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Coast Strip.—SpTay Beach (L), Peahala (L), Barnegat City Jnc. (L), 

 Beach Haven (L), St. Albans (L), Surf City (L), Barrel Isl. (L), Long- 

 port (S), Avalon, Piermont, Wildwood. 



Cape May.— Wildwood Jnc, Bennett, Cold Spring (S), Green Creek (S), 

 Cape May (H&C). 



Panicum polyanthes Schultes. Small-fruited Panic Grass. 



Panicum polyanthes Schultes, Mant. II. 257. 1824. New name for P. multi- 



florum Bll. [nee. Poir] [S. Carolina]. 

 Panicum microcarpon Britton 281. 



Damp shady ground, apparently not very common in our 

 region, and found only in the Middle and Cape May districts. 

 Pi. — Late June to mid- July. Secondary panicles very rare. 



Middle District.— Sea Bright, Camden Co. (C), Pemberton Jnc. (S), Med- 

 ford (S), Ballinger's Mill (S), Yorktown, Maple Shade. 

 Cape May. — Bennett. 



Panicum commutatumi Schultes. Variable Panic Grass. 



Panicum commutatum Schultes, Mant. III. 24. 1824 [Carolina and Georgia]. 



Our only record is at Bennett, Cape May Co., where I col- 

 lected it June 30, 1909. 



Fl. — Early June to late July. 

 Cape ikfoy.— Bennett (S). 



Panicum ashei Pearson. Ashe's Panic Grass. 



Panicum Ashei T. G. Pearson, in Ashe Jour. Elisha Mitch. Sci. Soc. XV. 

 35. 1898 [Wilmington, N. C.]. 



Plentiful in dry sandy woodland of the Pine Barrens and Cape 

 May districts, and less abundant in the Middle district and Coast 

 strip. 



The early forked branching and general smooth rigid ap- 

 pearance are characteristic of this species, as is the frequent 

 purplish coloration. 



Pi. — Late May to mid-July, rarely later. 



Middle District. — Shark River, Woodbury, Glassboro (S), Sewell (S) 

 Bridgeton (S), Yorktown. 



Pine Barrens. — Bamber, Waretown, Tuckerton (H&C), Albion (S) Sick- 

 lerville, Landisville, Millville, Atsion (H&C), Winslow Jnc, Folsom, Ekk 

 Harbor City (H&C), Pancoast, Petersburg, Dennisville (S). 



Coast Strip.— Wildv/ood (H&C). 



Cape May.— Court House, Wildwood Jnc (H&C), Bennett (S), White - 

 boro (S). 



