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124. Panicum Proliferum. LamarJc. 
Syn. —P. miliaceum, Walt, (not of Linn.) P. dicliotomiflorum, Michx. 
P. geniculatum, Mulil. 
Smooth, culms rather stout and succulent, geniculate, ascending or 
procumbent; spikelets lance-oval, appressed; neutral flower wdth a 
single palea, little longer than the perfect one. Annual; flowers in 
September. Culms 1 to 2 feet long. Illinois and Ohio. 
125. Panicum Capillare. Linnceus. 
Panicle capillary, large, loose ; the branches finally divaricate ; neu¬ 
tral flower -with a single palea, which is longer than the perfect one; 
sheaths hirsute; spikelets lanceolate, acuminate, scattered on long 
pedicels ; culms upright. Annual; flowers in August. Culms 6 inches 
to 2 feet high. Apparently introduced ; grows among cultivated crops 
and on waste grounds. Wisconsin, Illinois, Ohio, Michigan and Iowa. 
126. Panicum Virgatum. Linnceus. 
Glabrous ; culms tall; spikelets ovate-acuminate ; sterile flower sta- 
minate, paleae 2 ; panicle elongated, compound, the branches virgate, 
finally spreading, and somewhat nodding. Perennial ; flowers in 
August. Culms 3 to 5 feet high. Wisconsin, Illinois, Ohio and Iowa. 
127. Panicum Latifolium. Linnceus. 
Syn. —P. Walteri, Poir. 
Culm smooth, simple; nodes hairy ; leaves broadly oblong-lanceolate ; 
panicle more or less exserted, the branches spreading ; spikelets obovate, 
downy ; lower glume ovate, not half the length of the many-nerved 
upper one. Perennial; flowers in June. Culms 1 to 2 feet high. Wis¬ 
consin, Illinois, Ohio, Michigan and Minnesota. 
128. Panicum Clandestinum. Linnaeus. 
Syn. —P. pedunculatum, Torrey. 
Culm leafy at the top, rigid, the nodes naked; sheaths rough with 
papillae, bearing spreading, bristly hairs ; leaves oblong-lanceolate; 
panicle partly or entirely inclosed in the sheaths. Perennial ; flowers 
in July and August. Culms 1 to 3 feet high. Illinois, Ohio, Michi¬ 
gan. 
