Panicum. _ 'TRIANDRIA DIGYNIA, 297 
little compressed, smooth, Leaves tending to be bifarious, 
short, smooth, tapering from the base toa sharp point. Spikes 
compound, secund, Spikelets, from six to twelve, alternate, 
somewhat remote, secund. . Rachis both common and partial 
three-sided ; the two sides from whence the spikelets issue 
concave. Flowers two or three from the same point, gene- 
rally three; all sessile, or very nearly so; sometimes a’ few 
small bristles mixed with them. Cadya: as in the genus, all 
the glumes three-nerved, a little hairy, and scabrous. Corol, 
the neuter valve is here present, but no stamens, Seed broad, 
oval, smooth, a little pointed, three-nerved. | 
Obs. Cattle are very fond of it, yet it is not cultivated in 
26, P. grossarium. Linn, sp. pl. ed. Willdsi 134965). VE 
- Culms creeping. | Leaves soft and downy. Spikes from 
six to ten; flowers solitary, sub-sessile: Coral estab 
Seed oblong, acute, transversely rugose. | 4 
Loves fresh pasture ground. 
Culms, in a good soil PRO in a poor 
soil nearly erect. Leaves, tapering from the base to a fine 
point, somewhat downy, and very soft. Spikes compound, 
secund, Spikelets from four to twelve, alternate, secund, 
expanding on one side, most simple, in two rows. Calyx 
pretty smooth. Corol, the neuter valve is always present, 
Nectary a rugose gland between the germ and exterior valve 
of the corol, Seed oblong, white, slightly rugose in a rm 
verse direction, | Be: 
-Obs, The form and rugosity of the seed diane it from, 
P, colnet the flowers also. are > here Sirteges seete two Or 
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