Panicum. triandria digynia. 307 



Culms many, branchy, near the ground prostrate, rooting 

 at the joints, the rest ascending ; from one to two feet high, 

 and as thick as a sparrow's quill. Leaves soft with white 

 hairs. Panicles oblong, generally as long as the rest of 

 the plant, thin, composed of expanding, capillary, ramous 

 branches. Flowers remote, oval, small. Calyx, the glumes 

 striated, otherwise smooth. Corol, with a third neuter valve. 

 Seed oblong, smooth, light-brown, five-streaked. 



42. P. serrnlatum. R. 



Culms erect, from two to four feet high. Leaves sword- 

 shaped, with serrulate margins. Panicle, spiked valvelets 

 of the calyces sharp-pointed. Seed smooth, oblong. 



A large erect, coarse species; a native of moist vallies. 



Culms erect, ramous, from two to four feet high. Leaves 

 somewhat cordate at the base, from thence tapering to a point, 

 margins ciliate; sheaths as long or longer than the joints, 

 smooth. Panicle erect, linear, composed of erect, linear, 

 ramous ramifications, which stand somewhat remote, parti- 

 cularly below, so that the panicle appears to be a compound 

 interrupted spike. Flowers lanceolate. Calyx, glumes lan- 

 ceolate, very acute, the two inner ones somewhat hispid on 

 the back. Corol single, hermaphrodite. Seed oblong, smooth, 

 white. 



43. P. pahidositm. R. 



Culms erect, from two to three feet high. Panicle erect, 

 ovate, thin ; ramifications few, three-sided, with sharp hispid 

 angles; pedicel two-flowered ; valvelets of the calyces cus- 

 pidate. Corol three-valved. Seed oblong, smooth. 



Beng. Borut/, and K?d«s-nar. 



Teling. Soda. 



It grows generally in sweet water amongst the Circar 

 mountains. 



Culms erect, from two to three feet high, swelled under 

 the water, and there emitting roots from the joints. Leaves 



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