312 TRIANDRIA DIGYNIA. Panicum. 
Panicle very thin, composed of long, simple, filiform, remote 
branches, Flowers generally single, with a neuter valve to 
the corol, / 
From Nepal Dr. Buchanan sent the seed to the Bobinis 
garden, where the plants blossomed in October, just one year 
from the time the seed was sown, 
Root perennial, Culms erect, slender, completely camel 
in the sheaths of the leaves, except from six to twelve inches 
below the panicle; height three or four feet. Leaves lanceo- 
late, plaited, a little hairy, particularly near the base, from six 
to twelveinches long, and oneandahalf broad. Sheaths long- 
er than the joints, a little hairy ; mouths bearded. Panicle 
very thin, and composed of long, simple, filiform, drooping 
branches. Spikelets remote near the base, secund, bearing a 
few alternate, generally single flowers, Calya three-valved, 
smooth, from three to seven-nerved, Coro, with a third neu- 
ter valve, but no stamens. 
Obs. In foliage this agrees very waactin with my Mica 
plicatum, but differs widely in the panicle. 
51, P. costatum. R. ; 
Culms creeping. Leaves lanceolate, plaited, very hairy, as 
also their sheaths, which are shorter than the joints. Panicle 
composed of short ex panding, secund, aphptexeranes Flow- 
ers polygamous, 
_ Introduced into the Botanic garden from the Manito by 
Captain Tennant, in 1802. 
Culms creeping, = et out numerous aeong evils ae 
the joints; from three to six feet long. Leares lanceolate, 
plaited, hairy ; about six inches long, by one broad. Sheaths 
shorter than the joints, very hairy, Panicle oblong, smooth, 
composed of somewhat compound, secund, spiked-racemes, 
with here and there an arista-like coloured bristle. Calyx 
eve velred, smooth, from three to five-nerved, Corot three- 
