172. 



jfexuofum , 



fedgerum , 



jiavidum 



fquarrofum 



umhrofum • 



fRIANDRIA DIGYHIA, 



P. patens ( non Linn.) Bnrm, Ind. tah. lo. f. 2« 

 Culmi proftrt^ri , raclicantes , fpithjm. foliofi . Fol. 



angufia , gldbra . Panicula par^^a , (Irida , pe- 



dunculis rarius parum f exuofis . Glums ^^fy- 



cir^ insequales . 

 P. panicula Cdpillari , patenfe ; peduncul. flexuO'* 



fi"; ; caiic:bus ovatis , geniculoruin barba refle- 



XI . Rctl. Obf. fafc. 3. 

 Cum P. capillari confunJitur . Gramen fubped. 



Culm. decumbent. ramofi, leviter pilofi . Fol. 



2.-poliic. angufta , pilof^ , ficufi vaginae , fed 



nulia punda callofa . Panic. vix 3-pollic. ova- 



ta . Var. glabra . 

 P, fpi is remotis : fiofculis fec undis ; 



denribus fetigeris . Reti. Obf fafc. 4. 

 P. repens Burm. Ind, tab. 11. f. I* 

 In China . 

 Culmi /iiiform, ramofi , foliofi . Fol. 



fubcorHgta , morginibus Vciginarum 



Spicae infer. remctae; fuperior. faepe verticil- 



latse , breves . FI. geminari . Cal. ovatus , acu- 



tus , valvula acceflbria bre^i , lata . 

 P. culmo foliofo : fpiculis remaotis , fefulibus^ 



appreffis , fe.undis , paucifl. Rcti. Obffajc, 4. 

 In Zeylona . 

 Culm. i-pollic-femiped. pl. eredi . Rachis elon- 



g3ti . Spkiil. 3-7 breves . Fl. gl :b-fi , alter- 



ni , ftcundi , flavi . Cal. glumae omnes apice 



violac. 

 P. fpicis geminis , horizontalibus : involucr. fl, 



fquarrofis : culra. detumbentibus . Ra^, Chf 



fif- 4. 



In arenofis Malahariis . 



StruBura adco Jingulari , u: proprram 

 conjiituere genus . Culm. radicanres , 

 foliofi. Fol. conferta , brrvia , cura 



racheos 



a-pollic. 

 ciliatis . 



\ideatur 

 ramofi . 



vaginis 



tomentofa . Pedunc. eret^us , elongatus , rju- 

 clus . Spic^e divergenfes , ftcunclcs, fquarrofae. 

 Ad articulos fl. fdfciculari , braifleis ciiuormi- 

 bus . Fl. terminales fleriles . Facies nmnihil 

 Cenchri . 



P. fpicis fubquaternis , remotis ; flofcul. geminis , 

 incequah'rer pedi:ellatis : culmo repente , flac-= 

 cido . Reti. Obf fitfc. 4. 



In umbrcfis hidice Oricnt, 



