932 CXLTIT. GRAMINEyT;. 



glume membranous, oblong, obtuse, 5-nervecl, hispidly pubescent ; 

 lower floral glume narrower, 3-nerved, paleate, neuter or sometimes 

 male, with hyaline palea ; upper floral glume shorter, oblong, obtuse 

 dorsally flattened, coriaceous, glabrous, shining, 2-sexual, with coriaceous 

 palea. Anthers J^ in. long. Fl. B. I. v. 7, p. 28 ; Trim. Fl. Cevl. 

 V. 5, p. 133 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. y. 13 (1901) p. 433 ; Prain, 

 Beng. PI. p. 1174. Panicum eruciforme, Sibth. & Sm. Fl, Grsec. Prodr. 

 V. 1 (1806) p. 40 & Fl. GrjBC. t. 59. Oplismenvs Crus-galU, Dalz. & 

 Gibs. Bo. Fl. (1861) p. 292 {not of Dum.).— Flowers : Sept.-Jan. 



Balzell without locality in Herb. Kew. ! Dbccan : Poona, Jacquemont, 452 .', 

 Woodrow. Gujarat : Surat, Dalzell !— Distrib. Throughout the plains of India ia 

 watery places ; Ceylon, westward to Italy, Africa. 



7. Panicum prostratum, Laink. Ulustr. v. 1 (1791) p. 171. A 

 slender annual grass ; stem 4-18 in. long, ascending from a long 

 creeping base, often branched below ; nodes pubescent ; internodes 

 1-3 in. long. Leaves 1-2 by ^-^ in., ovate-lanceolate from a cordate 

 amplexicaul base, atniminate, thin, flat, nearly glabrous or quite 

 glabrous above, often clothed with loug hairs beneath, sometimes nearly 

 glabrous ; sheaths slender, with ciliate margins ; ligule a tuft of white 

 hairs or 0. Racemes 5-8, alternate, secund, g-l^ in. long, sessile or 

 shortly pedunculate, distichously spreading ; rhachis of racemes slender, 

 angular. Spikelets j-i^-j-o: in. long, solitary or binate, secund, ellipsoid, 

 somewhat turgid, subacute, glabrous or hairy ; pedicels very short, 

 with long slender hairs at the tip below the s pikelet. Glumes 4 ; 

 lower invol.-glume minute, semilunate, hyaline, nerveless ; upper 

 invol.-glume about equalling the lower floral glume, membranous, 

 broadly ovate, acute, pubescent, 7-nerved ; lower floral glume 5-nerved, 

 empty, with hyaline palea ; upper floral glume elliptic, dorsally rounded, 

 thinly coriaceous, finely striolate, nearly white, w'ith subcoriaceous palea. 

 Anthers ^ in. long." Fl. B. I. v. 7, p. 33 ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 290 ; 

 Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 5, p. 138 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 13 (1901) 

 p. 433 ; Prain, Beng. PI. p. 1175 ; AVatt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 6, part 1, 

 p. 15. — Flowers : Sept. Vern. Ghimancliara. 



Deccan : Poona, Woodrow. Gujarat : Surat, Dalzell ^~ Gibson, Lishoa ; Kathiawar, 

 Woodrow. Sisu: Woodrow. — Distrib. Plains of India ; Ceylon, Tropics generally. 



8. Panicum ramosum, Linn. Mantiss. (1767) p. 29. Annual; 

 stem 1-3 ft. long, erect or ascending from a shortly creeping base, 

 slender or rather stout, much branched from the base upwards, usually 

 glabrous, leafy ; nodes pubescent. Leaves 2-5 by \-^ in., linear- 

 lanceolate, finely acuminate, thin, flat, smooth, glabrous or pubescent 

 beneath, with scaberulous margins, base rounded ; sheaths glabrous or 

 pubescent, ciliate or not towards the mouth ; ligule a fringe of short 

 hairs. Panicle 2-6 in. long, subpyramidal, with a long peduncle ; 

 rhachis angular ; branches of panicle 5-10, distant, 1-2 in. long, 

 alternate or the lower opposite, erect or spreading, shorter upwards ; 

 rhachis of racemes slender, angular, puberulous. Spikelets alternate, 

 -Jjj-^ in. long, close or distant, often in pairs (a sessile and a pedicellate 

 one), ovoid, acute, pubescent, turgid, pale green or yellowish ; pedicels 

 with a few long hairs near the tip. (jluraes 4 ; lower invol.-glume \ as 

 long as the lower floral glume, ovate, acute, hyaline; up])er invol.-glume 

 about equalling the lower floral glume, ovate, acute, cus[)idate, 5-nerved ; 

 lower floral ghime similar but sliglitly broader, with membranous palea, 



