. 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. 72. Panicum commutatum Schultes. Variable Panic-grass. Fig. 382. P. nervosum Muhl. Gram. 116. 1817? Not Lam. 1797. Panicum commutatum Schultes, Mant. 2: 242. 1824. Culms erect, i6'-2i° tall, rather slender, glabrous, puberulent at the nodes, simple, finally dichotomously branched above. Sheaths ciliate on the margin, and pubescent at the apex, otherwise glabrou
. 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. 72. Panicum commutatum Schultes. Variable Panic-grass. Fig. 382. P. nervosum Muhl. Gram. 116. 1817? Not Lam. 1797. Panicum commutatum Schultes, Mant. 2: 242. 1824. Culms erect, i6'-2i° tall, rather slender, glabrous, puberulent at the nodes, simple, finally dichotomously branched above. Sheaths ciliate on the margin, and pubescent at the apex, otherwise glabrous; blades spreading or ascending, cordate and clasping at the base, 2'-s' long, J'-i' wide, ciliate at the base, glabrous or puberulent, those of the branches generally broader and more crowded than those of the main stem; panicle 2'-$' long, lax, the branches spreading; spikelets ii" to nearly ij" long, elliptic; second and third scales equal, 7-nerved, pubescent; fourth scale oval, obtuse, apiculate, about 1" long. In dry woods and thickets, Massachusetts to Missouri, Florida and Texas. June-Aug. Panicum Jodrii Vasey, of the southeastern states and Mexico, differs by decumbent culms, leaves scarcely cor- date and unsymmetrical, ranges north to Virginia. 73. Panicum mutabile Scribn. & Sm. Fringed Panic-grass. Fig. 383. Tall P. mutabile Scribn. & Sm.; Nash, in Small, Fl. SE. U. S. 103. 1907. Culms tufted, 16-30 tall, glabrous or minutely puberulent below; sheaths glabrous, excepting the ciliate margin; blades 2F-5' long, io"-2o" wide, horizontally spreading, conspicuously ciliate, espe- cially the broader ones at the base, glabrous on the surfaces; panicle 3'-6' long and nearly as wide; spikelets about ii" long, elliptic, pubescent, the first scale l-i as long as the spikelet. In sandy soil, southeastern Virginia to Florida and Mississippi. June and Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have b
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