488 CXLIV. GRAMINER. [ Panicum. 
Wales. Port Jackson, R. Brown, Woolis; Maneroo, Mrs. Calvert ; New 
England, C. Stuart ; Archer's Station, Leichhardt. 
49. P. m melananthum, F. Muell. in Trans. Vict. Inst. 1855, 47.— 
annual, Leaves flat and rather broad, the ligula exceedingly short, 
lume ovate, acute, 1- or times 3-nerved, nearly 4 the length i 
the spikelet ; 2nd and 3rd po nearly equal, acute, mere ps 
membranous, with usually 5 not prominent nerves, the 
empty without any palea. Waitin glume smooth and quint 
aegra Brisbane River, Moreton B Jay, F. Mueller, Bailey. 
. S. Wales. New England, C. Stuart Big , River Wilcox. 
Siete Hume, King and Ovens Rivers, F. Mue 
F. Mueller (Fragm. viii. 192) refer to P. coloratum becom a species founded on 
a garden plant which is apparently nt t dietinot from P, 7 
miliaceum, Linn., a species ur much cultivated in ue pem erranean region 
under t the name of ‘ Little Millet’ well as in several hot countries, has been ndi 
Aust pm as an escape rout eaneivalion: (F. Mueller). It is an erect annu 
3-nerved, above as ed as the broad membranous 7- to 11-nerved 2nd and 
3rd glumes. Fruiting glume smooth and shining. 
50. P. um, R. Br. Prod. 191.—An erect perennial, our speci- 
mens ually under 1 ft. but said to attain 2 ft. Leaves lanceolate ot 
linear-lanceolate, oe and ame as well as the sheaths, the no m 
bearded with long s eading hairs; ligula very short and iat - 
Panicle aai niahi, pe within the last leaf, 3 to 4 in. long W e 
istis leis at length twice as long, the filiform divided brane s 
Grd Qe Ay equal, 5- or 7-nerved, a palea within the 3rd gn 
ruiting ind 
n. 67; Trin . Spec. Gram 
ss k, 
Pn. — os EE Bowman ; and apparently the same, Cape Yor 
aeme and 
N. S. Wales. Port Jackson to the Blue Mountains, R. Brown, Ten y thb 
others ; northward to New Engla: and, C. vows Macleay River, Beckler ; an 
interior Nan duruga Creek, Victorian Expediti al 
LU gerer —: IPM more or less udi —P, convallium ; p. Mue- 
N.S. Wales. Murray and Darli Rivers, F. mend bres 
Victoria. Ballarat, Boe Bacchus ; Po: Bay, F. M 
