34 CLXxiii. GRAMiXEiE. (J. D. Hookcv.) [ranicum 



B. P, procumbens, NeesAgrost.Bras. 109 ; Herb. WigJd, n. 30o2. T. repens, 

 Burnt, var. alt. Fl Ind. 1. 11,/ 1 ; RoUL in Nene Schri/L iv. (1803) 182. P. 

 Betigeruro, ITerh. Boxb. ex Wall Gat n. 8733 A. D. P. Sieberi, Unh 

 Horf. Berol. i. 207. P. viaticum, Saltzm, ex Doell in Mart. Fl. Bras. ii. 

 II 155.— Pauicnm, Wall Cat. n. 8733 A— D. 8734 B. C. D. Gramen 

 paniceum minus, &c. Petiv. eSc Seheuchz. Agrost. 51 {non P. Petiverii^ 

 Trin.). 



Plains of IJidia, from the Panjab to Assam and Burma, and southward to 

 Ceylon. — Cistkib. Tropics generally. 



Annual or perennial, usually small ; stem 4-18 in., creeping below ; nodes glabrous. 

 Leaves 1-2 in., up to \ in* broad, ovate-lanceolate, acuminate; sheaths ciliate; 

 liguIeO. Panic?^ usually shortly peduncled. Spikes subsecund, at length spread- 

 ing; rachis scabrid and hairy, Spikelets pale, rather turgid; pedicels with cilia 

 longer than the spikelets; gl. I nerveless or 3-nerved; palea of III oblong, acute.— 

 A common Bengal plant, of which and P. vilhsum I find it impossible to unravel the 

 synonymy with confidence. Nees {Agrost. Bras. 109) includes under ;jroc«w^^~S 

 repeTis, Burra. & Roxb. (not Linn,), frostratum^ /3 Lamk., setiqenim, Retz & Roxb., 

 umhrosum, Retz & Roxb., grossarium^ Koen. {not Linn.), harhatuviy Ljinik., & 

 sulcordatum. Roth. Wight (Cat.) includes under procuinhens, Nees, besides n^o^^t 

 of the above, P. hirtumy Roth (Sothii, Spreng.) which is Oplismenus composit^S' 

 Mr. Rendle informs me that Petiver"s plant, which Trinius cites as the type of his 

 P. Petivertit is P. prostratuniy Lamk., but that the P. Petiveriio( Trinius' Icones is 

 P. grossariumj Koen., not Linn.), which I refer to the P. ramosum. 



Var. figidum*p stem very stout wholly prostrate mucb branched, loaves ^ in. 

 triangular-ovate rigid pungent ciliate with long hairs. — Wall Cat. n. 8723 (m part)* 

 Calcutta, Clarke? Burma, Wallich. (Tho specimen has evidently been misplaced 

 in the sheet of P. noiahile.) 



Var. hufmanicutni leaves sparsely hairy beneath, gl. II and III puberulous 

 Burma, Collett, 



10. P. vlllosum, Lamk, lUnstr. i. 173, Encyel iv. 745; leaves ovatc- 



oblong obtuse or acute densely pubescent on botli surfaces base rounded, 



spikes secund erect tomentose, spikelets a^^-iV in. ellipsoid glabrous or 



tomentose, gl. I very short semi-lunar nerveless, II ovate acute 7-nerved, 



III ovate-oolong acute paleate, IV obovate abruptly apicnlate minutely 



rugulose. Kvnth Enum. PL i. 98 ; Herb. Wight n. 3053. PP. Careyanum, 



Nees Agrost. Bras. 118. P. coccospermum, 5'^eu^. Syn. Gram.62\ Thvs* 



Fnum, PI Zet/l 359 ; Trim. Cat Ceyl PL 105. P. grossarium, Roxh. Fl 



Jnd. i. 297; Hochet. in Herb. Eohen. n. 919. P. nanum, Nees in Herb. 



Royhy ex Steud. L c. ; Duthie G-rasf^. N.W. Ind. 5. P. nilagiricum, 



Sieud. Ic. P. procumbens, j3 (setigerum, Roxb.) Wight Cat. n. 3053. P- 



repens, Roxb. P7. Ind. i. 299. P. vestitum, Nees in Herb. Royle ex Steitd' 



I.e.; AiicJiis. Cat. Panjab. PI. ICO; Duthie Grass, N,W, Ind. 7, Fudd* 



Grass. N. Lid. 13.— Pauicum, Wall Cat. n. 8733 E, 8735. 



Subtropical and tropical Himalaya, from the Clienab to Sikkim, alt. 3-GOOO ft- 

 Khabia Hills, alt. 2-6000 it. Nilghiki Hills. BtJEMA, Wallich. CKTLor^ 

 Gardner. — DismiB. Tonkin, China. 



Annual. Habit of P. prostratumf with which it has been confounded, but is ^ 

 hill plant, distinguished by its hairy leaves and much more hairy spike and spikelets. 



ft Spikelets ^\-} in. 



§ Spikelets usually close together^ more or less imbricating. 



10*. P. muticum, ForeJc. Fl Aeg. Arab, 20 ; stout, nodes beardeJ, 



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