CXLVII. GRAMINE.i;. 933 



empty ; upper floral glume coriaceous, ovoid-oblong, acute, rugulose, 

 with coriaceous palea. Yl. B. I. v, 7, p. 36 ; Triia. Fl, Ceyl. v. 5, 

 p. 140; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 13 (1901) p. 433; Prain, 

 Beug. PI. p. 1175. Panicum Helopus, Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. G, 

 part 1, p. 10 (partly). P. umbrositm, Retz. Obs. fasc. 4 (1786) p. 16; 

 Eoxb. PL lud. V. 1 (1S32) p. 297.— Flowers : Aug.-Nov. 



Decc'an : Poona, Woodr ow, Lisboa. S. M. Country : Badami, Woodrow. — Distrib. 

 Throughout ludia ; Ceylon, Af'ghauistau. 



9, Panicum setigerum, Retz. Obs. fasc. 4 (1786) p. 15. Stems 

 2-3 ft. long, prostrate and widely straggling below, branched, slender, 

 firm ; nodes bearded, the lower rooting ; internodes 1-2 in. long. 

 Leaves 3-5 by |-| in., ovate-lanceolate from a cordate, amplexicaul, 

 more or less ciliate base, finely acuminate, flat, thin, with slender 

 midrib, 5-6 pairs of nerves and scabrid margins ; sheaths glabrous 

 except at the back beneath the leaf-blade, with ciliate margins ; liguie 

 a tuft of long woolly hairs. Inflorescence of 3-10 racemes 1-2 in. 

 long, the lower very distant, alternate; rhaehis of racemes angular, 

 glabrous or pubescent, villous at the base. Spikelets yjj-s ^^- long, 

 loosely imbricate, 2-8eriate (one often pedicellate, the other sessile), 

 secund, ovoid, acute or acuminate, glabrous or pubescent ; pedicels 

 pubescent and with long spreading slender hairs on or below the 

 pedicel, (rlumes 4 ; lower invol. -glume about ^ as long as the upper, 

 orbicular, thiuly membranous ; upper invol.-glume broadly ovate, acute 

 or acuminate, 7-nerved, membranous ; lower floral glume about equal 

 to the upper invol.-glume, 5-nerved, paleate, neuter, the palea mem- 

 branous, as long as the glume, subacute ; upper floral glume elliptic, 

 obtuse, shortly apiculate, coriaceous, granulate, with narrowly incurved 

 margins, the palea coriaceous, elliptic-oblong, obtuse. Fl. B. I. v. 7, 

 p. 36; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 5, p. 141; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. 

 v. 13 (1901) p. 433; Prain, Beng. PI. p. 1175.— Flowers : Sept.-Dec. 

 Deccan : Poona, Woodrow. — Distrib. India (Bengal, W. Peninsula) ; Ceylon. 



Vae. tomentosa, Hook, f. Fl. B. I. v. 7 (1896) p. 37. Margins of 

 leaves and sheaths with long white hairs ; spikelets larger, i in. long, 

 tomentose ; awn longer. 



Gujarat: Eajkot (Kathiawar), Woodrow, 451 



10. Panicum javanicum, Poir. Eacyl. Snjjpl. v. 4 (1816) p. 274. 

 Annual ; stem 1-2 ft. long, decumbent and rootiug below, geuiculately 

 ascending, branching upwards ; nodes pubescent. Leaves 1-5 by 

 •|— I in., ovate-lauceolate, from a rounded, cordate, or amplexicaul base, 

 acuminate, softly hairy on both sides, with scaberulous margins ; 

 sheaths loose, softly hairy, the mouth villous ; liguie a beard. Panicle 

 erect ; branches 6-12, rather distant ; rhaehis of racemes compressed, 

 glabrous or pubescent. Spikelets g— |- in. long, secund, 2-seriate, 

 loosely imbricate, subsessile or very shortly pedicellate, ovoid, 

 acute, pubescent, tomentose, or villous ; pedicels pubescent and 

 with a few long hairs near the tip. Glumes 4 ; lower invol.-glume 

 ovate, acute or obtuse, not ^ as long as the upper invol.-glume, 3-nerved 

 or nerveless ; upper invol.-glume as long as and similar to the lower 

 floral glume, ovate, acute, 7-nerved ; lower floral glume similar, 5-nerved, 

 empty or male, with membranous palea ; upper floral glume crustaceous. 



