484 CXLIV, GRAMINE. [ Panicum. 
acuminate, almost it 7-nerved ; a male flower in the 3rd. 
S ie rie mud en ig acute, smooth and shining. 
N. h-west eus Point Cunningham, Cygnet Bay, 4. Cun- 
rentia adno; ila, Walco 
P. repens, Linn.; Kunt th, Enum. 1097 SIDE from a 
creeping and rooting base ascending to 1 or 2 ft, rather stiff, the 
s 
sometimes quite glabrous ; ligula short, ciliate. Panicle narrow, with 
a few long branches, erect or at length spreading, the apixelets shortly 
ondar 
filiform flexuose piaohis, Spikelets 15 ose long, glabrous, or the 
length of the spikelet, acute, 1-nerved ; 2nd and 3rd glumes Done iue 
acute or acuminate, prominently 3- or 5-nerved ; a male n the 
E Fruiting glume ac T. smooth or arises rugose. Be jc o 
Brot. Phyt. Mie i ; P. airoides, R. Br. Prod. 190 
N. Australia. TON R. Brown, F. Mueller ; Port Darwin, 
Piram n. ees ong Island. Zi 
Q land. Endeavour E £P and Solander. RA 
: ales. Glendon, Leichhardt ; Murray River, F. Mueller, perhap 
introduced. F 
The species is com e districts in southern Asis northern Africa an 
southern acs si se sete aan on the coasts of Braz 
i ens and oe PECES. Pe Jow ered, but the inflores — 
nearer that of P. decompositum. "paired narrow =a rat ger long, " 
ligula scarcely eli ie Panicle at length exserted from the T 
n. long, with numerous epis y 
rie divided EG the lower ones clustered. Spikelets a^ 9 
nearly equal, acute or acuminate, 5-n nery d. A male flower es ss 
3rd glume. "Fruiting glume rather acute, smooth or very min 
rugose 
N. Farini Escape Cliffs, Hulse ; Port Darwin, Schultz, n. 806. 
t from 
um, Linn., known under the name of Guinea Grass, -— been sent 
P long 
Brisbane as from wale vation. It is an erect grass of 3 to 5 ft., aint 
and rather broad leaves. Panic large and , with ctii capi obtuse 
divided branches oie. nomean m a pedicellate, 14 to 14 lines long; A mile 
Glumes membran keat sse ab Lr ?nd an 
flower in the 3rd. 
41. P. pygmeum, R. Tie 
n Somy at the nöden akidik 4o 46 in” Teaves Cae always 
in. long, linear or Iieeolate, ciliate and usually but meet 
railed with bs hai Panicle short and spreading, wi pic 
capillary flexu owe simple or slightly divided branches. Spikele 
eee 
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