Panicum. triandrta 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. Carol, with a third neuter valve. Seed 

 ovate, pointed, smooth. 



Ohs. There are several varieties of it known to the Hindoo 

 farmers. The seed is wholesome and nourishing, it is an ar- 

 ticle of diet, particularly amongst the lower classes of the na- 

 tives. It yields about fifty-fold in a good soil. Cattle are 

 fond of it. 



SECT. VI • Panicled. 



38. P. trir/onnm. Linn. sp. pi. ed. Willd. i. 352. 



Culms creeping. Panicle halved. Leaves stipuled. Pe- 

 dicels two flowered. Inner valve of the calyces vaulted. 

 Corol three-valved. Seed, half round, smooth. 



Grows on pasture ground, under the shade of trees, &c. 



Culms creeping, filiform, from one to two feet long, with a 

 few inches of the extremities erect. Leaves lanceolate, soft, 

 a little 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. patens. Linn. sp. pi. ed. Willd. i. 352. 



Culms creeping. Leaves with a cordate base. Panicle 

 oblono-. Pedicels one-flowered. The three valvelets of the 

 calyces equal. Flowers polygamous. Seed, flat on one side, 

 smooth. 



A small, delicate, creeping- species ; it delights in shady 

 pasture ground. 



Culms like those of P. triyonum. Leaves broad, with a 



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