e96  , Um TRIANDRIA DIGYNIA. Panicum, 
Sect. 4th. Spikes alternate on one side only of a common rachis. 
A9. P. brizoides. Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. Willd. i. 338. | 
Culms sub-erect. | Leaves short. Spikelets remote, adpressed. 
Flowers oval, solitary, polygamous; inner two-valves of the calyx: 
equal ; néctarial petals long ; seed ovate, pointed, rugose 
P. flavidum., Linn. Sp. Pi. ed. Wiild. i. 359. Ketz. Obs. iv. 13. 
appears to be the same plant growing on a barren soil; this was 
the opinion of König.. P. flaccidum of the Banksian Her barium 
seems the same, or a variety only. 
Teling. Oda, or Woodoo-gaddi. 
It is common in every soil and situation, even in deép water ; in 
one that is rich and moist, it 1s often from two to four feet lohg, 
." and agaia on one that is dry and barren only as many inches. | It 
grows in tufts, various parts of it are often tinged purple. pes 
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Culms near the base resting on the ground, and rooting above, re- 
gularly ascending, compressed, smooth.— Leaves bifarious, saat 
their length differs: much; mouths of the sheaths bearded.— 
: Spikes compound, secund, their length various according to the 
size of the plant. Spikelets secund, number very various, alternate, 
erect, pressing on-the common rachis ; below they are often two or 
three times their length from each others above less remote. Ra- 
chis, common, somewhat three-sided, with a groove on the outside 
where the spikelets rest.— Flowers always disposed in two rows, — 
sub-globular.—Calyx two-flowered. luner valve the size of the co- 
= middle valve rather shorter ; all are striated with, green nerves, E 
— Corol one hermaphrodite, and one male, as in some of the spe- E 
cies already described, always present, except in very: mmut plants, 
ánd even then the stamens of the second floret are only sometimes - 
wanting. —Nectary, 1 in each two obovate sgales.— Seed short, oval, 
pointed, slightly = " 
90. P. las fin: Sp. Pl. ed. Willd. i. 338. 
Culms from two to three feet high, creeping at the base. Leave 
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