HITCHCOCK AND CHASE—NORTH AMERICAN PANICUM. 35 
DISTRIBUTION. 
Cultivated and waste ground, escaped from cultivation, Florida to Texas, and 
throughout subtropical and tropical America; native of Brazil. 
Fiorina: Merrimack, Baker 48; Braidentown, Combs 1265, 1311, Tracy 7763.. 
AtaBpama: Mobile, Mohr. in 1880. 
Texas: Without locality, Nealley. 
Mexico: Cuantla, Holway 3045; Manzanillo, Palmer 1078 in 1890; Colima, Hm- 
rick 8; Lower California, Brandegee 46. 
GuatEeMALA: Alta Vera Paz, Twerckheim 7799, 8617; Mazatenango, Maxond& Hay 
3476. 
Satvapor: Without locality, Renson 214. 
NicaraGcua: Chinandega, Baker 2053. 
Costa Rica: Térraba, Pittier 412; border of Rio Tuis, Tonduz 11393. 
BaHAMAS: Nassau, Curtiss W. Ind. Pl. 115. 
Cusa: Puentes Grandes, Leon 283; near Cienfuegos, Pringle 26, Habana, Leén 
568; Romelie, Eggers 4870. 
Porto Rico: Bayamon, Heller 100, Millspaugh 324; Guanica, Millspaugh 727; 
Yauco, Heller 6293; Los Mameges, Eggers 1328. 
DanisH West INpiks: St. Croix, Ricksecker 300. 
LrEewarp Istanps: Guadeloupe, Duss 2689, L’ Herminier in part. 
WINDWARD IstANnps: Martinique, Duss 539; Granada, Broadway in 1904 and 1905. 
CotomsiA: Santa Marta, Smith 211. 
BritisH Guiana: Jenman 5998. 
Braziu: Bahia, Salzmann; Campinas, Novaes 1242; Sao Sebastiao, Lofgren 3142; 
without locality, Riedel. 
Paracuay: Morong 779a. 
Ecuapor: Lehmann 5744. 
This species occurs in the warmer parts of the Old World, where it was probably 
introduced from South America. Hooker @ states that it is ‘‘cultivated or naturalized”’ 
in Bengaland Ceylon. Trimen? makes 
the following statement concerning it: 
“A well-known fodder-grass in Ceylon, 
but there is no record of its introduc- 
tion into the island. According to 
Roxburgh seeds were received at the 
Calcutta Botanical Garden fromSumatra 
in 1804, through Dr. Charles Campbell. 
As it is a native of tropical America, 
the’ Dutch, who then held ports in 
Sumatra, may have imported it from | 
Surinam.” Durand and Schinz ¢ state Fia. 16.—Distribution of P. barbinode. 
concerning P. barbinode, which is re- ; 
ferred to P. molle Swartz, ‘‘Maurice, Seychelles.—Distrib.: Originaire des Indes 
occid. et abondamment répandu maintenant dans l’ancien monde (Baker).”’ 
Fasciculata.—Annuals with flat, usually rather wide blades; ligules ciliate or mem- 
branaceous-ciliate, not over 1 mm. long; inflorescence of several narrow or 
spike-like racemes along a main axis; second glume and sterile lemma usually 
more or less reticulate-veined, at least toward the apex, the lemma, excepting 
in occasional specimens of P. molle, inclosing a palea of nearly equal length 
and often a staminate flower; fruit transversely rugose. 
@ Fl. Brit. Ind. '7: 35.1896. Hooker gives here several synonyms based upon Asiatic 
specimens, which we have not examined. 
6 Fl. Ceylon 5: 140. 1900. ¢Consp. Fl. Afr. 5: 755. 1895. 
