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9. Panicum coloratum, Linn.—N. ab E. Gram. Afr. Austr. p. 
38.—On the Gambia, Don; South Europe, Africa, and 
America. 
10. Panicum letum, Kunth, Enum. 1. p. 115.—Sierra Leone, 
Don; Senegal. 
ll. Panicum ovalifolium; Poir.—N. ab E. Gram. Afr. Austr. 
p. 44. in adnot.—Fernando Po, Vogel; Guinea, Benin, and 
East India (Wall. Catal. n. 8737). 
12. Panicum, a small specimen, which I am unable to identify, 
and not sufficient to describe.—St. Thomas, Don. 
18. Panicum sarmentosum, Roxb. Fl. Ind. 1. p. 308; var. 
foliis glabriusculis.—Grand Bassa, Vogel. 
This species is allied to P. frumentaceum, but the branches 
of the panicle are much longer, and more developed. It ap- 
pears to be a generally cultivated plant, for I have specimens 
from the Mauritius, from the Caleutta Garden (Wall. Catal. 
n. 8724), and from South America, sent by Tweedie, as “ cul- 
tivated from African seeds." 
14. Panicum frumentaceum, Roxb. Fl. Ind. 1. p. 307.— 
i Abóh, growing in the water, Vogel ; Africa and East India, 
often cultivated. : 
15. Panicum plicatum, Willd.—Senegal to Benin, where it 
attains the height of 6 or 8 feet, or more, Vogel and others ; 
Tropical America, Africa, and Asia. 
Under this name I have included a series of specimens from 
various countries, differing, at first sight, more or less from 
each other in the degree of hairiness, in stature, as well as, in 
some measure, in the size of the panicles and flowers, but on 
examination I have been unable to find any constancy m the 
Characters, by which several species have been attempted to be 
distinguished. Among the püblished forms which probably 
belong to it, may be mentioned, P. pyramidale, Lam., P. ar- 
vense, Kunth ?, P. lineatum, Schum. et Thonn., and P. latum, 
Schum. et Thonn., from West Tropical Africa ; P. Nepalense, 
Spr., P. nervosum, Roxb., and. P. excurrens, Trin., from East 
India; p. costatum, Roxb., and P. plicatum, Lam., from the 
Mauritius. 
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