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PHALARIS, L. Canary- grass. 



AKUNDiNACEA, L. Eeed-Hke Pkalaris. 



Banks of streams, rivers, lakes. Frequent. July. 



MILIUM, L. Millet-grass. 



EFFUStrM, L. Scattered Milium. 



Borders of swamps, banks of streams. Utica; Bridgewater ; Gray. Oriskany, 

 Knieskern. Potter, Yates county, Sartwell in herb. Ham. Coll. June. 



PANICUM, L. Panic-grass. 



PILIFOEME, L. Filiform Panicum. 



Sandy shore of Lake Ontario, from Sodus point to Braddock's bay. 



Rare. Angust, September. 



GLABRUM, Gaudin. Glabrous Panicum. 



Barren sandy fields and banks. Common in uncultivated fields on sandy hills 

 east of Black river, Lewis county. Banks of the Erie canal, Knieskern. 

 Shores of Oneida lake. Damp bluffs along Lake Ontario. 



Frequent. August, September. 



SANGUINALE, L. Finger-grass. Blood-stained Panicum. 



Waste grounds, roadsides, streets. Common. August - October. 



PEOLIFEEUM, Lamarck. Proliferous Panicum. 



Lake marshes. Borders of Oneida lake, Knieskern. Salina, Onondaga coun- 

 ty, G. W. Clinton. Infrequent. August, September. 



CAPILLARE, L. Capillary-panicled Panicum. 



Cultivated fields, sandy copses. Common. 



A depauperate form, one to three inches high, not branched at base but 

 standing upright, bearing short narrow leaves and a close few-flowered pa- 

 nicle, grows in exsiccated swamps. 



An intermediate form occurs on low shores. Angust. 



VIRGATUM, L. Virgate-panicled Panicum. 



Sandy shores. On an island in Oneida lake, Knieskern in herb. Sartwell 

 Ham. Coll. Borders of Cayuga marshes, Seneca county. Banks of Clyde 

 river, Ontario county. Rare. August. 



LAMPOLITJM, L. Broad-leaved Panicum. 



Moist woods, hillsides, banks of streams. Common. June - August. 



CLANDESTINUM, L. Clandstine-Jlowering Panicum. 



Damp thickets, shady ravine-bottoms. Frequent. 



var. PEDTTNOULATrM, Gray. Pedunculate Panicum. 



Under the cliffs at Littlefalls, Herkimer county. Penn-Yan, Yates county, 

 Sartwell in herb. Ham. Coll. July, August. 



XANTHOPHTSUM, Gray. Yellow-natured Panicum. 



Culmo ( simplici aut basi ramoso) panicula foliisque glabris ; vaginis 

 villosis, foliis lato-lanceolatis valde nervosis acutissimis, basi ciliatis ; 

 panicula simpliciuscula pauciflora, ramis erectis vel adpressis ; spiculis 

 globoso-obovatis pubescentibus ; gluma inferiore flosculis subduplo bre- 

 viore, superiore eosdem aequante 9-nervi ; flore masculo bivalvi herma- 

 phroditum glabrum obovatum subsquante : Gray Gram. Sf Cyp. 



Whole plant light green, becoming yellowish in drying. Root perennial. 

 Culm simple or branching from the base, 1 z - 1 5 inches high, glabrous. 

 Leaves broad-lanceolate, 3-6 inches in length, 4-6 lines broad, acute, 

 strongly nerved, ciliate at the base. Sheaths villose, shorter than the joints. 



