354 PLANT LIFE OF ALABAMA. 
P. pauciflorum Gray, Man. 613. 1848. Not Ell. 1817. 
Britt. and Brown, Il. Fl. 1:118. ; & 
Culm erect, from 8 to 20 inches high, sparingly pubescent; sheaths papillose- 
pilose; leaves acuminate, rounded or truncate at the base, smooth above, glabrous 
beneath, spreading; pavicle small, spreading, and, like the spikelets, glabrous or 
hairy; spikelets turgid, obovoid, about 1} lines long. 
In our specimens the panicle and spikelets are hairy. ; : 
Alleghenian and Carolinian areas. Maine, Outario, and Minnesota, south to Vir- 
ginia and Tennessee, west to Kansas and Arizona. 
ALABAMA: Mountain region. Grassy banks, Cuilman County. June; rare. 
Type locality: ‘‘ Middle Tennessee (Gattinger).” 
Herb. Geol. Surv 
Panicum oligosanthes Schult. Mant. 2: 256. 1824. 
Panicum pauciflorum Ell. Sk.1:120. 1817. Not R.Br. 1811. 
P. scoparium pauciflorum (Ell.) Scribner, Grass. Tenn. 2:48, t. 12, f. 46. 1894. 
Chap. F1. 575. ; ; : 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Southern Illinois, South Carolina to Florida 
and Mississippi. 
ALABAMA: Mountain region to Coast Pine belt. Thickets, shady borders of woods 
in light soil. Lee County, Auburn (Baker § Earle). Washington County, Yellow- 
pine. Mobile and Baldwin counties. May, June; not rare. 
Type locality: ‘Grows in close damp soils. In Georgia, not very rare.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mobr. 
Panicum viscidum Ell. Sk.1:123. 1817. Viscrp Panic Grass. 
Panicum scoparium Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1:49. 1803. Not Lam. 
Gray, Man. ed. 6, 632, Chap. Fl. 575. Vasey, Contr. Nat. Herb. 3:32. Coulter, 
Contr. Nat. Herb. 2:507. Scribner, Grass. Tenn. 2: 46, t. 11, f. 44. 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas. New Jersey to Florida, west to Texas, south- 
ern Missouri, and Tennessee. 
ALABAMA: Mountain region, Metamorphic hills, Central Pine belt to Coast plain. 
Damp thickets, borders of woods, Lee County, Auburn (Baker s Earle), Tusca- 
loosa County (£. A. Smith). Washington County, Yellowpine. Mobile and Baldwin 
counties. July to August; not common; perennial. 
Type locality: “Grows in damp close soils [South Carolina and Georgia].” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Panicum scabriusculum Ell. 8k.1:121. 1817. 
Chap. Fl. 576. Vasey, Contr. Nat. Herb. 3:33. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 
2:507. 
Louisianian area. Southeastern North Carolina, Mississippi, and eastern ‘Texas. 
ALABAMA: Coast plain. Shaded borders of ditches and ponds. Mobile County, 
Ragg’s swamp, foot of Springhill. Baldwin County, Bayou Ingram. April, May; 
infrequent; perennial. 
Type locality: ‘‘ Sent to me from Savannah by Dr. Baldwin.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Panicum commutatum Schult. Mant. 2:242. 1824, VARIABLE PANICUM. 
Panicum nervosum Muhl. Gram.116. 1817. Not Lam. 
Ell. Sk.1:122. Gray, Man. ed. 6,632. Chap. Fl. ed. 3,584. Coulter, Contr. Nat. 
Herb. 2:507. Scribner, Grass. Tenn. 2: 49, t. 13, f. 50. 
Alleghenian to Louisianian area. Ontario, New England, Pennsylvania, Ohio, and 
Tennessee to Florida, Mississippi, Texas, Arkansas, and Missouri. 
ALABAMA: Over the State in shady woods; common. April, May. Perennial. 
Type locality not distinctly given. 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Panicum mattamusketense Ashe, Journ. Elisha Mitch. Soc.15:45. 1898. 
An erect, rather stout perennial, the strict culm 2 to 4 feet high, barbed at the 
nodes; lower leaves and sheaths soft-pubescent, the upper glabrous; leaves lanceo- 
late, 3 to 5 inches long, 3 to 4 lines wide, spreading; panicle 3 to 5 inches long, long- 
peduncled with numerous clustered branches; spikelets ellipsoid, glabrous, pointed, 
fully 1 line long, first glume one-third the length of spikelet. 
Carolinian (?) and Louisianian areas. North Carolina. 
ALABAMA: Central Pine belt. Shaded damp to wet places, margin of springs. Tus- 
caloosa County (Dr. i. A. Smith). Buckley, locality not given. Our plants differ 
from the typical material only in the smooth nodes ard somewhat shorter leaves. 
Type locality: ‘‘ Lake Mattamuskeet, North Carolina.” (W.W. Ashe, June, 1898.) 
Herl. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
