CXLTII. GEAMI^^E.i;. 02'.) 



1. Panicum flavidum, Retz. Ohs. fasc. 4 (1786) p. 15. Stems 1-4 ft. 

 long, slender, ascending from a short decumbent base ; nodes glabrous. 

 Leaves sub-bifarious, 3-5 by ^\ in., narrowly linear, acuminate, thinly 

 coriaceous, glabrous or the margins slightly scaberulous; sheaths com- 

 pressed, glabrous, the margins not ciliate ; ligule a ridge of long hairs. 

 Spikes few or many, distant, erect, |-1 in. long, shorter than the inter- 

 nodes, secund, sessile ; rhachis flattened, glabrous. Spikelets yV^"' •'°"o> 

 gibbously globose, sessile or nearly so, 2-seriate, closely imbricate, 

 glabrous. Glumes 4, pale-green or nearly white, the 3 lower with green 

 nerves ; lower invoL-glume about j as long as the spikelet, orbicular, 

 concave, 3-nerved ; upper invol. -glume broadly ovate, concave, shorter 

 than the upper floral glume, 7-uerved ; lower floral glume shorter than 

 the upper, orbicular, 5-nerved, paleate, empty ; upper floral glume 

 broadly ovate or almost orbicular, often mucronate, very convex, 

 striolate-punctate, white. Palea with the sides infolded nearly to the 

 middle, striolate. Fl. B. I. v. 7, p. 28 ; Trim. El. Cevl. v. 5, p. 133 ; 

 Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 13 (1901) p. 433; Prain, Beng. PI. 

 p. 1174 ; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 6, part 1, p. 8. Panicum hrizoides, 

 Jacq. Eclog. Gram. (1813) p. 2 ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 290.— Flowers : Oct. 



Konkan: N. & S. Konkan, Lawl Deccan: Khandala, Woodrow. Gujarat: near 

 Surat, Balzell cf- Gibson ; Morvi (Kathiawar), Woodrow ; Porbander (Kathiawar), 

 Woodrow. — DiSTRiB. Plains of India ; Ceylon, Trop. Asia and Africa. 



2. Panicum punctatum, Bann. Fl. Ind. (1768) p. 26. Perennial, 

 quite glabrous ; stem prostrate at the often floating base, 2-4 ft. long, 

 rooting at the lower stout spongy nodes. Leaves 4-8 by ^-| in., linear, 

 acute or acuminate, base narrow ; lower sheaths inflated ; ligule a ridge 

 of hairs. Spikes many, |-1 in. long, distant, sessile, longer than the 

 internodes, appressed to the glabrous rhachis, very pale. Spikelets 

 -Jjj-i in. long, imbricate, sessile, 2-seriate, ovoid-oblong on a flattened 

 undulate rhachis which is produced beyond the spike into an acicular 

 tip which is as long as or longer than the terminal spikelet. Glumes 4 ; 

 lower invol. -glume small, about -^ in. long, orbicular, rounded or 

 slightly retuse at the apex, thinly membranous ; upper invol. -glume 

 about I as long as the floral glumes, membranous, 3-5-nerved, orbiculai', 

 with truncate or rounded tip ; lower floral glume ovate, acute, 

 3-5-nerved, membranous, neuter; upper floral glume about as long as 

 the lower, cuspidately acuminate, thinly coriaceous, granulate, white. 

 Palea coriaceous, with inflexed membranous sides. Anthers ^ in. long. 

 Fl. B. I. V. 7, p. 29; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 5, p. 134; Woodr." in Journ. 

 Bomb. Nat. v. 13 (1901) p. 433; Prain, Beng. PI. p. 1174. Panicum 

 JIaitans, Eetz. Obs. fasc. 3 (1783) p. 8 (not fasc. 5, p. 18) ; Grab. Cat. 

 p. 237 : Dalz. & Gibs. p. 290.— Flowers : Nov. Vern. Petnar. 



Deccan : Poona, Woodrow, Lisboa ; Ahmeduagar, Woodrow. — Distrib. Throughout 

 India in marshes; Ceylon, Malaya, Mauritius, Trop. and N. Africa. 



3. Panicum fluitans, Betz. Ohs. fasc. 5 (1789) p. 18. — Perennial ; 

 stem 1-4 ft. long from a stout creeping base^ often as thick as a swan's 

 quill, smooth, soft, striate ; lower nodes 2-5 in. long, quite glabrous. 

 Leaves 4-8 by ^-g in., linear, finely acuminate, glabrous, the margins 

 smooth or nearly so, often incurved, base narrow^ ; sheaths large, loose, 

 glabrous, the margins not ciliate ; ligule a ridge of hairs. Panicle 

 8-12 in. long ; rhachis erect, angular, glabrous or nearly so. Spikes 



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