Panicum. triandiua digynia. 299 



cuspidate, and generally armed with a few minute bristles. 

 Corol three-valved ; the third or accessary one membrana- 

 ceous, and neuter. Seeds ovate, smooth, cuspidate. 



SECT. V. Spikes alternate on all sides of a common rachis. 



29. P. setigerum. Linn. sp. pi. ed. Willd. i. 338. 



Culms, below creeping", sub-ligneous. Leaves with cordate 

 base and ciliate margins. Insertions of the spikelets and flow- 

 ers bristly. Corol three-valved. Seed oval, transversely ru- 

 gose. 



Bencj+ Bwra-jal-gant/. 



P. setigerum. Retz. Obs. iv. 15. 



Grows amonsfst bushes or under the shade of trees. 



Culms long', straggling-, rooting when they rest on the 

 ground, firm, almost woody towards the base, but small, and 

 very smooth ; joints downy. Leaves sheathing, broad-cordate 

 at the base, tapering from thence to the point; margins cili- 

 ate, and waved ; mouths of the sheaths bearded. Spikes com- 

 pound. Spikelets from four to twenty, secund, spreading, 

 disposed equally on all sides. Rachis, common four, five, or 

 six-sided, partial three-sided. Flowers paired ; pairs alter- 

 nate, in two rows, one sessile, one pedicelled, intermixed with 

 many long strong hairs, like an involucre. Calyx, the two in- 

 ner glumes downy and striated lengthways with many green 

 nerves. Corol, the Heuter membranaceous, valve always pre- 

 sent, but no stamens. Seed oval, transversely rugose. 



Obs. When exposed to the weather, the leaves are of a 

 smooth shining deep green, when under trees, of a pale colour, 

 soft, and somewhat downy, which made me long think they 

 were different species. Cattle are fond of it. 



30. P. repens. Linn. sp. pi. ed. Willd. i. 347. 

 Creepiug. Leaves broad, waved, base cordate, stem-clasp- 

 ing-, and ciliate. Spikes from four to ten, equally disposed on 



