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Figure 1028. — Panicum reptans. Two views of spike- 

 let, and floret, X 10. (Type of P. prostratum Lam.) 



Figure 1029. — Panicum fasciculatum. Two views of 

 spikelet, and floret, X 10. (Type.) 



Figure 1030. — Panicum adspersum. Two views of 

 spikelet, and floret, X 10. (Type.) 



and papillose-hirsute; spikelets 3.5 

 to 3.8 mm. long, obovate-elliptic, 

 densely hirsute to glabrous. O — 

 Open sandy or stony ground, or in 

 cultivated soil, western Texas to 

 southern California; Mexico. 



124. Panicum texanum Buckl. 

 Texas millet. (Fig. 1033.) Culms 

 erect or ascending, often decumbent 

 and rooting at the lower nodes, 50 

 to 150 cm. or even to 3 m. long, 

 softly pubescent, at least below the 

 nodes and below the panicles ; sheaths 

 softly pubescent, often papillose; 

 blades 8 to 20 cm. long, 7 to 15 mm. 

 wide, softly pubescent; panicle 8 to 

 20 cm. long, the branches short, 

 appressed, loosely flowered, the axis 

 and rachises pubescent, with long 

 hairs intermixed; spikelets 5 to 6 

 mm. long, fusiform, pilose, often ob- 

 scurely reticulate. O — Prairies 

 and open ground, especially on low 

 land along streams, often a weed in 

 fields, Texas; introduced at several 

 localities, North Carolina to Florida 

 and Oklahoma; Arizona; northern 

 Mexico. 



4. Dichotomiflora. — Somewhat suc- 

 culent branching annuals (a few 

 species perennial) ; blades flat, 

 panicles many-flowered, the 

 branchlets short and appressed 

 along the rather stiff main 

 branches ; spikelets short-pedi- 

 celed, 7-nerved, glabrous; first 

 glume short, broad; fruit smooth 

 and shining. 



Figure 1031. — Panicum ramosum. Two 

 views of spikelet, and floret, X 10. 

 (Handley A-75, Fla.) 



