. Bulletin. Gramineae -- United States; Forage plants -- United States. 11 Lav;i IxmIs, Pfdriiral, Valley f ^It'xicu, lu'dtTal District, <1474 ('. <t. Pringle, Septeni- l)er 1, 189(1. Paspalum velutinum (DC) Kunth, Rev. Gram. 1: 27 (1885). {Milium velniiimrn DC. Cat. Hort. Monnp. 12(i (1813).) Sanily fields, base of Sierra de Ajusco, altitude 1,900 Federal District, 6623 C. G. Pringle, October 29, 1896. This specimen is certainly identical with what Fournier^ considered to be this species, and there can be little doubt but that it is the same as J///(?(»/ ri'Iiiluium DC. Tn habit ver


. Bulletin. Gramineae -- United States; Forage plants -- United States. 11 Lav;i IxmIs, Pfdriiral, Valley f ^It'xicu, lu'dtTal District, <1474 ('. <t. Pringle, Septeni- l)er 1, 189(1. Paspalum velutinum (DC) Kunth, Rev. Gram. 1: 27 (1885). {Milium velniiimrn DC. Cat. Hort. Monnp. 12(i (1813).) Sanily fields, base of Sierra de Ajusco, altitude 1,900 Federal District, 6623 C. G. Pringle, October 29, 1896. This specimen is certainly identical with what Fournier^ considered to be this species, and there can be little doubt but that it is the same as J///(?(»/ ri'Iiiluium DC. Tn habit very much resemT)liii: (1815).) Durango, State of Durango, 524, 736 F]. Palmer, August and September, 1896; Topolobami^o, State of Sinaloa, 242 E. Palmer, September, 1897; Torreon, State of Coahuila, 509 E. Palmer, October, 1898, in rich, moist soil along the Nassus River. Isachne disperina Doell, in Mart. Fl. Bras. 2': 274 (1877). Jalapa, State of Vera Cruz, 1804 C. Smith, 1894. * Panicum albomaculatum Scribn. U. S. Dept. Agr. Div. Agros. Cir. 19: 2 (January, 1900). A rather slender, erect, s])aringly branched perennial, 6 to 8 dm. high,with striate sheaths, short, ciliate ligules, and spreading panicles 12 to 16 cm. long. Nodes glabrous, tlie overlap- })ing margins of the sheaths very densely ciliate or subvil- lous. Leaf-blades 7 to 12 cm. long* 5 to 10 mm. wide (when dry), very acute, rounded at the somewhat clasping base, ^cibrous on the nerves behjw, glabrous aV)Ove, shari>ly serrulate-scabrous on the narrowly cartilaginous margins, which are ciliate near the base. Axis and branches of the panicle glabrous, the lower longer branches 8 to 10 cm. long. Spikelets ovate, obtuse, mm. long; first glume obtuse, l-nerved, subremote, clasping the pedicel; the second and third glumes 7-nerved, thinly pubescent with short hairs, about ecjualing the smooth and shining fourth glume; the third glume has a thin, short palea. The exposed. Fig. 3.—PniiicuinhaiUnni Scrilm tt Mer


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