40 OLXXiii. GRAM1NE.E. (J. D. Hooker.) IPanicum, 



short, rounded. Panicle 6-12 in,, rarely 1 in, diam., often interrupted, sometimes 

 quite cylindric. Spihelets erect, very shortly pedicelled, pale green ; gl. I broadly 

 ovate, acuminate j III tapering into a long rigid erect beak, palea or imperfect. — 

 Generally cited as P. mt^ufas^ of Lamk, but as Nees has pointed out (Agrost. Bras. I.e.) 

 Lamk's plant is Richards' P. myosums (= P. indicum). In Munro's herb-irium 

 P. myuTUs is, perhaps rightly, referred to P* amplexicaule, Rudge (PI. Gui. i. 21), 

 which is a much broader leaved plant. 



20. P, aBsamlcamy JJooi:. /. ; slender, erect, leaves narrow base 

 roTinded, panicle spiciform cylindric very narrow interrupted, spikelets « in. 

 densely crowded on the appressed branches, gl. I = i III 3-nerved, II and 

 III lanceolate 5-nerved, III rather longer than II epaleate, IV ovate- 

 lanceolate thin emooth. 



Assam, Masters, Griffith ; Dacca, Clarice. 



Stem 12-18 in. or more, ascending, as thick as a sparrow's quill, lower nodes 

 rooting. Leaves 2-4 in., narrowed from the base to the acute tip, margins quite 

 smooth, involute (when dry) ; sheath glabrous or mouth slightly hairy ; ligule a 

 narrow membrane. Panicle 3 in., hardly ^ in. diam., pule green, quite glabrous. 

 Spikelets very shortly pedicelled ; glumes thin. — I advance this species with hesita- 

 tion. It is nearest to P. mywrw5, ditfering in size, narrow leaves, very narrow 

 panicle, smaller spikelets, and shorter glume III. 



21. P. auritnm, Presl ex Nees Agrost Bras. 176; tall, erect, leaves 

 linear-lanceolate base broadly cordate, panicle long contracted or more or 

 less effuse much fastigiately branched, branches erect, spikelets tV't^o ^^* 

 crowded on short branchlets solitary sessile or shortly pedicelled oblong or 

 ovate-oblong subacute, gl. I = ^lil obtuse or acute nerves 3-5 arching, 

 II and III 8ube<^ual acute or acuminate 5-nerved, III paleate neuter, IV 

 lanceolate acuminate smooth. Pretl Bel, Ileenh. i. 305; Tnft, Pan. Oen, 

 176; Kunth Enum, PL i. 113; 8teud, Syn, Gram. 70; Thw. Emim. PL 

 Zeyimi ; Trim. Cat Ceyl. PL 105 ; Baker FL MauriL 437 ; Miq, FL Ltd. 

 Bat iii. 456. P. insulicola, Steud. Z. c. 7i. P. javanum, Nees & Biihse in 

 Miq, PL Jungh. 376 ; Miq. FL Ind. Bat I.e. 453. P, maximum, WalL Cat 

 n. 8715 P. P. patens, Bqjer Hort. Maurit. ex Baker L c. P. secundum, 

 Herb, BottL Hvmenachne mvurua. Herb 



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H.f. & T. (in pari), — Panicum, 



Marshes from Bengal and the Concan to Burma, Travancoee, the Malay 

 Peninsula, and Ckyloh. — Distrib. Malaya, China, Mauritius? 



Perennial. Stem 3-6 ft., sometimes as stout as a goose-quill, soft. Leaves 8-1^ 

 hy 1-1 i in., glabrous or sparsely hairy beneath, as is the sheath; mouth villously 

 bearded ; lignle very narrow. Panicle 8-18 in., green, rachis scaberulous, branches 

 2-5 in., branchlets and fascicles of spiKelets subsecund. Spikelets green, fflubrous, nerves 

 strong; erl. I broadly ovate ; II and III ovate-oblong; palea of III small; IV as 

 long as III, white, thinly coriaceous,— The Ceylon specimens have longer (xu"s hi.) 

 narrower and more acuminate spikelets than the normal. 



22. P- interruptum, Willd. Sp. PL i. 341 ; stem tall very stout 

 spongy below, leaves long flat base rounded or subcordate, panicle very 

 narrow almost reduced to a spike, spikelets (many imperfect) i-^ in. 

 fascicled very shortly pedicelled ovoid rather turgid, gl. I = i HI orbicular 

 hyaline 5-nerved, 11 = 111 ovate-oblong obtuse strongly 9-nerved, Hi 

 ovate-oblong obtuse, palea small, IV mucb smaller lanceolate acuminate 

 polished white. Nees FL Afr. Auttr. 51 ; Kuntli Ennm. PL i. 87 ; Boxb. 

 FL Ind. i. 286 ; TFa«. Cat n, 8695 ExcLC. ; Thw. Enum. PL ZeyL 361 ; Trim. 

 Cat CeyL PL 104; Wight Cat. n, 1640; Grif, NotuL iii. 26, Ic. PL Adat 



