60 THE GRASSES OF MAINE. 



71. Panicum latifolium, Linnetis. 

 Pan'-i-cum lat-i-fd-li-um. 



Common Name. Broad-Leaved Panic-Grass. 



Perennial. Stems erect, smooth, simple or somewhat branching, 

 from one to two feet high. The joints and throat of the sheaths 

 bearded with soft, woolly hairs ; leaves, often one inch wide, broadly 

 oblong-lanceolate from a heart-shaped, clasping base. Panicle 

 terminal, partially enclosed by the sheath of the upper leaf; spike- 

 lets obovate and downy. 



Grows in moist woods, and flowers in July and August. Flint 

 says it is of no value for cultivation. 



72. Panicum clandestinum, Linneus. 

 Pan'-i-cum clan-des-ti '-7ium. 



Common Name. Hidden-Flowered Panic-Grass. 



Perennial. Stems from one to three feet high, erect, rigid, very 

 leafy to the top ; leaves from three to six inches long and an inch or 

 more wide; strongly nerved, smooth or slightly hairy above, wiih a 

 heart-shaped, clasping base ;• joints naked, with papillae bearing very 

 stiff and spreading bristly hairs ; lateral and also terminal panicle 

 more or less enclosed in the sheaths ; spikelets ovoid, often smooth ; 

 lower flowers neutral. 



Grows in low thickets and on river banks. Flowers in July and 

 August. 



73. Panicum xanthophysum, Gray. 



Pan'-i-cum xan-tho -phy'-sum . 



Common Name. Yellow Panic-Grass. 



Perennial. Whole plant light green, becoming yellowish in dry- 

 ing ; stems from twelve to fifteen inches high, slender and smooth ; 

 leaves from three to six inches long and about half an inch wide ; 

 sheaths hairy. Panicle nearly simple, few-flowered, on a long, 

 naked, slender peduncle ; spikelets globose-obovate, pubescent, the 

 lower glume about one-third the length of the upper one ; lower 

 flower staminate. 



Grows on dry, sand} T soils, and flowers in June. Rare. 



