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ft. high, and a small, ovoid, short-exserted panicle. Spikelets obtuse, 
very turgid, slightly pubescent; outer empty glume minute. 
In dry or moist sandy soil or on dry prairies. June-Aug. Cuya¬ 
hoga, Erie, Wood, Franklin. 
26. Panicum xanthophysum Gr. Slender Panic-grass. A 
tufted, yellowish green perennial grass with simple, erect or ascend¬ 
ing stems, 1-2 ft. high, and a few-flowered, very narrow, finally long- 
exserted panicle with erect branches. Spikelets broadly obovate, 
very turgid, usually pubescent; outer empty glume nearly as long 
as the spikelet. 
In dry soil. June-Aug. Lake County. 
27. Panicum ashei Pear. Ashe's Panic-grass. An erect, stiff, 
sparingly branched, purplish ‘ perennial grass, ft. high, with 
a small panicle, its branches ascending. Spikelets elliptic, obtuse, 
purplish; outer empty glume minute. 
In dry woods. May-Aug. Cuyahoga, Lake, Trumbull, Fairfield. 
28. Panicum commutatum Schultes. Variable Panic-grass. An 
erect, rather slender, finally dichotomously branched perennial grass, 
1-2J4 ft. high, with firm leaf-blades, cordate clasping at the base, 
and a lax panicle with spreading branches. Spikelets elliptic, obtuse; 
outer empty glume minute. 
In dry woods and thickets. June-Aug. Lawrence, Gallia, Fair- 
field, Wayne. 
29. Panicum latifolium L. Broad-leaf Panic-grass. An erect, 
nearly smooth perennial grass with simple or branched stems, 1-3 
ft. high, with broad leaf-blades cordate clasping at the base, and a 
long-exserted panicle with ascending few-flowered branches. Spike¬ 
lets ovate-elliptic, obtuse; outer empty glume about Yz the length 
of the spikelet. 
In rocky woods and on sand dunes. July, Aug. General. 
30. Panicum bdscii Poir. Bose’s Panic-grass. A glabrous or 
minutely pubescent perennial with erect, simple or somewhat 
dichotomously branched stems, l-2j^ ft. high, with broad leaves and 
a slightly exserted panicle with few-flowered spreading or ascend¬ 
ing branches. Spikelets ovate; outer empty glume nearly ^4 as long 
as the spikelet. 
In woods. June-Aug. Warren, Adams, Jackson, Belmont. 
The variety P. boscii molle (Vas.) Hitch. & Ch. is downy- 
pubescent thruout and usually not so tall. Reported from Hamil¬ 
ton, Lawrence, and Cuyahoga Counties. 
31. Panicum clandestinum L. Hispid Panic-grass. An erect 
or ascending, rather stout perennial with at first simple but later 
much branched stems, 1J4-4 ft. high, with broad cordate clasping, 
glabrous leaf-blades and rather long-exserted primary panicles with 
