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The Ohio Naturalist. 
[Vol. XIV, No. 8, 
5. Panicum miliaceum L. Millet Panic-grass. An erect 
or decumbent annual 8-20 inches high, hispid or sometimes gla¬ 
brous. Sheathes papillose-hirsute; leaves 5-10 inches long, 3-8 
-1 inch wide, generally pubescent; panicle dense, erect or spreading 
and drooping at maturity; spikelets ovoid-acuminate; outer 
empty glume § as long as the spikelet, 5-7 nerved; second empty 
glume 13 nerved, slightly longer than the other glumes. In 
waste places. Lawrence, Erie, Richland introduced. 
6 . Panicum capillare L. Tumble Panic-grass. A stout spar¬ 
ingly branched, erect or decumbent annual, very sparingly branch¬ 
ed; sheaths papillose-hirsute; leaves pubescent, 0-12 inches long; 
A to | inches wide; panicle very large and diffuse, included until 
maturity; spikelets about A inch long; outer empty glume 
’ 4 -^ as long as the spikelet; second empty glume exceeding the 
fruit. In dry soil as a bad weed. General and abundant. 
7. Panicum gattingeri Nash. Gattinger’s Panic-grass. Sim¬ 
ilar to P. capillare but branching from all the nodes. Panicles 
more numerous but not so spreading or diffuse, leaves less hirsute. 
Moist open ground. Rather general. 
8 . Panicum flexible (Gatt.) Scrib. Wiry Panic grass. A 
slender erect annual V 2 to 2 feet high with a few erect branches. 
Bearded at the nodes; sheaths papillose-hirsute; leaves 4-10 inches 
long; A t° A inches wide or wider; more or less pubescent; 
panicle narrow, 4-0 inches long, about half the entire length of the 
plant; spikelets lass than f inch long, solitary at the ends of 
the branchlets; outer empty glume >4 as long as the spikelet; 
second empty glume long acuminate. Adams, Champaign, 
Madison, Franklin, Erie, Cuyahoga. 
9. Panicum philadelphicum Beruh. Philadelphia Panic- 
grass. A slender erect, freely-branching annual, decumbent at 
the base, 6-16 inches high. Leaves less than 4 inches long. A 
to A inch wide; panicle § the entire length of the plant, few 
flowered, spikelet A inch long, solitary or in 2 ’s at the end of the 
divergent branchlets, eliptic, acute, smooth; outer empty glume 
4 the length of the spikelet; inner empty glume and lemma of the 
sterile flower equal and barely longer than the fruit. In dry 
woods or sandy shores. Ottawa county. 
10 . Panicum depauperatum Muhl. Starved Panic-grass. 
An erect or ascending dichotomous perennial, N-16 inches high. 
Nodes ascending pubescent; upper sheaths shorter than the 
internodes, glabrous or pilose; leaves erect, elongated, A to i 
inch wide; primary panicle much exserted, lower panicle often 
hidden in the leaves; spikelets | inch long, glabrous, acute; the 
second empty glume extending beyond the fruit. In dry soil. 
Cuyahoga county. 
11 . Panicum linearifolium Serib. Linear-leaf Panic-grass. 
A densely tufted perennial, 8-22 inches high; culms glabrous, erect, 
