466 CXLIV. GRAMINES. 
Spikelets acuminate, curved, 1 to 14 lines long or rather 
29. 
Spikelets acuminate, 2 to 3 lines os long. Fruiting glume 
thin ^ > oU. 
[ Panicum. 
P. indicum. 
P. myurus. 
Panicle-branches usually more or less divided. 
ecies). 
Sers VI. Paniculatz 
lets ali 1 L s Pins ponte sometimes the first four sp 
igi Viet scarcely divided. Spikelets few 
pA e numerous, scarcely under 2 lines long. 
wers. 
spikelets send or sometimes quite sessile. (Species 
approaching the Paspaloidec. 
Spikelets 2 vin 2 Jn s long, mostly distant along 
31. 
Spikelets aig under 2 lines, crowded on ‘the 
the branches in a compact 
2nd and 3rd glumes almost equal , . 32. 
niae; 
Spikelets 1} lines long, rather crowded on the 
nt bra nches of a long and narrow panicle 
ame 1, 2nd j as long as the 3rd. ..39. 
Spikelets feos rrari ha pedicellate, in a loose spread- 
ng panicle. 
Spikelets he to 3 lines Jong, sprinkled with h 
ruiting glum 
ooked 
close above the sess . 94. 
Spikelets 3 lines long, scm ous. Fruiting glume 
ovem abov vape a dilated at the 
Panicle pedunculat: : . 35. 
Spikelets 2 lines long, glabrous Fruiting glu me 
raised above the others. Panicle scarcely ex- 
_ _ ceeding the floral leaves . 36. 
Panicle narrow or spreading. Spike elets numerous, 1to 
ear 2 lines long. A male flower in suec gis ewe 
t 
e uminate ; 
. prominent and rigidly ciliate. . 37. 
Spikelets crowded or. clustered on the smaller 
branches. Glumes acute or acuminate, not 
Spikelets often numerous, shortly pedicellate, mob 
clustered. Glumes acute 
i aeons ssa on Pin n lg Topid. Mun 
38. 
P. foliosum. 
P. adspersum. 
P. inequale. 
P. uncinulatum. 
P. majusculum. 
P. pauciftorum. 
P. semitonsum. 
P. antidotale. 
9. P. repens. 
40. P. capillipes. 
Panicle hk ` Spikelets obtuse, E ines long. s 
iting glume rugose , v wv 
pisces, esed No male flower s 
cubes so ike anicle-branches few, spreading. 
Spikelets few and distant, 2 line i on iori 
E. . 41. P. pyymeum. 
Erect. Panicle- he esnumerous, capillary. Spiko- hoidi 
lets } line long, on capillary pedicels . 42. P. trichowes- 
Ascending or erect. Pani arrow, rath 
: ni er ense. 
Spikelets very numerous, 3 line long. Fruiting 
ume densely pubescent. . . . . . 44 P. marginatum- 
Sp ike - 
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