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ate bodies embrace the germ laterally.— Seed oval, mouth brown 
ish, with smooth, coloured streaks lengthways, as in the last. 
48. P. tenue. R. 
—. Culms erect, ramous ; from one to six feet high. Panicle thin, 
flowers paired on a common hairy | pedicel, with unequal partial pe- 
dicels ; Corol three-valved ; Seed ovate, transversely waved, 
: This is a wild species, which grows amongst the Circar mountains. 
Culms erect, sometimes resting on the ground, and striking root 
there, ramous, smooth, from one to six feet high.— Leaves large ; 
upper-side hairy; edges armed with . very sharp points. Sheaths 
shorter than the joints, hairy, with their moutlis bearded — Panicle 
erect, till the seeds are ripe, then, as in the cultivated sorts last de- 
scribed, bowing from the weight of the grain, it is composed of al- 
temate, compound, nearly secund racemes. Rachis, common from 
four to five-sided ; partial three-sided, winding, and hairy.—Ca/yz, 
glumes many-nerved, otherwise smooth.—Corol, the neuter valve is 
here present, and in luxuriant plants, the stamens also.—Seed oval, 
transversely wrinkled, which distinguishes it from all the other paui- 
cled species. 
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- 49. P. plicatum. R. 
Erect, herbaceous, harsh with stiff hairs. Leaves ritchie? pli- 
cate. Panicle lanceolate, ramifications compound, flowers paired, 
polygamous. ` 
Introduced into E Botanic Garden, tod the Island of Suma- 
tra. Flowering time the beginning of the cold season. — 
Root perennial .—Culms erect, or ascending, below as thick as a 
8^0se quill, and tben somewhat compressed ; every part filled with | 
Pith —Leaves sub-bifarious, expanding, lanceolate, plicate, a little 
hairy; from six to twelve inches long, and from one to two broad. n 
—Sheaths about the length of the joints of the culms, armed. with 
sharp, rigid hairs ; mouths ciliate.— Panicle oblong, lax ; lower ra- 
