948 m GRAMINEAE. 



PANICUM. 



Perenne? culmo erecto, huniili et gracili : folioruin vaginis nnirgine barbatis, cae- 

 terum nudiusculis ; lamina lanceolata, longe acuminata , utrinque secus nervos pilis 

 Jongioribus laxe scriatis rannila, margine et ad nervos scabriusula et |iro|ie Itasin 

 ciliis nonnullis longioribus instrucia; panicula elongata. laxa, erecla, ramis gracilibus, 

 simpliciter spiciformihns , apire in setani abeuntibus ; spiculis laxe alternaniibus se- 

 cundis, inferioribus singulntiin ad hasin raniuli setifonnis ramuli tluplo vel Iriplo 

 superaniis collocatis; rachi pniuarin el seciind.iria , nec non setorura bnsi pilis 

 longis paiulis ciliaia ; spicnlis a dorso valde compressis, ovalibiis, obtusissiniis (2'/2 nnn, 

 longi^i); gluma prima spicula Vj ct ullf''' breviore, olitusissiraa , irintTvi ; sccunda spi- 

 culam fere aequante, ohtusn, 5— 6-nervi; lenia obtusiuscula, apice paululum inllexa, 

 5-ncrvi, glumellam dt^pauperotara includente.; quaria teriiam aequante , vix apiculaia, . 

 transverse rugosa. 



Species Talde singularis. respectu rcliquoruin subgeneris specierura nana. pedalis 

 aut vix aliior, forsan annua , caespitulos muliicoiiles formnns. Folioruin lamina lon- 

 gitudine 3 — 5" vix excedens, 4—5"' lala, qiioad pubesceiUiam cum Pariico costaio 

 convenicns. InQorescentia quam in reliquis raulto sim|»Iicior, maxime regularis. Siig- 

 mata [lurpurea. 



In Nepalia (Royle Nr. 47). 



6. PANICUM FORBESIANUM Nees in Sleud. Syn. p. 9S : 



Perenne; culmo siricto ; foliorum vaginis clongatis, margine barbatis; lamina li- 

 neari-Ianreolata elongata, ad basin pilis longis barbata , caeterum donudata, margine 

 et ad ncrvos .scabra ; pnniculn elongnta , angusta , slricta, ramis erecliusculis simpli- 

 citer spiciformibiis (vel basi siiiidivisis), in setnm elongatHm aiieunlibus; spicnlis la- 

 xissimo allernaniibus , inferioribns singulntira ad basin «etae spiculara duplo iriplove 

 superantis collocaiis; rachi inferne brevissime pilosa, superne scabra; spiculis ovn- 

 libus, apice attenuatis acutiusculis , parum compressis; gluma prima spiculnm dimi- 

 diam aequaote eamque basi dilatnia amplecteiite, acuiiuscula, 5-nervi ; secunda spi- 

 cula paululum breviore, lati.ssime ovata , obtusa , 9-nervi ; tertia breviier acuminata, 

 7-nervi, gluniellara paulo brcviorem et Oorum masculum includente ; quaria lerliam 

 aequanie, utrinque altenuala, longiludiualiier siriolata et transverse obsolelissime ru- 

 gulosa. 



InlloresceDtia^e simplicilate ad priorem speciem accedit, sed culraus altior, 3-pe- 

 dalis ; folia valde elongnla, aii^Misla, ulira pedem longa, 5—7'" lata. Panicula in spe- 

 cimine examinalo 10" longa, ramis vix pollii.era longis, spiculas ut pluriniura 8— 9 ge- 

 reniibus. 



In Kepalia (Royle No. 31.) 



7. PANICCM SULCATUM Aubl. Guiau. I. (1T75.) p. 50. — Lam. Enc. IV. (1795) p. 746. 



Nees ab E. in Mari. Fl. firas. II. p. 253. (ex parte). — Al. Hr. I. c. 



Perenne ; culmo erecto, elato; foliorura vaginis hirsulis, ore longe barbatis et 

 dorso sub lainina pilorum aniinlo adpresso cinctis ; lamina amjilissima, laii> lanceo- 

 laia, breviter acuminata, supra nuda et glabra, sublus pilis minutissimis adpressis el 

 vix conspicuis parce adspersa, ad nervos, aeque ac margine, scabriuscula ; panicula 

 tbyrsoidea fusiformi vel subcylindrico-elongata , basi interrupta, superne condensaia, 

 cernna, ramis brevibus (pollicaribus , inflmis nonnuiitiunin mngis elongalis), erecio- 

 pateniibus, e basi composita superne spiciformibus, ramulis spiculisque conferlis uni- 

 laieralibus; rachi supcrne breviier pilosn, ramorum scobra ; seiis iu ajiice ramorum 

 el ramulorum spicula triplo ad quintuplo longioribus ; sjiiculis oblongo-Ianceolalis ; 

 glumn prirnn spicula -/j breviore, obtusa , 3-nervi , nervis mnrginem hyalinum non 

 attingcntibus; sfcunila '/•, breviore, aculiusculn , 5-nervi ; leriia ncuminala, 5-iiervi, 

 glnnifllam dfpaiiperntam i#cludente ; qunrta tertiam fere ntiingenie, sensim acutata, 

 subtililer transvcrse piinctato-rugulosa. 



Oiiinium speciosissimum I Culmiis^ — 6' alius ; loliorum lamina laiissiraa, infe- 

 riorum l'/n' longa; 24—36'" lata, basi in petiolum angusle marginalum senNim aite- 

 nuata ; iiiUoresceniia in specirainibus cultis 1 — 1'/«' lunga , in specimine spontatico 



