Panicum, TRIANDRIA DIGYNIA, 281 
LAPPAGO. Schreb. gen. N. 131. 
Calyx from two to three-valved. Corol two-valved, re- 
supine, E 
L. biflora. R. 
Culms creeping. Pedicels two-flowered ; inner valvelets 
of the calyx armed with hooked bristles, 
Phalaris muricata, Forsk. descript. 202. 
Itis a small, prostrate grass, a native of the dryest pasture _ 
ground on the Coromandel coast. 
Culms pressing on the earth, and striking root from the 
joints, from six to twelve inches long, ramous. Leaves short, 
margins ciliate, and waved; imoullia of the sheaths bearded. 
Racemes terminal, simple, fet one to two inches long. Pe- 
dicels short, diverging, two-flowered, Flowers lanceolate, 
echinated on the back, or outside, diverging on all sides 
round the rachis, which is waved, angular, striated, and 
downy. Calyx one-flowered, two-valved ; the exterior valve 
‘very minute, second or inner valve, (for there is no other,) 
lanceolate and completely embracing the corol on all sides, on 
the back and sides covered with many, strong, hooked bris- 
thes. Corol two-valved, membranaceous, Nectarial << 
large. Stamens, pistil, &c. as in the genus. 
doe 
__PANICUM. Schreb. gen. N. 107. 
Calyx, glume one or two-flowered, three-valved ; exterior 
ae minute ; seed i alee to the corol. iss 
a Wigge on ie SSEOT. EL Spikes single 
LP. indicum. Mant. 184. Retz. Obs. i. p. 9. 
Culms from four to eight inclies, ascending from a repent 
base. Spikes sub-cylindric, naked. Calyx smooth, no in- 
volucres, 
