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Panicum.'] clxxiii. gramixe^. (J. D. Hooker.) 41 



y39 f. 221 & t. 146, f. 2. ; Dah. ^ Gibs. Bomh. Fl. 316. P. caudatum, 

 nunh. Fl. Cap. i. 393. P. inundatum, Kunth Eevis. Oram. i. 34 ; Fnum. 

 Y" I- .88. P. spiciforme, Eochst ex A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss, ii. 359. P. 

 Btagnmum, Herh. Ham. ex Wall. Cat. n. 8695 D {non Tietz). P. turritum, 

 JAofi. in Mus. Nat. Acad. Upsal. x. 148. P. uliginosum, Botk Nov. PL 

 I?' r , Hymenachne iuterrapta, BUse in Mia. Fl. Junoh. i. 377 ; Miq. 

 Fl. Ind. Bat. iii. 458 ; Steud. I. c. 101. 



»»,.^^*'^^'' ^''°" *^^ Uppek Gangetic plain to Assam and Burma, and south- 



St Y^^^N-DlSTHiB. China, Malaya, Afr. trop. 

 6-12 T i" 1 ^•'' ^°^^^ internodes often as thick as the thumb, rooting. Leaves 

 shnrf ^ 1? ^"■' ™*"y -served, base hardly contracted ; sheath smooth ; ligule 

 chann ^^™°^^»P"s- ^pi^e 6-10 in. by i in. diam., strict ; rachis stout, terete, 

 bacpon r °J*^^^^^^' spreading, much longer than their pedicels, green, her- 

 redncM "p" • J"^ °^" ^^^ American P. vilfoides^ Trin. (fluviatile, Nees). Bentham 

 ra f, tnterruptum to P. myurus, but they are very different plants. 



flabron ™'^**'"™> Linn. Mant, ii. 184; stem slender, leaves linear 

 Wap fl!i °^ ^^^s^te base narrow, panicle spiciform oblong or cylindric 



crowded -^^^^^ ""^ry short, spikelets longer than their pedicel tV-I in. 



gl, J j_ •^''^ . ^j oblong subacute straight or curved glabrous or hispid, 



^-9-nervpd°TTT 3-nerved, II ovoid cymbiform obtuse or subacute 



mbntA A -J ,^^ ^^'^S ^8 II oblong obtuse 7-9-nerved, palea minute, IV 



8vn /^ °^°^^„8ubacute. Betz. Obs. iii. 9 ; Kuntk Enum. PI. i. 133 ; Sleud. 



A IndTi^^ ' I"^*^ ^^«*- "• 170. Pan. Gen. 84, Sp. Oram. Ic. 197 ; Boxh. 



^l 104 n 5 i ^^^- -^«"'"- -P^- Z^yl- 361 {excl. CP. 909) ; Trim. Gat. Ceifl. 



^Ua»' if^flo ^^- -ffo»i7^. 413, Fl. Austral, vii. 480 ; Franck. ^ Sav. En. 



1642- S/""i ; P- angustum, 2Vm. 8p. Gram. Ic.i.ZZi; Wight Gat. n. 



^otul^\ t \-^''^' arcuatum, Br. Prodr. 189; Kunth I.e. 77', Griff. 



^'xH'OrJ'i'fi- P^-^^i<^t. t. 147, f. 1; Dathie Grass. N.W. Ind.b, 



^¥t- «?/! A ^^'^- ^' P- contractum, Wight ^ Am. ex Nees in Herb. 



^'^•'Sunthl ^'o^^' ^- conglomeratum, Herb. Bottl.;? Linn. Mant. 



'^'^'lannffi &i ^^- ^- interruptum, Wall. Gat. n. 8695 G. partim. P. 



^- »nicroatant^*^^''^^J°' ^'^''^- ^'^^"" ^« Munro in Journ. Linn. Soc.yi. 39. 



^^osurug P-^J^°^' -^""^^- -f^^- i- 170, Encucl. ir. 739; ^M«a Z. c 88. P. 



^«^.7^/i i7o"*T^''^- '^^''- ^'''*^- -^''«<- Pf^f- i- (l''^^) 106. P. myurus, 



r- «« iTuB^J, 7 -^vP^alaroides, iJoem. ^ Sch. Svst. ii. 452. P. phleoides, 



^- H.? rial ^'•j Syraenachne indica, Bdhse ex Miq. FL Lid. Bat. iii. 



?««• Sp P; '^r^^ -^^«s Agrost. 276; )S<eu(i. L c. 202. PAira indica, 

 • ^- F. (iiTr.' M ;. ^- ^^- Panicum. TFa^/. Cat. n. 8696 B. C. {in part) 



n. Tropic!;?, ^ ^- ^■' ^''^' ^ 8^9^- 



oS^'*''aI eastwaril^^^^r^'"'^^ ^^^^^ (ascending 6000 ft. in the Himalaya) from 

 ^^•^'co, an alien)^ southwards. Cetlon.— Dxstbib. Trop. Asia and Australia. 



^*fi>rme^ofwL?^K^''V^P^®^''^^^"s'% into P. infer r upturn and P. myosuroides, 



of ^^^»nute routi^i? i ^^^ ^" ^^^ stouter habit, the hitter in its caudiform spike and 

 ' \.r^ Jumna I \ ^P^kelets. Though so abundant in the Plains to the eastvv-ard 

 ' Jl*^- The Uw'^ ^^" "^ specimens from the west of that river ; nor from 



^J^^ Word snJt °^ ^^^ ^^^ principal Indian forms, in describing which I have 



n.^*^- Wictt '"^ "" conventional senae. 



^^\\' ^f^'^^es 'l_^^?/'^»' ; stem 6-18 in. erect or decumbent at the base, leaves 



I^r^'Veolateac"uf"'f^^-*"'^^'*^ ^^^^^ whitish or blue-purple, spikelets ^Vi i"- 

 l^L f ^'^rm. p „^ V^'^^^^'t «»• decurved glabrous or sparsely setose.— The common 



^*^^;itia p V f^''^^^*?s, Roem. & Sch. is a common state with more setose 



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