 

 Originally described from Florida. 



52. Panicum strigosum Muhl. in Ell. Bot. S. C. & Ga. 1 : 126. 1816. 



Sandy woods and open moist ground, southeastern United States to Colombia, 

 and in Cuba, Jamaica, and Santo Domingo. Originally described from South 

 Carolina or Georgia. 



53. Panicum aciculare Desv. ; Poir. in Lam. Encycl. Suppl. 4: 274. 1816. 

 Grassy slopes and sandy woods, southeastern United States, Cuba, and Porto 



Rico. The type specimen probably from Porto Rico. 



54. Panicum chrysopsidifolium Nash in Small, Fl. Southeast. U. S. 100. 1903. 

 Sandy woods and open moist ground, Florida and Louisiana, and in Cuba, 



Jamaica, Haiti, Santo Domingo, and Porto Rico. Originally described from 

 Florida. 



55. Panicum fusiforme Hitche. Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 12: 222. 1909. 



Sandy pine woods and open moist ground, Florida, Cuba, Jamaica, and British 

 Honduras. Originally described from Cuba. 



56. Panicum arenicoloides Ashe, Journ. Elisha Mitchell Soc. 16: 89. 1900. 

 Sandy pine woods, southeastern United States ; also in Guatemala and Cuba 



(Isle of Pines, Britton & Wilson 14305). 



57. Panicum neuranthum Griseb. Cat. PI. Cub. 232. 1866. 



Moist savannas, Florida and Cuba. Originally described from Cuba. 



58. Panicum nitidum Lam. Tabl. Encycl. 1 : 172. 1791. 



Moist ground and wooded swamps, southeastern United States, Bahamas, and 

 Cuba. Originally described from [South?] Carolina. 



