Panicum. 7rjandiiia pigynia. 29S 



compound, secund, erect. Spikekts alternate, sessile, secund, ex- 

 paadmg a little. Lachis, both common and partial tlnee-siaed— 

 Flowers, very uir.nerous ; three-fold below, above in pairs, all ses- 

 sile, or nearly so ; their uisertion surrounded with small bristles, in- 

 volucre-like. — Caltjx, only the inner valve awued, all striated, hairy 

 and hispid. — Cu/a/, complete ; male florets, besides the usual heroiao 

 phrodiie one. 



Obs. This is a coarse species. Cattle are not fond of it. 



24. P. cms corvi. Linn. Sp. PI. ed. Willd. i. 337. 



Culois, creeping at the base. Leaves downy. Spikes from six to 

 ten, three times longer than their interstices. Calyces downy. Carol 

 three-valved. Seet/ oblong, 'ob:.use, smooth. 



A uiiddle-sized, delicate, ra e species, found on pasture ground. 



Culms, tiiil"oim_, cieeping at che base, above nearly erect, ramous. 



Leaves soft, doxvuy , siieaih hau-y. — Spikes compound, secund^ 



from one to three inches long. Spikelets from four to twelve, alter- 

 nate, adpressed, secund, about three-fourths ofau inch lung ; some- 

 times there is a vary small luniitication at the lower part of one or 

 two. Racliis, common, two-furrowed; partial, three-side), downy. 

 — Floiceis paired, or single, iu two rows ; both pedicelled ; pedicels 

 hairy, of unequal length, but both short. — Culj/x siriated, very 

 dow'uy.— Coral, tiie neuter valve is here present. — Seed oblong, 

 smooth, shining white. 



25. p. calonum. Linn. Sp. PI. ed. Willd. i. 338. 



Culms, creeping at the base. Spik-'s from six to ten, short. Flow- 

 ers three-fold, sub->es3ile. Glunes of the calyces three-nerved. 

 Coral three-valved ; seed roundish, smooth, three-nerved. 



Beng. Shama. There is a reddish variety, called Lal-shama, 



Teling. Woondoo-gaddi. 



Delights in rich pasture ground. 



Culms, below resting on the ground, and rooting; above sub-erect, 

 jUat part is from one to two feet high, braachy, a little compressed^ 



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