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HynitoKYZA, Xees von Essenhech. 



H. (Lekrsia) AiiisTATA, Koxb. luilia. Ceylon. 



Potdtnochloa littzii, Grilt". 

 H. CILITIA, Xees. 



r.iXICIE.^. 

 Spikelets all fertile in a spicufn, or branched, sometimes digitate panicle composed of 

 an upper hermaphrodite and a lesser male or neuter /lower. Glume, the lower smaller 

 than tlie upper, often minute or arrested. Olunielles usually cartilaginous, shining. 

 Lower glumelle as in Andropogoneet. Stamens 3. Curgnpsis with a jjunctiforni hilarg 

 spot, atiymas as in Andropugoneee. 



PAXicrM,' Linnaus. 

 Spikelets iisually small, 1-ttowerfil, or \vith a scconil male flower below it, 

 awnless or rarely awned, eitlier along one side of the simple branches of a panicle, or 

 in a loose branching or close and spike-liko panicle. Glumes always 4, the lowest 

 small, sometimes very minute and empty, the next usually larger and always 

 empty, the third empty, or with an imperfect or male flower, in its axis, the 

 innermost or flowering glume of a firmer texture, smoother and more faintly .'J-nerved. 

 Palea like the fl(jwering glume, but smaller, and more or less 2-norved. Caryopsis 

 inclosed in the hardened flowering glume and palea. 



* P. JUMEXTOSXTM, Pers. (M.). Cultivated. 



Nan-ka-than-hau. Guinea grass. 



An excellent and luxuriant fodder, but which requires constant watering, and 

 ■when well weeded and kept, may be cut every two months, or even more frequently. 

 It is easily propagated, and thrives best when planted in tufts a couple of feet apart. 

 "When cut, the stalks should be left about 9 inches long. 



P. GLArcrii, L. 



P. COLOXUM, L. 



P. Javamci'm, Pers. 



JJrochloa panicoides, Beauv. 

 P. nmiLE, Nees. 



P. SAXfiUINALE, L. 



JEgyptiacum, Retz. 

 P. niiLorus, Trin. 



JJrochloa puhescens, Ktli. 



P. COMPOSITUM, L. 



P. LAXCEOLATFM, Kth. 



P. BUEMANXI, lletz. 



P. FEUMKXTACEUM, Roxb. 



P. STIUCTUM, SchultZ. 



P. CEUS-GAT.Lr, L. 



0. stagninum, Kth. 

 var. ji. r. colonum, L. 



P. DISTACHYUJI, L. 



P. SARMENTOSfM, Roxb. 



P. MONTAM'II, Roxb. 



P. 0VALIF0L1U5I, Pers. 



P. CtJllVATUM, L. 

 P. COMlIUTiTDM, Noes. 

 P. CORYMBOSUM, Roxb. 

 P. REPENS, L. 



P. paludosum, Roxb. 

 P. ischcemoides, Retz. 



Kamorta (K.). Ceylon. S. China. 

 Kamorta (K.). Ceylon. 

 Kar Nicobar (K.). Ceylon. 



Kamorta (K.). Cevlon. 

 Maulmain (P.). Ceylon. 



Bengal. Ccvlon. 



Kamorta. 



S. China. 



S. China. 



Katchall (K.). Ceylon 

 Bengal. 

 Bengal. Ceylon. 

 Bengal. 

 Bengal. 

 India. Ceylon. S. China. 



India. S. China. 

 Assam. Cliina. Philippines. 

 India, liurma. China. Philippines. 

 S. China. India. 

 Ceylon. 



Bengal. S. China. 

 Coromandel. 



Ceylon. S. China. 



Bengal. 



' Digitaria, Juss. Ophimcnus, Beauv. Setaria, Beauc. 



