310 TRTANDRIA DIGYN1A. Panicum. 



OLs. The seed is nn article of diet with tho-r- Hindoos who 

 inhabit the higher lands. Cattle are fond of the straw. 



47. P. miUacevm. Linn. sp. ]>1. ed. Willd. i. 348. 



Culms erect, ramons, from two to four feet high : the whole 

 plant very hairy. Panicle oblong; glumes of the calyces cus- 

 pidate. Corol three-valved ; adventitious ralve two-toothed. 

 Seed oval, smooth, five streaked. 



Sans. Vreehib-heda, I'noo. 



Hind, and Bfeng. Cheena. 



Telinn. Worga ; Worglo, the grain. 



This is another of the cultivated cerealia ; the same soil 

 suits it as is proper for the la*.t described species. Time of 

 culture immediately after the rains: 



Culms many from the same seed, erect, ramons, very hairy ; 

 from two to four feet high. Leaves large, with long sheaths, 

 which involve most part of the culms, every part covered 

 with much white hair. Panicle as in the former, only here 

 and there a few hairy. Calyx all the three glumes are much 

 pointed. Corol the neuter valve is here emarginate. V- c- 

 tary two, triangular, emarginate bodies embrace the germ la- 

 terally. Seed oval, mouth brownish, with smooth, coloured 

 streaks lengthways, as in the last 



48. P. tenue. R. 



Culms eiect, ramons; from one to six feet high. Panicle 

 thin, flowers paired on a common hairy pedicel, with unequal 

 partial pedicels. Co rol three-valved. Seed ovate, tran>- 

 ly waved. 



This is a wild species, which grows amongst the Circar 

 mountains. 



Culms erect, sometimes resting on the ground, and striking 

 root there, ramous, smooth, from one to six feet high. Leaves 

 large ; upper side hairy ; edges armed with very sharp points. 

 Sheaths shorter than thejoints,hairy, with their mouths beard- 

 ed. Panicle erect, till the seeds are ripe, then, as in the culti- 



