Panicum. | CXLIV. GRAMINEE. 467 
sire l to 2 in. long. Onter glume THAT 
WP besceu 9. P. lachnaphyllum., 
Panicle 1 to 2 in. long. Spikelets about 1 
Outer glume ovate, acute. Leave elabrons 46. P. obseptum. 
Panicle aedi in, long, Spikelets ober 2 lin 
in short, broad, truncate. lens 
Ms rou 7. P. Buneei. 
icum Spread des with. numerous capillary branches. 
icle y m es scattered, neither clustered nor 
verti 
Saikelots L Tine long, acute. Outer gene acute. 
palea in the 3rd glume . . . . 48. P. bicolor. 
A paed A nn long, rather obtuse. "Outer 
o palea in the 3rd glume . 49. P. melananthum. 
— r panicle-branches clustered but scarcely 
il 
Spikelets about 1 line, Outer Jaer acute, half 
ong as the spikelet. A palea in the e 
gume eres es prominently ciliate. Ligu 
ong cilia - 50. . effusum, 
Spikelets oe é epum. Nodes glabrous, Ligula 
short . . 51. P. Mitehelli. 
Spikelets shot 1 line. ' Outer glume short, broad, 
or searcely acute, nervele 
ag he 3rd glume 
Spikes ay 2 lines. Outer glume acute 
A pal n the 3r d glume. Panicle large. 
hy 
P. deeompositum. 
Leav P. miliaceum. 
Lower bariai are Oe verticillate. Outer glume 
wae cte ng as the others. A palea in 
mis 7 duel with a ring of cilia, . . . 53. P. trachyrhachis, 
Lua prominent, scarious, without cilia . . . 54. P. prolutum. 
Sers I. DIGITARIES. — Spikelets usually small, mostly in pairs 
along the outer or lower side of the simple slen der branches of the 
panicle, one of each pair always pedicellate, the other sessile or on a 
Shorter pedicel, the upper ones of each branch occasionally solitary, 
i ones very rarely clustered. Outer glume usually very 
l. P. ceenic olum, F. Muell. in Trans. Vict. Inst. 1855, 45.— 
Stems from a kno otty branching py ascending to 1 ft. or more. eaves 
flat, vell E doi or villous. Panicle of rather numerous 
der e bra to 4 in. long, at first erect, at length 
es, 
spreading, 1 the his er arn atin ana  n - upper ones alternate and 
ikelets in pairs, 1 sessile, the other 
1 yo 1i to 2 lines lo sip. Out nd glume e not exceeding 
7 nerved, the 3d 7- to 1l-nerved, both more e less silky-hairy and 
P Fruiting glume smooth, acute 
Australia. 
Cudnaka, F. Mueller ; near CENE Eyre, Andrews. 
Fraser's Range, Dempster 
2. P, divaricatissimum, R. Br. Prod. 192. — Stems from a 
