Panicum, TRIANDRIA DIGYNIA. 305 
ed. Flowers almost always three from the same point, one 
sessile, the second short pedicelled, and the third a little long- 
er pedicelled. Calyx, with all the glumes three-nerved; the 
two large daggered, Corol, with a third neuter valve. Seed 
ovate, pointed, smooth. | 
_ Obs, There are several varieties of it sido to the Hindoo 
farmers. The seed is wholesome and nourishing, it is an ar- 
ticle of diet, particularly amongst the lower classes of thena- __ 
tives. It yields about ng in a good soil, Cattle are’ 
fond of it, 
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SECT. VI. Pdhiclea. 
BB, Pp. isipoecnin; Linn, sp, pl. ed. Willd. i, 352; 
Culms creeping. Panicle halved. Leaves stipuled. Pe 
_ dicels two-flowered. Inner valve of the wom vaulted. 
Corol three-valved. Seed, half round, smooth, | Feel 
Grows on pasture ground, under the shade of tron, &e. 
Culms creeping, filiform, from one to two feet long, with a 
few inches:of the extremities erect. Leaves lanceolate, soft, 
alittle downy; sheaths ciliate, with a stipule-like process, — 
Panicle halved, oblong, smooth, composed of from three to 
ten ramous branchlets, rising on one side only when the plant 
is small ; ; pedicels two-flowered. Partial pedicels unequal, 
Calyx, inner valve cucullate, obtuse; all the valves striated 
and hairy. Corol, with a neuter, but small valve. ‘Seed 
smooth, obtusely and obliquely three-sided. 
~ 39. P. pace Linn, sp. pl. ed. Willd. i, 352. 
Culms creeping. Leaves with a cordate base, _ Panicle 
posi foie one-flowered. The three: valvelets of the 
setOobie like those of. P. discos man sends with 
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