38 CLxxin. GUAMiNE.E. (J. D. Hooker.) [Panieum. 



§§ Sinkelets more or less remote. 



15. P- semiverticlllatumj Bottler in Ainslie, Mat. Med. Hindost, 

 Ed. I. 219 {name only) ; stem stout erect branched, leaves broad base woolly, 

 jtanicle large pubescent, spikes distant lontj alternate or whorled lax-tld., . 

 rachis slender, spikelets |-^ iri. ovoid obtuse glabrous, gl. I much shorter 

 than I!I verv broad obtuse 5-nerved, 11 obtuse 7-nerved, III 6-nerved,paIea 

 narrow hyaline, IV ovate-oblong obtuse minutelv granulate. Steud. Syn. 

 Gram. 62, P, semiverticillatum, Wight Gat. n. S050 P, 3051. P. Petivei-ii, 

 ^'hw. Enum. PI. ZeyL 359. 



South Deccan, Coiinbatore, Eottler, Wiylit ; Anamallay Hills, Beddome. 

 Ckylon, at Daiuboul, Gardner (C.P. 8^5), 



Stem tall, erect, or base sliortly decumbent ; nodes and often, interuodes below 

 them tomeiitose. Leaves 5-8 by \-\ in., linear-lanceolate, finely acuminate, flat, 

 glabrous except at the narrow base; sheath tomeutose above; ligule a tuft of 

 wool. Panicle 4-8 in., subpyramidal ; Spikes 1-2J in. ; rachis triquetrous, glahrous 

 or pubescent. Spikelets pale, often solitary, upper shortly pedicelled. — Pos!?ibly a 

 cult, form of P. ramosum. Described by Ainslie as a grain cultivated by the poor 

 lit Coimbatore atid in other graiu countries. I assume it to be Rottler's plant, 

 relying on Wight, who had resided at Coimbatore. P. semiverticillatum. Herb. 

 Rottler, from Jaffna in Ceylon is P. colonum, 



16. P. remotum, Retz. Obs. iv. 17 ; very slender, leaves long narrow 

 and sheaths quite glabrous, spikes few distant slender spreading, spikelets 

 -i\i in, distant subsolitary ellipsoid obtuse glabrous, gl. 1 = ^-\ III obtuse 

 or subacute 3-nerved, II obtuse 5-7-nerved, III 5-nerved, palea narrow, 

 IV elliptic obtuse minutely rugalose, Kunth Enum, PI. i. 125; Steud. 

 tSyn. Oram. 68. P. grossarium, Koen. var. Herb. Rottler. P. Petiverii, 

 Tri . iS'jp. Gram. Ic, t. 176, f. 0. P. relaxatum, Nets ex Steud. Nom Ed. 

 II. ii. 262 ; Wight Cat. n. 1623 a, and /3 depauperatum. 



Obissa., Herb. Calcutt, South Dkccak, Rottler i Courtallana, Wight i Ana- 

 Uhailay Hill'«> Beddome, 



Stem 1-2 ft., much branched, decumbent, flaccid. Leaves 2-4 by \~l in., finely 

 acuminate, membranous, base quite glabrous; ligule very short, lacerate. Spikes 

 t'-8, 2-4 in. long; rachis very slender, almost capillary, triquetrous, quite glabrous. 

 i^pikelets solitary <»r in distant pairs, sessile, or the upper loug-pedicelled ; glumes 

 thin, pale with green nerves. — I tiud no difference between Nees* two vax^. of 

 relaxatum. 



17. P. Xturzll, 7Joo^ /, ; slender, leaves short lanceolate base cordate, 

 margins of bheaths ciliate, spikes few very slender naked or with few halr», 

 spikelets -j*^ in. ovoid acute glabrous, gl. 1=: ^-^ III 3-5-nerved, II ovate 



uiinale 7-nerved, III S-nerveJ, palea broad, IV elliptic* oblong minutely 



rngulose, tip rounded apiculate, — Panieum, Wall. Gat. n. 8746. 



LowKB Bkngal, Walliclu Griffith; Seebpore, Kurz \ Vicrampore and Dacca, 

 Clarke, BfiHAH ; top of l^arusnath, J, I). H. 



Annui)!, decumbent and rooting belov/, flaccid. Leave$2-^hy J-^J in., acuminate, 

 margins criitped ♦owanis the UHually ciliate base 5 Hheath with villous margins; 

 ligule beinded. Panicle 2 6 in. lonpr; spikes few, very distant, 2-3 in, long, with 

 rarely a short brandi bearing 2-3 spikelets towards the base of the lower. Spikelets 



pale. 8ubse^»Ile or I'edicelled.— Tiiis Lower 3 » -^ - * — j - '^' » i... ... 



the Calcutta Bot 



tengal plant found at Heebpore close to 

 oxbur^'h's species, but I cauuot identify 



it. It is very clotHly allied lo P. retnotum and altogether like that plant in habit, 

 differing chietly in the short leavca und the ciliate margins of the leal-sheaths and iu 

 habitat. A doubtful specimen from Buid^anath ^Suntal Pcrguunahs) collected by 

 Clarke, ha^ the narrow leaves of reinotiun. 



