Panicum. triandria digynia. 281 



LAPP AGO. Schreb. gen. N. 131. 

 Calyx from two to three-valved. Corol two-valved, re- 

 supine. 



L. biflora. R. 



Culms creeping. Pedicels two-flowered ; inner valvelets 

 of the calyx armed with hooked bristles. 



Phalaris muricata. Forsk. descript. 202. 



It is 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 ; mouths of the sheaths bearded. 

 Racemes terminal, simple, from 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- 

 tles. Corol two-valved, membranaceous. Nectarial scales 

 large. Stamens, pistil, &c. as in the genus. 



PANICUM. Schreb. gen. N. 107. 

 Calyx, glume one or two-flowered, three-valved ; exterior 

 valvelets minute; seed adhering to the corol. 



SECT. I. Spikes simple. 



1. P. indicum. Mant. 184. Retz. Obs. iii. p. 9. 



Culms from four to eight inches, ascending from a repent 

 base. Spikes sub-cylindric, naked. Calyx. smooth, no in- 

 volucres. 



