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Panicum,] cli^xiii. gramine^. (J. D. Hooker.) 47 



longer than the apikelets, gl. I = -| III or less broader than long 3-5- 

 nerved tip obtuse or rounded, II ovate acuminate 11-nerved, III as 

 long as II 9-nerved paleate neater, IV oblong obtuse apiculate. 

 ^^^sAgrost Bras. 199 ; Knnth Enum. PL i, 100 ; Steud, Syn. Oram. 

 w; Uwaites Emim, PL ZeyL 360 ; Trim, Gat. Geyt PL 105 ; AitcUs. Cat. 

 v%;. -P^- 161 ; Duihie Grass. N. W. Ind. 6, Field & Gard. Gvops. I t. 23, 



So n ™^*' -^' ^'^^' 1^ ('"'^ ^^'^^X P- Chintaman, Herb. Sam. ex WalL Gat. 

 "'/.? ^^ P- glabvum, Herh. Ileyne ex Wall Gat n, 8712 C [in part). P. 

 ^liare mr. Meneri, Herb. Ma dr. ex WalL Cat. n. 8712 B. P, miliare, 

 *}a". Cat. n. 8712 A {in part) B {in part) D. P. mncronatum, WalL 

 ^»^. ^^^IVI {inpart). P. raraosum, iioew. ea; Herh. Panics. P. Royleanum, 

 ^^^^BBxButhie Grass. N.W. Ind. 6. F. virg^tnm, Boxb, mss. ex Steud. 

 ^^m. jLd. II ii. 265.— Isachne, WalL Gat. 8659 B {in part). 



' Hotter parts of India, ascending to 4000 ft., Burma, Malacca and Ceylon. 



them^' J ^'^^ ^"^ *^"' rather slender, simple or branched, usually leafy up to 

 sheath Tv."^^^^^* ^^^^ ^^ i~~^ *'""> Aa^) acute or acuminate, usually glabrous; 

 haira ^p^ .^^"^ ^^ hirsute, mouth with a few hairs; Jigule a narrow row of 

 SpiJcli f ^"!v ^^ ^°* » lower branches long; pedicels sometimes ^ in. long. 

 *hite ^ . flattened, dorsally green or purplish ; gl. I variable, membranous, 

 kerbarJ^^^^*"^ overlapping at the base, nerves 3-5 anastomosing ; II and III 



de8crib7s"^l ^T^^^ ^^ ^^^ ^^ ^°"^ ^^ *'^® ^'•^' ^^ shining— Nees (Agrost. Bras.) 

 ^^Wffed ^* ^^ ^^ 7-nerved probably by error. Diseased states occur with gl. IV 

 ^*te andTh^^^*^- ^*^^^'^^^' l'^"""^ describes the spikelets as elliptic and mucro- 

 **f <ievelo P"°'^*^as contracted below and lax above, but this latter is a matter 

 '*a cons * *''^^" Trinius gives as a character of P. psilopodium glumes open, which 

 ^ys tbatT^h'^^ ^^^ ^^ ."^* «W/iero«, but I do not recognize it in this. He further 

 ^**cn. and P • ^^^^ ^'^'^ species in Herb. Lindley under the names of P. ramosum, 

 ^^i coT>M A * '^y''3<^tum^ Roxb. I have in vaiu tried to verify this in Lindley's Herb, , 

 ^"»88.N I d 1? ^"^ ^®^^' Lindley Herb. Mus. Brit, is intended. Duthie, Fodd. 

 ^^'^iliare \C ^*^ note) says that he is unable to distinguish P. 'psilopoiium ^vo\\\ 

 ^*mliare d ?*^P^' ^^^ ^^^ carefully reviewed a multitude of specimens of 

 *<pTobablv*'^ 1*^^'^^^^^^"** ^^ disposed to think them separable, though the former 

 ••^ays ff]Ih i' ^^^"^ °^ ^^^ latter. The true psilopodium he thinks has nearly 



Var C.7 "! ^^^^^' smaller spikelets aud a shorter gl. I. 

 iIt.Abn j?^!r.'^'^' panicle violet or purple.— Simla and Garwhal, up to 6000 ft., 



' ^«^A*^ ; Shan Hills, Burma, ColktU 



34. p t 

 jffnse bra ^^^^^^^^'^j SohuH. Mant, ii. 244 ; leaves narrow, panicle 



^' often gJ^'^+^°^ ^*^^' fil^f^^^ divaricate scaberulous, spikelets ^^o's 

 ^^'illlhr 1? ' pedicels capillary, gls. divergent strongly nerved I, II 

 "^Sual r ^ ^y^^^' I = I 111 or longer acuminate 5-nerved, II and III 

 ^'^'ong obt. u ■ • subcuspidate 9-nerved, III paleate neuter, IV broadly 

 ^^b Li?>r7Tr^^^ ^^^^^ 5-nerved. P. coloratum, 3 hirsutnm, Nees in 

 1230; J n-'iZ ^^^"^^•)- p. confine, Hoc/ist. in Schimp. PL Abyss, n. 

 ^^^. A mil 7 ' ^'' '^^y^^^' ^^- 373 ; Steud. Syn. Gram. 73. P. jamento- 

 E. P. rnihlrl' ^ "*' ^''^ (^""'^ -^^^^^•)- P- miliare, WalL Gat n. 8712 A (in part) 



\T^^liinl^^\^^^'^^^' ^(^rb. Boyle. P. mncronatum, //e^Z/^ew Wa/L Cat 

 t'3^tiAr^' c. ^^tatum, I)tit/iie Grass. N.W. Ind. 6. P.Neesianum, 

 r^^' Sevn^' ^ S^^""^- ^- ^- 74. P. porphyrrhizos, Sttud. I c. P. rigidum, 



P. tenelium,i?oj'6.i^'/. 



?^*^-i. 320 f ^ ^''^^' ^«^ »• 8714 A (in part). P. Koxburghii, Sprenq. 

 ^^^^ 30fi / "S."*?/^ -?^^.^^^- -P^' i- 126 ; Steud. Z. c. 98. 



^AON n^f^p/!!l?l*^^NQETio Plain to Chittagong and southwai-d to Madras. 



306* Yi n ' ^^^^' -^ ''^- -^-^^; /&Yewcf. ^.c. y». r. tenelium,^oj'0.i^6. 

 V -^W/ue Lc. 7.— Panicum, WalL Cat n. 8713, 8714 A {in part). 



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