Panicum. triandria dtgynia. 293 



ed. Floicers oval, solitary, polygamous ; inner two valves of 

 the calyx equal; nectarial petals long; seed ovate, point- 

 ed, rugose. 



P. flavidum. Linn. sp. pi. ed. Willd. i. 339. Retz. 06.9. 

 iv. 15. appears to be the same plant growing on a barren 

 soil ; this was the opinion of Konig. Y.facidum of the Bank- 

 sum Herbarium seems the same, or a variety only. 



Teliae}. Oda. or \Voodoo-gaddf. 



It is common in every soil and situation, even in deep wa- 

 ter; in one that is rich and moist, it is often two to four feet 

 long, and again on one that is dry and barren only as many 

 inches. It grows in tufts, various parts of it are often tinged 



purple. 



Culms near the base resting on the ground, and rooting 

 above, regularly ascending, compressed, smooth. Leaves bi- 

 farious, smooth, their length diners much; mouths of the 

 sheaths bearded. Spikes compound, secund, their length va- 

 rious according to the size of the plant. Spikelets secund, 

 number very various, alternate, erect, pressing on the com- 

 mon radiis; below they are often two or three times their 

 length from each other ; above less remote. Rachis common, 

 somewhat three-sided, and a groove on the outside where 

 the spikelets rest. Flowers always disposed in two rows, 

 sub-globular. Calyx two-flowered. Inner valve the size of 

 the corol, middle valve rather shorter ; all are striated with 

 green nerves. Corol, one hermaphrodite, and one male, as in 

 some of the species already described, always present, ex- 

 cept in very minute plants, and even then the stamens of the 

 second floret are only sometimes wanting. Nectary, in each 

 two obovate scales. Seed short, oval, pointed, slightly rugose. 



20. P. fhtilans. Linn. sp. pi. ed. Willd. i. 338. 



Culms from two to three feet high, creeping at the base. 

 Leaves long. Spikelets numerous, approximate, longer than 

 the interstices. Flowers hermaphrodite, oblong, two exterior 

 valvelets of the calyces minute ; seed oblong. 



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