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Panicum barbulatum Michx. (having a little beard). 



Occasional. Rocky woods and thickets usually in dry soil. 

 June — July. 



Panicum microcarpon Muhl. in Ell. (small-fruited). 



Panicum barbulatum of American authors, not Michx. 



Frequent. Low moist or wet thickets and open places. 

 June — July. 



Panicum boreale Nash (northern). 



Open bogs, wet meadows and moist sandy thickets. Ap- 

 parently rare in southern Connecticut : Griswold and Water- 

 ford (Graves), Franklin (R. W. Woodward & Graves), 

 Southington (Andrews, Bissell), Oxford and Monroe (Har- 

 ger). Probably occasional in the northern part of the state. 

 June — July. 



Panicum spretum Schult. (despised). 



Panicum nitidum of recent American authors, not Lam. 

 Panicum Eatoni Nash. 



Rare. Low meadows and sandy shores of ponds : Groton 

 and East Lyme (Graves), Columbia (Weatherby & Mrs. C. S. 

 Phelps) . June — July. 



Panicum Lindheimeri Nash. 



Panicum nitidum Scribn. & Merr. in part. 



Dry sterile open ground. Occasional or frequent in south- 

 eastern and southwestern Connecticut, apparently rare else- 

 where: East Hartford (Weatherby), Southington (Andrews). 

 June — July. 



Panicum huachucae Ashe. 



Panicum unciphyllum of recent American authors, not Trin. 



Panicum pubescens of Britton's Manual. 



Common. Fields, woods and thickets usually in dry or 



sandy places. June — July. 

 Panicum huachucae Ashe, var. silvicola Hitchc. & Chase (liv- 

 ing in woods). 



Panicum lanuginosum of recent American authors in part. 

 Occasional or frequent. Woods and shaded ground in 



either dry or wet soil. June — July, " 



