86 CLXxiTi. GRAMiNEj;. (J. D. Hooker.) [Pt^nnisetums. 



6. P. parviflorum, Trin. Diss. ii. 65, 8p. Gram, Ic. t. 288 ; annual, 

 erect, peduncle and rachis glabrous, spike very narrow purple, spikelets 

 ^ in. solitary narrowly lanceolate, gl. I minute suborbicular, II longest 

 truncate cuspidate 5-nerved, III = | II truncate toothed 5-nerved paleate 

 male, IV =111 lanceolate obtuse nerveless shining. Steiid, Syn. Gram, 

 103. P. imberbe, Edgew, in Journ. Linn. Soc, xxi. (1862) 181 (name); 

 Steud.Syn. Gram. 104; Duthie Grass. N.fV, Ind. 10, Indig. Fodd. Grass, 

 t. 50, Fodd. Grass. N. Ind. 18. Gymnothrix hordeoides, Kuntli Bevis^ 

 Gram. i. 48, Enum. i. 60. Panicum hordeoiiles, Poir. in Lam. lUust. i. 

 170. Alopecurus rubicundus, Herb, Ham. ex Wall. Cat. n. 8646 B. 



Kajputana ; at Oodeypore, Wingate (Herb Duthie). Behae, on Parusnatb, 

 and at Huzaribagh, C'arke. — Distrib. tropical Africa. 



Stem 2-3 ft., branching upwards, leafy, branches erect. Leaves 4-10 by ^-i i^-» 

 flat, base and month of sheath ciliatc. Spil'es 3-5 by ^-^ in. diam. ; ri^chis very 

 sltnder, strict, as it were crenate from the projections between the close-set spike* 

 lets ; bristles of sessile involucel very slender, quite free, a few 4-6 tunes 9fi 

 long as the spikelet.— Closely allied to P. setosa. Probably not indigenous itt 

 India. 



ft Bristles unhranclied^ inner copiously ciliate or lanate. 



7. P. orientale, Bich.in Pers. Syn. i. 72 ; perennial, rachis of spike 

 hairy, spikelets 2-5 in each pedicelled involucel \ in. lanceolate, gl. I =7 1^ 

 ovate or oblong nerveless, II shorter than IV ovate-lanceolate acuminate 

 3-nerved, III longest aristately acuminate 6-nerved, IV oblong-lanceolate 

 aristate shining. Trin, Diss. ii. 69 ; Kunth Enum. PI. i. 162, ii. ly » 

 Grvieb. in Ledeh. FL Boss, iv, 472 ; Coss. Sf Dur. Fl. Alger, ii. 39 ; Sois^- 

 Fl. Orient v. 445; Duthie Grass. N.W. Ind. 10. P. araneosum, Edgeic.xj^ 

 Journ. Beng. As. Sac. xxi. (1852), 180; Steud. Syn. Gram. 105; Aitch?' 

 Cat. Punjab. PL 162; Duthie Grass. N.W. Ind. 10. P. asperifoliutn. 

 Kunth Revis, Gram. i. 49, Enum. PI. I.e. P. elatum, Hochst. ex St^^- 

 Nom. Ed. II. ii. 297. P. fasciculatum, Trin. in Mem. Acad. Petersb. Ser^ 

 6, iii. II. (1835) 181. P. GrilBthii, Munro Cat. PL Griff, ^'c. ined. 56. I^- 

 macrostachyum, Fresen. in Mus. Senkenb. ii. 135 {non Trin.). P. persicuni, 

 Boiss. ^ Buhse in Nov. Mem. Sac. Nat. Mosc. xii. (I860) 232. P. phalan- 

 forme, Steud, Syn. Gram. 106 {ex descript.). P. Ruppellii, Steud. Nom. l-^- 

 298. P. sinaicum, Decne in Ann. Sc Nat.Ser. 2, ii. (1834) II ; AitchisJ-^- 

 Duthie I. e. P. tenne & variabile. Fig, Sf Notar. in Mem. Aecad. Torin b^r- 

 2, xii. ( 1852), 246, 248. P. tiberiadis, Boiss. Diagn. Ser. I. xiii. 43. Cenchrus 

 asperifolius, Desf. Fl. Atlant. ii. 388, C hordeiformis. Pers. I.e. 71 (w^* 

 Lamk.). C. orientalis, Willd. ex Trin. Diss. ii. G9\ Kunth Ic. 1^^ 

 Panicum orientale, Willd. Enum. Hort. Berol.n. 1031. 



Western HnrALATA, from Kashmir to Kumaon, alt. 3-6O0O ft. The PANJA^r 

 SiNDii, the CoxcAN and I3EIIAR (on Parusnatb, alt. 2000 ft., Clarice). —^^^'^^^ 

 Westward to A-*ia Minor and N. Afr. . 



Stem 2-6 ft., erect or ascending from a densely tufted often stout creepi^ 

 branching rootstock. Leaves 1-2 ft. by ^-^ in., narrowly linear, flat or subconvolot*' 

 glabrous or hairy. Spike 5-16 in. ; rachis stout, subterete, not grooved or notcbea* 

 pedicels of involucels hispid ; bristles ^-f in., all very slender, flexuous, often P« ' 

 plisb, very unequal, villous below, quite free at the base; spikelets on the sb^ 

 branches of a hispid pedicel, outer often imperfect. ,- , 



Var. friflorum, Stapf mss. ; spike elongate dense-flowered. P. triflorum, ^^ 

 in Uerh. Royle ; Steud. I. c. 107. 



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