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Panicum eapillare, L. (Old Witch Grass.) 



Fields, etc. Common. 

 Panicum virgattiia, L. 



Beaches among rocks, and inland in wet sandy places. Frequent. 

 Panicum latifolium, L. 



Shady places. Lanesvllle, Danvers (Oakes), Groveland, etc. 

 Panicum clandestiuum, L. 



Banks of Merrimac and Ipswich rivers. Not rare. 

 Panicum dichotomum, L. 



Very conjmon and variable. We have three distinct forms, some 



of which, according to Gray, may prove to be distinct species, and 



it is quite probable that P. pauciflorum. Ell., may have been in- 

 cluded here. 



(a). Eigid, large-flowered. 



(6). Less rigid, taller, small-flowered. 



(c). Autumnal, prostrate. 



All are common. 

 Panicum depauperatum, Muhl. 



Dry hilly places. Common. 

 Panicum Crus-galli, L. (Barnyard Grass.) 



Waste places and cultivated fields. Common. (Nat. from Eu.) 

 Var. hispidum (Gray's Manual). 



Similar situations. Common. (Nat. from Eu.) 



Setaria verticillata, Beauv. 



A street grass in Salem, etc. (Adv. from Eu.) 

 Setaria glauca, Seauv. 



Fields and waste places. Common. (Adv. from Eu.) 

 Setaria viridis, Seauv. 



Fields and streets. Common. (Adv. from Eu.) 

 Setaria Italica, Kmith. 



Sometimes called Millet. Cultivated lands. (Nat. from Eu.) 



Andropogon furcatus, Muhl. 



Dry places in sandy soil. Frequent. 

 Andropogon scoparius, Michx. 



Dry soil. Common. 



Sorghum nutans, Gfray. (Indian Grass.) 

 Ipswich (Oakes), Danvers (J. H. Sears). Scarce. 



Zea Mays, i. (Indian Corn.) 

 A reduced form is often found on wharves and railroad beds, having 

 the flowers developed when only a foot high. 



