Pennisetum ."] CLXxiii. gramineji. (J. D. Hooker.) 87 



n. (1835) 184; annual, spikes dense-fld., rachis glabrous, spikelets 

 I in. solitary or geminate shortly pedicelled in the sessile involucels, 

 bristles densely villous, gl. I very small oblong woolly, TI broadly oblong 

 apiculate 7-nerved, III = IV truncate 5-nerved tip toothed, IV lanceolate 

 acute smooth shining. P. lanuginosum, Hoclist. in Flora xxv. (1842), 

 Beihl i. 133 ; A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss, ii. 385 ; Steud. Syn. Gram. 107 ; 

 Lisboa in Journ. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc. v. (1891) 339. P. amoenum, A. 

 ^Kh, l.c. 386. P. lanatum, Jferb. Ham. ex Wall. Cat. n. 8647. P. 

 wiplicatum, Steud. I. c. 107 [ex descr.). P. intertextnm, Schlecht. in Bot. 

 ^«Ux. (1851) 878. Eriochaeta densiflora, nervosa & secundiflora, Fig. et 

 ^ Not. in Mem. Ace. Torin. Ser. II. xiv. (1854) 375-378.— Pennisetum, 

 ^M. Cat. I.e. 



Bajpootana and Banda; on Mt. Abu, ButKie. Behab, at Monghyr, 

 Hamilton; Hazaribagh and on Parusnath, CZarAc— Disteib. Afr. trop. 

 ■ ^>to/M i_3 ft.^ branched from the base and above, leafy. Leaves 6-10 by i-l in., 

 nat, flaccid, glabrous or sparsely hairy. Spikes 2-5 in.; rachis notched ; involucels 

 qwe sessile ; outer bristles short, inner ^ in. long, densely villous below the middle, 

 exuous, very unequal, pale. Spikelets with the pedicel and often the base of the 

 lower glumes woolly ; tip of gl. IV hispid. 



9. P. setosum, Eich. in Fers. Syn. ii. 729 {excl. syn.) ; annual, 

 E • ^""^ ""^^^^^ of spike glabrous, 'spikelets ^\ in. solitary in the 

 obW '°^°''i^®^'' bristles ^-i m. sparsely ciliate, gl. I minute, or II 

 "long cuspidate 6-nerved, Hi shorter than II oblong truncate 3-toothed 

 QraTy i^. '^^^'^'^ tip ciUate. Trin. Diss. ii. 66, Fan. Gen. 95, Sv. 

 lJ"tvf t- 20 ; Nees in Mart. Fl. Bras. ii. II. 305 ; Griseb. Fl.Bnt W. 

 jT; 7^; Baker Fl. Maurit. 441. P. barbatum, Schult. Mani. ii. 147; 

 'Z'^ -agrost. Rr/io oqq . t^....xi -r:i r,i • -i l-o . Sf^'iid^ Si/n. Gram. Wo. 



mnfir Flora. 184. 



T^-, :^«»»- ea; Wall. Gat 8 u« P ^^„ 



P. polysta- 



Nees in Hook. 'Niger FL 5C3. P. purpurascens, H. 

 113 : Nees I c. 282 : Kunth I c 160. P. Bichar 



Wi^oT- ^'^'^' i- 49, 255, t. 39, JEnum. 161. P. Sieben, Kanth 

 ^^ idLtt^''' P^^^^^^ P.tenmspiculatum,S^ea.i. Ic. }07 (ex descr.) 



Grymno- 

 . Peni- 



^«- i. 169 ^'' ^r^- ^«'^- ^- <^- "• 8646 A. Panicum Alopecuros LamL. 

 ^^■^iu^o'^'i- '^' ''39- Pan. barbatum, Roxb. Fl. hid. i. 282 ^^UUl 

 (1792) y ?,• ^an. cenchroides, iJtcfe. i« Act. Soc. H^st. Nat P-' ' 



Par. 1. 



W/e 2«w- '^.^^^ispica, Poir. Enc>;cl SuppL iv. 273. Pan. holcoule . 

 ^^' tritiS ^''- ^^«'^- °- 784. Pan. p-olystachyum. Schult. Mant. u. Ub. 

 ^•iii9?*^n'' f'^'^- ^•«- 274. Setaria cenchroides, Roem. f bch 

 -PeniiiS Cenchrus setosus, Sw. Frodr. Veg. Ind. Occ. 26 {excl. syH.). 



Upp? P ^■' ^""- ^"'- °- 8^1«' 8618. 

 *»^ ground ';r"^ ,^"^^' ••*»^ Cawnpore (I/frJ. Wi^ht). The Cn'C'VBS ; in ciilti- 

 "~^i3ia,; 1J'."°»- the mts., iJoa^bur^A. Bengal. Behae, and Chota Lag poke. 



ific. and Amer. trop. 





