191 



► locis arenosis v. rupcstribus atque calcariis repcri. Exemplaria 



I etiam vidi a Parratnatta (Woolls), Gleudon (Leichhardt), Ncw 



England (C. St.), I^lue Mouutains (L. Calvert), McLeay's ct 

 Clareuce's River (Beckler), Brisbaue's River (Bailey) ; alia in 

 Sieberi Agrostotheca sub 69, 71 et 9L Grameu rigidum, altitn- 

 dinem pluriura pedum attineus, ramigerum, stoloniferum, erectmu 

 vel ditfusum, Folia usque ad Bemipollicem lata, interJum pcr 

 angusta, nunquam longissiraa. Ligula o seriebus ciliorum. P. 

 trigono statura Iiaud absimile, fructu tamen diversissimum* Varie- 

 tas occurrit bambusellacea, iu modum P, turgidi raraosissima. P. 

 obseptum (Trin, Dissert ii. 149) fide brevis defiuitionis, prope P. 

 marginatum stare licet. 



Panicum prostratum (Lara. Illustr, i. 171 ; Trin. Tcou. t. 18-i et 



^"* 185 ; P. cEespitosum^ Sw. Flor. Ind, Occ. L 146 ; P. Siebcri, Link 



Ilort. Berol, i. 207; P- setigernra^ Rctz. Obs. iv, 15 ; P. afRne, 

 Poir. Encycl. Suppl. iv. 273 ; P. procumbens, Nees Agrostogr. 

 Brasil. 109 ; P, semitmdulatum, Hocbst. in Steud, Glum. i. 63 ; 

 P. Calaccanzense, Steud. Glum. i, 65) ad Carpentariam reperit cl. 

 Landsborough et idem ad flumen Victoria? legi. Bractea exterior 

 perbreTis et fere truncata, Flos exterior non raro bisepaleus et 

 fitaminiger. Exemplaiua ^gyptiaca, Abyssinica, Arabica^ Cey- 

 lonica, Assamica, Luzonica, Manritiana, Braziliana et Cubaua 

 nostris plane convenientia comparavi. Sieberi Agrostotbeca, 119; 

 fl. Maurit. 30 et 206. Varietatem spiculis puberulis e Nova 

 Caledonia vidi. 



Panicum proUferum (Lam. Encycl. Meth. iv. Y47) ad fluvios 

 Johnson's et Eusseirs Eiver reperit cl. Hill, ad Kiiig's Creek cl. 

 BoAvman. Idem gramen ad fluvium Fitzmaurice's River detexi. 



' Nostrum a geuuino Americauo separare frustra tentavi. Eadix 



\ docente Asa Gray (Manual of Botany of Nofth L^nit. States, fiftU 



edit. p. 646) annua. Ligulte pars membranea perbrevis, pars 

 ciliaris longiuscula. 111. J. Hooker in proefatione ad florum Tas- 

 manicam, pag. xlviii P. repens (L. Sp. PI. 87; P. arenarium, 



I Brot. n. Lusit. p. 82; P, iscba^moides, Retz. Obs. iv* 17; P. 



paludosum^ Eoxb. Flor. Ind, i. 307 ; P. natans, Kocn. in Trin. Diss. 

 ii. 237) inter plantas Australiano-Iudicas admisit. Neglecta radico 

 separationem hujus speciei a P. decomposito difficillimam invenies. 

 Stirpem huc fortasse trahendam ab insula Sweer's Tsland habeo. 



Panicum capillare (Gronov. Flor, Virginic. i. p. 13) statu 

 normali hirsntissirao plantai Americana^ pra^ter radicem perennem 

 sufficienter conveniente e variis locis noram, e. g. King's Creek 

 (Bowman), Port Dciiisou (Fitzulau), Eockhampton (Thozet). 

 Knnth et Asa Gray lioc gramen habuerunt annunm, sed Steudel 

 durationem nunciavit pcrennem ; fortasse paucienne est sed jara 

 prajcocitcr e radice annua florescit et in rcgiouibua frigidioribiis 

 Liemi succumbit. In amplissimum suarum formarum cyelum 

 trahere apparct P. decompositum (R. Br. Prodr. 191 ; P. efiusum. 



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