GRAMINEiE. 449 



of J4 to iJi inches. Glume i three-nerved : gl. ii longer, 

 five-nerved : gl. iii smooth. 



Pulneys : in sholas on the downs near and above Kodaikanal. 

 Bourne 1283, 1893, 2490. 



Gen. Dist, South Indian hills at 6,000 feet, etc., Ceylon. 



PANICUM. F.B.I. 173 IV. 



Spikelets two-flowered, the upper flower alone seeding. 

 Glume i very small : gl. ii and iii nearly equal, many- 

 nerved: gl. iv glabrous, shorter than the others, and with 

 the palea enclosing the grain as a hard skin. 



A large genus of about 300 species, common in all the 

 warmer parts of the world, but rare in Europe and north 

 temperate America. 



Panicum indicum Linn., var %x2,qa\z\ F.B.I, vii 41, IV 23. 



Spikelets lanceolate acute, two-flowered, crowded into a 



dense cat's-tail-like spike, 3 inches by J^ inch. Glume i 



very mugh shorter than the others, many-ribbed : gl. ii 



seven to nine-nerved : gl. iii three-nerved : palea of gl. iii 



minute, with stamens only : gl. iv glabrous, shiny, much 



smaller, and tightly fitting round the grain as it ripens. 



Pulneys near Kodaikanal in river beds. Bourne 1286, 1904. 



Gen. Dist. (of species). Sub-tropical and tropical India from Ghar- 

 whal eastwards and southwards, Ceylon, tropical Asia and Africa. 



OPLISMENUS. F.B.1. 173 XL 



Weak stemmed grasses with thin flat leaves and one- 

 flowered spikelets in twos and threes along simple or 

 compound spikes and remarkable for the long awn 

 attached to glume i. 



Species perhaps only 4 but as many as 30 described in 

 tropical and sub-tropical zones. 



Oplismcnus undulatifolius Beauv. ; F.B.I, vii 66, 



XI I. Stem I to lYz feet, slender. Leaf-blades iK to 2 

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