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hairy, panicle erect* Inferior branches of the 
panicle opposite, the upper alternate. Cal. Cor. 
Siam. Pist. Seed as in the preceding. Muhl. 
Very cotninon j and rather more 1 think than a variety. 
7. P. panicle with the lateral racemes simple ; leaves latifoiium. 
ovate-lanceolate, hairy at the throat. Sp, pL 
\ /3, panicle few flowered enclosed in the sheath. Wtlld. ciandesti* 
I num. 
1 A foot high. In dry shady places, common. Perennial. 
|i All summer. 
I 
I 8. P. panicle expanding, few flowered ; flowers very paudflorum, 
i large ; leaves narrow lanceolate, ciliate at the 
base ; sheaths hairy. Elliot. 
I In wet places, not uncommon. Perennial. May. 
9. P. culm half a foot high branched below, slender, verrucosum, 
I geniculate, nodes smooth inflated. Leaves alter- 
I nate remote linear-lanceolate, spreading nerved, 
j smooth. Sheath long striate, hairy or ciliate on 
I the margin. Ligula scarcely any, beard form. 
Panicle terminal spreading. Cal. 3-valved, one 
more acute, two ovate acute equal very green 
verrucose (not pubescent) three nerved. Cor* 
equal. Siam. 3, anthers reddish-brown. Pist. 2, 
II blackish. Seed white. Muhl. 
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[j In Jersey, about a mile from the river, opposite the city, 
i! Rare. August. 
10. P culm two feet high, erect smooth compressed, agrostoides. 
I jointed, joints smooth. Leaves lanceolate alter- 
I nate carinated smooth long. Sheath striate smooth. 
1 . Ligula obsolete short. Panicles terminal and late- 
ral, branched. Cal. 3 valved, base bristly, the 
third valve short acute, the rest equal acuminate 
three nerved, I- — 2 flowered, smooth, finally pur-» 
pie. Cor* 2-valved, less than the calix. Siam. 3, 
