Pennisetum purpureum Schumach.

EXAMINED for
CAT. MICRON. PL.
PLANTS OF THE MARIANAS ISLANDS
SAIPAN
Pennisetum purpureum yor—merkcrj;
mfjiFean
Locality Kannat Laulau, above Magicienne Bay
-	Common in old fields
Occurrence and thickets
on thick red soil mixed with coral debris,
disturbed area
Date Feb 1, 1950 Alt. 75 m.
Coll. F. R. Fosberg No. 31270
"NEW Yö^J.
BOTANICAL!
S®ARDEN ^
Remarks Forming small brakes, culms up
to 3 m. tall, i.5«acm. thick,
flowering spikes rare.
NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
Pacific Vegetation Project
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