. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions, from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. 153 GRAMINEAE. Vol. 62. Panicum Scribnerianum Nash. Scribner's Panic-grass. Fig. 372. Panicum scoparium S. Wats, in A. Gray, Man. Ed. 6, 632. 1890. Not Lam. 1797. P. pauciflorum A. Gray, Man. 613. 1848. Not Ell. 1817. P. Scribnerianum Nash, Bull. Torr. Club, 22: 421. 1895. Culms erect, 6'-2° tall, simple or late in the season dichotomously branched above, s
. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions, from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. 153 GRAMINEAE. Vol. 62. Panicum Scribnerianum Nash. Scribner's Panic-grass. Fig. 372. Panicum scoparium S. Wats, in A. Gray, Man. Ed. 6, 632. 1890. Not Lam. 1797. P. pauciflorum A. Gray, Man. 613. 1848. Not Ell. 1817. P. Scribnerianum Nash, Bull. Torr. Club, 22: 421. 1895. Culms erect, 6'-2° tall, simple or late in the season dichotomously branched above, sparingly pubescent. Sheaths strongly papillose-hispid, sometimes glabrate; blades 2'-4' long, 3"-6" wide, rounded or 1 truncate at base, acuminate, more or less spreading, smooth above, scabrous beneath; panicles small, the primary one ex- serted, ovoid, ii'-3' long, the secondary ones much smaller and more or less included; branches of the primary panicle spreading, 8"-ii' long, often flexuous; spikelets turgid, obovoid, a little over \\" long. In dry or moist soil, Maine to British Columbia, south to Virginia, Texas and Arizona. June-Aug. Panicum Helleri Nash, of the south-central states, dif- fers in being glabrous or nearly so, and with smaller spike- lets. It is recorded from Missouri. 63. Panicum oligosanthes Schult. Few- flowered Panic-grass. Fig. 373. P. paucif,orum Ell. Bot. S. C. & Ga. 1: 120. 1817. Not R. Br. 1810. P, oligosanthes Schult. Mant. 2: 256. 1824. Culms tufted, erect, l°-2i° tall, villous, finally branched; sheaths, especially those on the branches, papillose-hispid, ciliate on the margin; blades erect or ascending, 2'-^' long, 2i"-s" wide, lanceolate to linear, softly and densely pubescent on the lower surface, the upper surface glabrous or with a few long hairs near the base; primary panicle 2'-$' long, its branches ascending; spike- lets i|"-2" long and about i as wide, oval, pu- bescent. In dry soil, New J
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