138 WILD FLOWERS OF CALIFORNIA 



1870. Panicum Urvilleanum 



Plants robust, 2 to 3 feet high, perennial, from creeping rhizomes, culms 

 solitary or few in tuft, pods densely bearded but usually hidden by the darkly 

 villous sheath. Sandy deserts, southern California and Arizona. Binds 

 drifting sands. 



1871. Panicum Lindheimeri 

 Rare in California, Sacramento, Three Rivers. 



1872. Panicum huachucae 



Rare in California, San Bernardino Mountains. 



1873. Panicum occidentale 



Vernal forms yellowish-green, culms slender 6 to 12 inches high, sparsely 

 pubescent leaves tending to cluster at the base. Autumnal form branching 

 from lower nodes forming a spreading tussock. Peat bogs and moist sandy 

 soil. San Diego County to British Columbia. 



1874. Pacific Panic Grass Panicum Pacificum 



Vernal form light green, papillose-pilose, 1 to. 2 feet high. Autumnal 

 form prostrate, spreading, repeatedly branching from the upper and middle 

 nodes. Sandy shores and slopes and moist crevices in rocks. San Bernardino 

 Mountains to British Columbia. Most common species of genus in California. 



1875. Panicum thermale 



Vernal form grayish-green, densely tufted, velvety-villous, 4 to 12 inches 

 high, nodes bearded. Autumnal form widely spreading, repeatedly branching, 

 forming a dense cushion. Wet saline soil around hot springs. Sonoma 

 County, Lassen Peak. 



1876. Panicum Shastense 



Vernal form 1 to 1 >4 feet high, papillose-pilose, Autumnal form spreading, 

 rather sparingly branched from middle nodes. Meadows, Castle Crag (only 

 known locality). 



1877. Scribner's Panic Panicum Scribnerianum 



Grass 

 Vernal form erect, 1 to 2 feet high. Autumnal form branching from 

 middle and upper nodes. Castle Crag; rare in California. 



1878. Barn-yard Grass Echinochloa crus-galli 



Culms erect, spreading or prostrate, 1 to 2 feet high ; panicles 5 to 10, 

 inches long, consisting of several erect, spreading or drooping racemes; 

 spikelets green or purple. Fields and cultivated soil, along irrigating ditches. 



1879. Shama Barn-yard Echinochloa colona 

 Grass 



Culms stout, rather succulent, 2 to 3 feet high, panicle dense, 4 to 10 

 dense racemes ^ to 1 inch long. Reported from southern California. 



1880. Foxtail Millet, Setaria glauca 

 Yellow Foxtail 



A weed, annual, culms branching at the base, glades flat with spiral twist, 

 panicle dense, oblong, 1 to 3 inches long. Rare in California. 



1881. Green Foxtail Setaria viridis 



Annual, culms erect, 3 to 4 feet high, blades flat, not twisted, panicle 

 oblong, ovate. Rare in southern California; found in waste places and culti- 

 vated fields in the northern and eastern states. 



1882. Setaria gracilis 



Perennial; culms erect, 3 to 4 feet high, blades elongated, narrow; 

 panicle slender. Fresno and Riverside. 



