12 cT.xxm. GUAMiNE^. (J. T>. IIookcT.) [Pasj}ahm. 



bicrurum, ISalizm. ex Boell in Mart. Fh Bras. ii. 11/55, P. ciliatifoHum, 

 Trin.in Mem. Arad. Petersb. Ser. vi. id. II. (1835), 340. P. ciliatutn, Lam. 

 Illustr. i. 175. P. dolichopus, Trin. ex Steud. Nam. ed. 2, ii. 271. P. erio- 

 phorum, Willcl. ex Nees Agrost. Bras. 56. P. hirsutum, Poir. Encycl v. 28, 

 P. longissimum, Rochst. ex Steud. Sun. Gram. 19. P. nutans, Xam. IlluHr. 

 i. 175. P. Renggeri, Stead. I.e. 17. P. protensum, Trin. Gram. Panic. 

 108. P. pnbeacens, Muhlh. ex Willd. Ennm. Hort. Berol. 89. P. supiDum, 

 Base ex Poir. Encycl v. 29. P. tenne, GiBrtn. Fruct. ii. 2, t. 80. Digitaria 

 coujugata, Schult. Mant. ii. 262.— Paspalus, Wall, Cat. n. 8756. 



Caciiae, Keenan. Penang, Curtis, &c. Singapoke, i'm^. Ceylon, Thwaites 

 (*' introd, from W. ludies.")— I^istrib. Trop. and subtrop. regions. 



Auuual. Stems 1-2 ft., creeping and brauching below. Leaves 4-6 by -i in., or 

 less, margins of sbeath above, and mouth ciliate. Peduncle very slender. Spikes 

 3-7 in., usually geminate and divergent, rachis glabrous. Spi^^elets imbricate, very 

 ))alc, plano-convex; glumes with marginal, villous nerves, and an obsolete median ; 

 111 coriaceous, apiculate, white.~A very elegant grass. • 



3, P. compactum^ Both Nov. Sj). 36; dwarf, hairy all over, spikes 

 forming a pyramidal raceme, rachis slender triquetrous, s{>ikelets ^\j in, 

 hemispneric. Kiinth Enum. PL i. 61; Stend. Syn. Gram. 31. P. costatnnn, 

 Iloclist, in Herb. HohenacJc, n. 635. P. miliaria, C. Muell. in Bot. Zeit. 

 xix. (1861), 325. P. porrigena, Arn in Herb. Wight. Panicum Cauara), 

 Steud. I. c. 58, Pan. ioiperfectum, Eoxb. ex Kunth I. c. 



KiiASiA HiXLs, in wet places, alt. 3-5500 ft., Griffith, &c. Rajputana; Mt. 

 Aboo, Duthie. The Concan and Cakara, Jacquemonty &c, Nilghiri Hills, 



Ijaivson. 



Siefn 6-10 in., decumbent, and branched below ; roots stiff, wiry. Leaves 1-2 

 by J-J in., ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, hairy on both surfaces. Raceme 2-4 in. 

 spikes many, upper gradually shorter; axils usually ciliate. Sjpikelets rather 

 turgid, close-set, but not imbricate, pendulous by short pedicels ; gl. I orbicular, 

 obscurely 3-nerved; 11 narrower, margins broadly hyaline; 111 plano-convex, 

 white, coriaceous, tip rounded. 



4. P, distichuni, Linn. Amcen. Acad. v. 391 ; stem creeping and 



rooting, leaves nai row distichous, sj^dkes geminate, spikelets ^ in. ovate- 

 oblong, appressed to the rachis, gl. I and II equal acute membranous, 

 III acute. Burm. Fl. Ind. 23 ; Su\ Qhs. 35, t. 2, f . 1 ; Geertn. Fruct. ii. 2, 

 t. 80; Kiuifh Eniim. PI. \. 52; Benili. Fl Austral. vii,460; BaJcer FL 

 Manrit. 431. P. brachiatnm, Trin. ex Nees Agrost. Bras. 62. P. depres- 

 Bura, Steud. Sj/n. Gram. 20. P. didactyhira, Saltzm. ex Steud. I.e. P, 

 digitaria, Poir. EncycL Suppl. iv. 316. P. distachyon, Willd. ex Doell in 

 Mart. FL Bras. ii. II. 73. P. Fernandesianura, Colla in Mem. Acad. 

 Turin, xxxix. (1836), 27. P. fissifolium, Nees ex DoeU L c. 104. P. fur- 

 catum, Fluegge Gram. Monogr. 114 (Paspalus). P. geniculatum, Ilcync in 

 Herb. EottL P. Kleinianum, Presl kel. H(pnk.'\. 209; Steud. /. r. 19. 

 P. Koia, Forst. ex Sprcng. Syst. i, 244. P. littorale, Br. Prodr. 188; Trin. 

 Dlss.ii. 95, Sj>. Gram. Ir, t. 112; Knnth Ennm. Lc. 51. P. longiflornm, 

 Betz, Obs. iv. 15, ex Eoxb. FL Lnd. i. 279 ; Beauv. FL Owar. ii. 46, t. 85, f. 

 2; Grah. Cat. Bomb. PL 231. P. maculosnm, Trin. Gen. Panic. 98, Sp. 

 Gram. To. t. 113. P. Michauxiannm, Kunth Revis. Gram. i. 25. P. nota- 

 tum, Fluegge I. c. 106. P. obtusatnm, Nees ex BoclL L c. 103. P, obtnsi- 

 folium, Trin. Sp. Gram. Ic. t. 115. P. platycaule, Willd. ex Steud. Nam. 

 ed. 2, ii, 272. P. repens, Lc. Roxh. n. 779. ined, P, reptans, Poir. ex Doell 

 he. 75. P. serpentinnm, LLochst, ex Sttud. Lc. 22. P. tristachyum, 

 LjecoTife in Journ. Phys. xii. (1820), 285. P. vaginatum, Sw. Prodr. Veg. 

 Lnd. Occ. 21 ; Fluegge L c. 108 (Paspalus) ; Beauv. L c. ii. 53, t. 92 : S. B. 



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