"HR CXLIY, GRAMINEX. [ Panicum. 
i istineni i iked forms of P. 
A variable plant scarcely to be distinguished from the simple spik 
leucophewn, Senn by the bcd. total absence of the minute ee 
in this respect this species closely connects Panicum with Paspalum. Its close 
to P. leucophaum prevents its removal from the former genus, 
i e 
specimens 5 in. long; secondary branches short, slender, — ne 
ower ones with 4 or 5 sessile or pedicellate spikelets, the upper 
ui As 
often slightly gibbous at the base.—P. villosum, R. Br. Prod, dies 
rownii, Reem. and Schult. Syst. ii. 462; F. Muell. Fragm. ge -: 
P. glaree, F. Muell. in Linnza; xxv. 445 ; P. laniflorum, Nees in 
nd. Journ. ii. 410, 
n 
Queensland. Keppel Bay and Broad Sound, A. Brown ;_ Rockhamp iere 
O'Shanesy ; Rockingham Bay, Dailachy ; alsoin Leichhardt s collection, 4, C. Stuart; 
N. S. Wales. Western interior, 4. Cunningham ; New E aes per's Creek, 
e River, Becker ; Darling River to the Barrier Range and Coop 
Victorian aud other Expeditions, Á 
ictoria. Snowy River, F. Mueller, 
S. Australia. Crystal Brook, F. Muller. 
resent, 
Var. monostachyum. Spike simple asin P. gibbosum, but the outer glume p 
—Goyinga Mountains, Victorian Expedition, 
h 
Africa, The Australian specimens vary mum 
es the degree of development of the inflorescence and the 
spikelets. Some of Brown's fr 
marked by him as P, sericeum, 
spikelets and may p 
In tropical America and 
in 
Shoalw: i Thirsty Sound, originally 
ls A d the panicle and smaller 
ossibly prove to represent a distinct species. ^ 
13. P. semialatum, R. Br. Prod. 192.— Stems erect, 2 es 4 nm 
high, silky-pubescent about the nodes, otherwise glabrous or ue dde 
Leaves narrow with involute margins or subulate, usually pu uide 
es sometimes densely clothed with long silky hairs. 
outer ar 
. 2n 
membrarous, 3-nerved, about half the length of tbe spikelet, the 
Small palea and sometimes 3 stamens in the axil. Fruiting giu 
