Panicum. triandbia digynia. 291 



it thrives well, and blossoms tbe whole year, but chiefly dur- 

 ing- the rain*;. 



Culms raraous, creeping", very delicate, and smooth, a large 

 portion next the spikes erect, naked, coloured and filiform. 

 Leaves soft and small, filiate, with a few long hairs at the 

 base. Spikes generally from two to four issuing from the 

 same point, very slender, secund. Rachis flexuose. Flowers 

 in a pair, one sessile. Calyx one-flowered, flower herma- 

 phrodite; accessary valve exceedingly minute, but by careful 

 observations may always be found; second valve as long- as 

 the corol, the inner one only half their length, which is 

 one of the best specific marks; these two have three smooth 

 nerves on the back, and their margins are slightly bearded. 

 Corol two-valved. 



1(5. P. lineare. Linn* *p. pi. ed. Wffld, i. 344. 



Sub-erect, smooth. Spikes from two to six, digitate, fili- 

 form. Flowers all hermaphrodite, awnless, and pedicelled. 

 Calycine valves, the accessary one minute; the inner two 

 equalling the corol, and three-nerved. 



P. lineare. Burm. Ind. p. 25. t. 10./. 3, is a tolerable re- 

 presentation of this pretty delicate grass. 



A native of China, accidentally introduced from thence into 

 the Botanic garden, where it is in flower the whole year ; but 

 like most other grasses most luxuriant during the rains. It 

 has a great resemblance to P. dactylon, ciliare, jiliforme, and 

 aegypticum, but does not creep like them. The flowers are 

 less regularly paired, more minute, smooth, and obtuse, the 

 two inner valves of the calyx equal and as long as the corol, 

 and the accessary one very minute, or not to be found. 



17. P. cimieinum. Linn. sp. pi. ed. Willd. i. 344. 



Culms erect, hairy, from one to two feet high. Racemes 

 peduncled, corymbed • flowers polygamous, in pairs ; exterior 

 valvelets of the calyces fringed; corol awned. 



Milium cimieinum. Mant. 184. 

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