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302 ‘TRIANDRIA DIGYNIA." Panicum. 
Sect. 5th. Spikes alternate on all sides of a common rachis. 
29. P. setigerum. Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. Willd. 1. 338. : 
Culms, below creeping, sub-ligneous. Leaves with cordate base | 
and ciliate margins. — Insertions of the spikelets and flowers bristly, ; 
Corol three-valved. Seed oval, transversely rugose, 
Beng. Bura-jal-ganti. Y 
P. setigerum, Retz. Obs. iv. 15. 
Grows: amongst bushes or uuder the shade of trees. 
Culms long, straggling, rooting when they rest omthe ground, firm, 
almost woody towards the base, but small,'and ver y smooth ; joints 
downy.— Leaves sheathing, broad-cordate at the base, tapering fiom 
thence to the point; margins ciliate, and waved; mouths of the - 
sheaths bearded.—Spikes compound. Spikelets from four to twenty 5 
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secund, spreading, disposed equally on all sides. Rachis, com- — 
mon four, five, or six-sided, partial three-sided. — Flowers paired ; 
pairs alternate, i in two rows, one sessile, one pedicelled, intermixed - 
with many long’ strong hairs, like am involucre. — Calyz, the two in- 
ner glumes downy aud striated lengthways with many green nerves. — 
— Corol, the neuter membr anaceous valve always present, but no sta*. 
mens.— Seed oval, transyersely rugose. 
Obs. When exposed to the weather, the leaves are of a imate 
shining deep green, when under trees, of a pale colour, : soft, and: 
somewhat downy, which made me long think they were different 
penes Cattle are fond of ite VS | 
80. P. - repens. Linn. Sp. Pl, ed. Will. i i, 347. 
Creeping. Leaves broad, wayed, base cordate, stem-clasping, and 
ciliate. Spikes from four to ten, equally disposed on all sides. Fiow 
ers awnless ; involucre bairy, Corol three-valved. ; 
T: repens. Burm. Ind. t. 11 . f: 1. islike this, only tl the partial spikes ; 
are rather too long, and the leaves too narrow. . A fice 
Common about the beginning of the rains on cultivated land, in. 
gardens, &c. near Calcutta, It isa pretty, sespitoss species which.. 
cattle are fond of. 
