PANICUM. 



CxRAMINEAE. ^ 951 



ppciiri spicam fere oemulnn.s. Sene (|iiam iii aliis plerisquc spociebus minus con- 

 spicur.e, lenues, flexiiosae. Infra setam rami terminaiem spiculae inveniuntur solita- 

 riaescirciier 3, quibus praecedunt toiidem ad basin, pedicelli spicula altera brevius 

 pfdicellaia anciae, porro ramnli ipsi in selam abeuntes- spiculasque 2, 3 vel plure- 

 gerenies; r;imuli seiigeri spiculam iinicam gerenies omniiio deesse videiUur. Pedis 

 ceHi spicula nnnc panlo br-viiM-es, mnic du[)lo fere longioies. Spiculae 3 mm. fere 

 longne, 1 mm. latae, iiallid.H , albescentes. 



In moiUanis regni Ouileiisis ad (lumcn Gualiabamha legit Ilumboldt. 



Praeter' species enumi-raia.-i ad Ptjchophjlli suligeiius*forte speciant: 



1) P. megaphyllum Siend. Syn. p. 53. 



2) P. flabelliilum Steud. ibid. p. 53. 



3) P. panictdifevum Sieud. ibid p. 54. 



4) P. rncemiferum Sleud ibid. p. 64. 



5) P. plicaUle Hochst. Flor. 1855. p. 198. 



11. P.KNICUM (RCIIINOCHLOA) ORYZINUM Gmel. Syst. I. 157. (1793). — Al. Cr. in Ind. 

 sem. h. b. Berol. 1851. 



P. Hoslii M. B. (1819). 



P. slagninum Host. 



Erhinochloa commulata Schult. Mant. 



0}ilismenus Crus galli ^ Kuiilh, Enum. 



A Panico Crus galli differl culmis semper erectis , paniculae ramis sub antbesi 

 minus palulis , superiorilius sensim brevioribus in spicam terminnlem breviorem 

 miiius conS|)icuam abeuntiiius, iuprimis aulem jtalea inferiore noris sterilis 5-nervia 

 (non 7-nervia) nervis scilicet inler medianum el binos mnrgini approximatos evanes- 

 centibiis Specimina culla, sponlaneis Sieberianis ex oryzetis Aegypii caeteruin si- 

 iiiilia, spiculas profenint haud raro (rinora.s i. e. flore neutro el diioluis hcrmapiiro- 

 dili<! praediias (Panicum mirabilc A. lir. in liort. Carlsr. 1845). Scmiiia sub diu ra- 

 nus maturat, hiiic in tepidario colendum. 



12. PANICUM BREVIFOLIUM L. ^. filamentosum Pers. Schlccht. Liiinaea, 6. p, 34. - P. 

 guayaquilense Steud. Synop. p. 85. 



Stntus juvenilis, inde spiculis minoribus, Non difTert a fornia OL (nd quam pertinet 

 P. trichoides Sw. et P. trichopiptum Sleiid. Synops. p. 85.) nisi vagiiii.s pilosis et 

 paniculae ramis sirictioribus. 



Griesebnch, Bonplandia 1858, p. 11. 



Hab. in isthmo Panamensi. 



13. PA.MCUM VAGI.NATUM Sw. ?. longipes Lge. Naturliist. Forh. Vid. Meddel. 1854. 

 p. 44. — Pugill. I. p. 28. — P. paspaloides Dub. var, Willk. Prodr. H. hisp. I. 

 p. 45. 



Hab. ad littora arenosa et pinguia Oceani et sinum Gallaciae borealis Irequens, 

 olim vero.similiter aliunde introducta, sed nunc vcre indigena facta, latus plagas oc- 

 cupans. (Aug. — Sept.). 



14. PAJJICUM AEMULUM Siend, Synops. p 44. n. 18. — /'. unguinosum Bauks el Soland_ 

 Mss. ct Ic. — Ujilismenus aemuhis Kunlh. Agrost. p. 142. Ilook. lil. Fl. .Nov. Zeland. 

 p. 202.— Orthopngon R l'rodr. 



Hab. 111 Nova Zelandia, .Noriherj|_ Lsland, in sylvis et umbrosis vuJgaris. 



18. PAMCUM ANTIPODUM Spr. Steud. — Isachne aii.siralis Br. Hook fll. Fl. .Nov. Ze- 

 land. p. 291. 



Hab. in .Nova Zeland. Northern Island, i!ny of Island. Cunninyham ctc. ; Aiickland, 

 Siinlair. . 



