PANICUM. 



GRAMINEAE. 947 



saepe arcuatim-pendulis ; selis spicula (lupio triplove longioribus, spieulis minocibus 

 (3mni. fere longis) subfuscescenlibus ; gUinio priina spicula -Abifivioie, 3-n( rvi ; 

 secunda Va breviore , 5-nervi; (juarta lertiam aequaiite. 



In Nepalia (Wallich ^r. 870'^ in liorb. Nees ab E.), propc Courlallum (Nr. 1014. 

 el in Rengalin prope Sillct (No. 870'2 in bcrb. Kuntli). 



e. amplissimum (P. amplissirnum Steud. Syn. p. 54; P. Hlfiiiiaiiuin Nees in llook, 

 Journ. of Dot 1850), allissinnim ; foliis omplis; vaginis insigniter tuberculatis , .slri- 

 gosis; lamina lale lanceolala (12— '25'" lata). omiiino denudaia ; pauicula speciosissima 

 (ad 2' longa), multi- et longi-ramea, erecta ; setis spicula duplo triplovo longioiibus; 

 spicul.is minoribus (3 mm. longis) subluscescentibus ; gluma prima spicula '/» nd 'A 

 breviore, 3-nervi (perraro 5-nervi) ; secunda 'A breviore , plerumque 6-nervi ; lertia 

 longiu^ mucronata, quartam superanle. 



In insulis Philippinis (Cuming No. 553.) 



%. lenc (P. lene Sleud. Syn. p. 54), .slalura, colore, foliorum ainpliHidine. vnginis 

 infloiesceniia et giuninrum longitudine cum praecedenle convenit, a quo diflert la- 

 miiin sublus lenuissimo pilosa, gluma 3— 5-nervi, secunda seplemnervi. 



In insula Java (Zollinger No. 815.) 



1Q. Thwaitesii, culmo elato et robusto ; foliis amplis; vaginis insigniter verrucosis 

 et strigosis, nec non passim niinulissime pulverulento-adspersis ; lamiiia laie lanceo- 

 lata (11—13'" lata), supra setuiosa, subtus densc pilosa; panicula spcciosa , apice 

 nutante, ramis inferioribus valde elongalis pendulis; racbi as|)era et parce pilosa ; 

 setis spicula brevioribus vel vix longioiibus ; sjiiculis majoribus (4mm. longis). ad 

 glumas sterLles pubescentia tenuissinva e pilis microscopicis crispatim contorlis ves- 

 titis; gluma prima spicula vix 7, breviorc , 5-nervi; sccunda y^breviore, 7-nervi; 

 lertia longius mucronata, quartam superante. 



In insula Ceylon (Thwaites). 



4. PANICUM COSTATUM Roxb. Fl. ind. I. (1820 el 1832) p. 315 et 312. — Sieud. 

 Syn. p. 64. — Ai. l'.r. I. c. — /'. Tliouarsianum Nees in Steud. Sjn. p. 62: 



Perenne. culmo e basi longe repente el radicante adscendenle . ramoso (IV2— '^'A" 

 supra tcrram elaio) ; loiiorum vaginis internodio inulto brevioribus , inferioribus et 

 tuberculis piliferis, superioiibus nudis , margine piloso flmbrialis , cingulo piloruin 

 dorsali carcntibus; lamina lale lanceolaia (5-8"' lata), longe acuminaia, utriuque so- 

 cus nervos pilis longioribus laxe serialis versus marginein direclis, subtus iiraelerea 

 pilis inconspicuis sparsis muniia , margine et ad nervos scabra , prope basin ciliis 

 nonnullis longioribus insiructa; panicula iliyrsiformi, recla, ramis dense spicilonnibus 

 (pollice brevioribus) erecio-patentibus ; rachi scabra el paice pilosa; rami.s in selam 

 brevissimam. ramulis in longiorcm spiculas duplo vel niplo superaniem abeuntibii.s ; 

 spiculis subunilateraliter conferiis, oblongis ; gluiiia piima spicula V* breviore , lii- 

 nervi ; secunda spicula '/> breviorc, 7-nervi; lertia 7-neivia , glumellam cjusdcm lon- 

 giludinis et llorem masculum includciite; quarla longitmline fere lertiae . apiculata, 

 dorso iransver.-e rugosa. 



Spccies a praeccdenlibu.s vaidc distiiictn . habiiu poculiari gaudens. Folia le- 

 nuiorn el breviora, vagina plcrumque 2—4", lam'na 4—8' loiiga. Inlloresceniia fere 

 Echinuchloae . sed spicae laicralcs uiidii|uc versae et densius conferiae. Spiculae 

 2'/i min lorigae. Rugne transversiilcs glumae (|iiari;ie sae|iius gluma sccuuda oaiu 

 tegeiiic imitantur. 



Habiiat in insula Maurilii , unde 1802 in borluin Calciiiicnsem introductum esi. 

 Vidi specirnen Wallicbianum ex horio bol. Calcntt. sub No. 86S9 inissum, et specimen 

 Thouarsianum sine dubio in ins. Maur. lcctaiii in herb^ Willdcnowiano. Asservantur 

 iiisuper in lierb. reg. norol. spcciinina in insula Ccylon It-cia. iibi hanc spcciem 111- 

 troductain esse suspicor. 



5. PANICUM CHAM.\ERAPI1IS Nees Mspt. (non Triii., quod cst Cliainaeraphis hor- 

 deacen R. Rr,) — .\\. R. I. c. — l\ homom,vnnu Steud. Syii. p. 48. — 



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