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Spikelets 2 mm. or more long; panicles open. 
Blades erect, firm; spikelets turgid, strongly nerved; 
plants grayish olive green; spikelets turgid, 
| OPT T has Us stl aN eG se a oe 90. P. roanokense. 
Blades spreading; spikelets not turgid, 2.2 mm. or more 
long, pointed; sheaths bearing pale glandular 
SCOP Sole occ hE 2s I, aR eee eae ad 89. P. yadkinense. 
87. Panicum nitidum Lam. 
Panicum nitidum Lam. Tabl. Encycl. 1: 172. 1791; Contr. U. 8. Nat. Herb. 15: 
183. 1910. 
DISTRIBUTION. 
Moist ground and wooded swamps, 
southeastern United States, Bahamas, 
and Cuba. The type specimen from 
[South?] Carolina. 
Bawamas: Great Bahama,Golden 
Grove, Britton & Millspaugh 
2736. 
Cupa: Sierra Nipe, Shafer 2999, | oe os 
3001. . Fic. 113.—Distribution of P. nitidum. 
88. Panicum multirameum Scribn. 
Panicum multirameum Scribn. U. 8. Dept. Agr. Div. Agrost. Circ. 19: 2. 1900; 
Contr. U. 8. Nat. Herb. 15: 185. 1910. 
DISTRIBUTION. 
Banks and dry open ground, 
southern Mexico to Guatemala; also 
in Jamaica. The type specimen 
from Jalapa. 
Veracruz: Orizaba, Bourgeau 
2383, Smith 593, Amer. Gr. 
Nat. Herb.98. Jalapa, Hitch- 
Trig. 114.—Distribution of P. multirameum. cock 6610, 6639, aE ring le 7882, 
8339a, 9209, 9210. 
GUATEMALA: Coban, Tiirckheim IT. 1322. 
Jamaica: Bull Head Mountain, Hitchcock 9532. 
Vox sie ALOIS 
us 89. Panicum yadkinense Ashe. 
Panicum yadkinense Ashe, Journ. Elisha 
Mitchell Soc. 16: 85. 1900; Contr. U. 8. 
Nat. Herb. 15: 195. 1910. 
DISTRIBUTION. 
Moist woods and thickets, southeastern 
United States to Mexico. The type speci- 
men from North Carolina. 
Pursia: Without locality, Nicolas in 
1909. 
Fig. 115.—Distribution of P. yadkinense. 
