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katchewan; S. to N. Eng.. N. J. and Fla.; W. to Minn., Dak., 
Neb., Kan., Mo., Ark. and S. Colo. 
Minn. valley: Throughout; principally in prairie dis- 
trict; high or dry places. 
HERB.: Sheldon 1318, Lake Benton; Sheldon 1378, Ver- 
di, Lincoln Co.; MacM. and Sheld. 13, Brainerd; Sandberg 605, 
Red Wing; Foote 11, Worthington. 
PANICUM Linn. Gen. 47 (1737). 
Thalasium SPRENG. Syst. Cur. Post. 22,80 (1827). 
Digitaria Ricw. in Pers. Syn. I, 84 (1805). 
Syntherisma WALT. FI. Carol. 76 (1788). 
Trichachne Ness, Agrost. Bras. 85 (1829). 
Acicarpa Rappi, Agrost. Bras. 31 (1823). 
Urochloa KuntH, Rev. Gram. I, 31 (1835). 
Coridochloa Nexs, Edin. Phil. Journ. XV, 381 (1831?). 
Eriachne Puiirri, Sert. Mend. Alt. 49 (1860?). 
Holosetum, Mesosetum Sreup. Syn. Glum. I, 118 (1855). 
Bluffia, Rhynchelythrum Ness, Fl. Afr. Austr. Gram. 61, 
64 (1841). 
Thrasya H.B.K. Nov. Gen. et Spec. I, 120 (1815). 
Tylothrasya DoELL. Mart. Fl. Bras. IT, 2, 295 (1833). 
? Dimorphostachys FourN. Compt. Rend. LX XX, 441 (1875). 
Paractaenium, Urochloa, Echinochloa, Hymenachne 
BEAUV. Agrostogr. 47, 48, 53 (1812). 
Streptostachys Desvx. Bull. Philom. IT, 190 (1810). 
Otachyrium Ness, Agrost. Bras. 273 (1829). 
Coleataenia GRISEB. Symb. Arg. 308 (1875). 
Tricholaena SCHRAD. R. and S&S. Syst. II, Mant. 163 (1824). 
? Gramerium Dersvx. ex: Dur. 1. c. (1888). 
? Alloteropsis PRESL, ex Dur. 1. c. (1888). 
Benth. and Hook., Gen. Pl. II1, 1100; Durand, Ind. Gen. Phan. 466; 
Engler and Prantl, Nat. Pflanz. 2, II, 35, 36 (Hackel); Schenck, Palaeo- 
phyt. 384. 
Living species: 310 +; temperate and warmer regions; 
Europe, 18; Russia, 10-12; N. America, 67; So. Sts., 48; E. 
Sts., 22; California, 15; Rocky Mts., 5; Canada, 15; Texas, 41; 
Pl. Wheel., 5; Pl. King, 3. 
Fossil species: ? Tertiary of Switzerland (Schenck). 
Panicum crus-galli Linn. var. hispidum (MUHL.) Torr. Fl. 
N. Y. TI, 424 (1848). 
P. muriatum Micux. Fl. N. Am. I, 47 (1803). 
P. waltert Purso, Fl. Am. 66 (1814). 
P. hispidum Muwy. Gram, 167 (1817). 
Oplismenus muricatus KUNTH, Enum. I, 1438 (1833). 
Wats. and Coult., Gray’s Man., 6 ed. 634; Britt., Fl. N. J. 282; Mac., Fl. 
Can. II, 177; Webb., Fl. Neb. 106; Upham, Fl. Minn. 173; Roth., Wheel: 
Exp. 295; Wats., King Exp. 394; Cov., Fl. Ark. 232; Vas., Mon. 37. 
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