296 tkiandria dtgynia. Panicum. 



Sect. 4tJi. Spikes alternate on one side only rf a common rachis. 



19. P. brizoides. Linn. Sp. PI. ed. IVUld. i. 338. 



Culms sub-erect. Leaves short. ."^pikelets itinote, adpressed. 

 Flowers o\a\, solitary, polygamous; inner two.valves of tlie calyx 

 equal ; iiectarial petals long ; seed ovate, pointed, rugose. 



P. flaviduni. Linn. Sp. PL ed. Wiild. i. 339. Hetz. Obs. iv. 15. 

 appears to be the same plant growing on a barren s^il; tliis was 

 the opinion of Kcinig. P. Jiacciduiii of the Banksian Herbarium 

 seems the same, or a variety only. 



Teling. OJa, or W'lodoo-gaddf. 



It is common in every soil and situation, even in deep water ; in 

 one that is rich and moist, it is often from t,, o to four feet long, 

 and again on one that is dty and barren only as many inches. It 

 grows in tuft«, various parts of it are oficn tinged purple. 



Culms near the base resting pn the ground, and rooting above, re- 

 gularly ascending, compressed, smooth. — Leaves bifarious, smooth, 

 iheir length diffeis niudi; mouths of the shea'hs bearded. — 

 Spikes compound, secund, their length various according lo the 

 size of the plant. Spikelets secund, number very various, alternate, 

 erect, pressing on the common rachis ; below they are often two or 

 three times their length from each other; above less remote. Ra- 

 chis, common^ somewhat three-sided, with a groove on the outside 

 where the spikelets rest. — Floicers always disposed in two rows, 

 sub-globular, — Calyx two-tlouered. Inner valve the size of the co- 



rol, middle valve rather shorter; all are striated with green nerves, 

 — Ciirol one hermaphrodite, and one male, as in some of the spe- 

 cies already described, always present, except in very minute plants, 

 and even tiien the stamens of ihe second floret are only sometimes 

 wanting. — Nectanj, in each tvvo obovate scales. — Seed s,hort, oval, 

 pointed, slightly rugose. 



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20. P.Jluitans. Linn. Sp. PI. ed. Willd. i. 338. 



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



