Panicum. triandria digynia. .309 



ry ; calyces smooth and obtuse, containing one hermaphro- 

 dite and one neuter floret. 



A native of Sumatra; and from thence introduced by Dr. 

 Charles Campbell into the Botanic garden in 1804, where 

 it grows luxuriantly, and blossoms throughout the year. 



Culms round, sarmentose, and of great length, inane, with 

 nearly erect, frequently ramous, floriferous shoots of about 

 two or three feet in height rising from the joints ; every part 

 clothed with much soft hairy pubescence, particularly the 

 runners. Leaves ensiform, soon becoming reflex, margins 

 hispid, length from six to twelve inches, from half to three 

 quarters of an inch in breadth at the broadest part. Sheaths 

 rather longer than the joints. Panicle terminal, ovate ; com- 

 posed of many, single, alternate, patent, compound, smooth 

 branches. Flowers very numerous, awnless, smooth, solita- 

 ry, pedicelled. Valves of the calyx three, obtuse, slightly 

 marked with green nerves, the exterior one long, containing 

 a two- valved hermaphrodite flower, and a small neuter one. 



40. P. miliar e. Lamar eh. 



Culms erect, ramous, from two to three feet high, smooth. 

 Panicle thin ; flowers paired on a common pedicel, with un- 

 equal partial pedicels; corol three-valved ; seed ovate, smooth, 

 five-streaked. 



Teling. Nella-shama. Nella-shamaloo, the grain. 



This species I have found only in a cultivated state, it is 

 one of the sorts of dry or small grain which is generally cul- 

 tivated on an elevated, light, rich soil. 



Culms, many from the same seed, erect, branchy, round, 

 smooth, from two to three feet high. Leaves smooth. Pani- 

 cle oblong, beautifully bowing with the weight of the grain ; 

 branches alternate, ramous; capillary, angular, hispid. Floiv- 

 crs oval, paired upon a common pedicel, with unequal par- 

 tial pedicels. Calyces, glumes smooth, striated lengthways 

 with nerves. Corol, accompanied by a neuter valve. Seed 

 oval, striated, smooth, shining brown. 



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