Fanicum tkianduia digymia. 31 S 



ate bodies embrace the germ laterally. — Seed oval, mouth brown- 

 ish^ with smooth, coloured streaks lengthways, as iu the hst. 



48. P. tenae. R. 



Culms erect, ramous ; from one to six feet high. Tanicle thin 

 fiovvers paired on a common hairy pedicel, with unequal partial pe- 

 dicels ; Corol three-valved ; S^^c? ovate, transversely waved. 



This is a wild species, which grows amongst the Circar mountains. 



Culms erect, sometimes resting on the ground, and striking root 

 there, ramous, smooth, from one to six feet high. — Leaves large ; 

 u{)per-side hairy ; edges armed with very sharp points. Sheaths 

 shorter than the joints, hairy, with their mouths bearded. — Tankle 

 erect, till the seeds are ripe, then, as in the cultivated sorts last de- 

 scribed, bowing from the weight of the grain, it is composed of al- 

 ternate, compound, nearly secund racemes. Rachis, common from 

 four to five-sided ; par^/a/ three-sided, winding, and iiairy. — Cali/.r^ 

 glumes many-nerved, otherwise smooth. — Corol, the neuter valve is 

 Lire present, and in luxuriant plants, the stamens also. — Seed ovai, 

 transversely wrinkled, which distinguishes it from all the other pani- 

 cled species. 



49. 'P.plicalum, R. 



Erect, herbaceous, harsh with stiff hairs. Leaves lanceolate, pli- 

 cate. Panicle lanceolate, ramifications compoujid, llowers paired, 

 polygamous. 



Introduced into the Botanic Garden, from the Inland of Scma^ 

 tra. Flowering time the beginning of the coid season. 



Root perennial. — Culms erect, or ascending, below as thick as a 

 goose quill, and then somewhat compressed ; every part filled with 

 pith. — Leaves sub-bifarious, expanding, lanceolate, plicate, a little 

 hairy ; from six to twelve inches long, and from one to two broad. 

 ■ — Sheaths about the length of the joints of the culms, armed with 

 sharp, rigid hairs; mouths ciliate. — Panicle oblong, lax ; lower ra- 



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