322 Graminee. [ Cyrtococcum. 
Spikelets hispidulous, usually shortly pedicelled . 1. C. TRIGONUM. 
Spikelets glabrous : 
Spikelets short pedicelled . : ; F . 2. CacPnyEom. 
Spikelets long pedicelled . : ‘ . 3. Cr Pare. 
For Panicum trigonum Retz. read: 
1. Cyrtococcum trigonum A. Camus in Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. 
Par. 1921, p. 118. Panicum trigonum Retz. Obs. III, p. 9 (1783) excl. 
syn. 
For Panicum pilipes Nees & Arn. read: 
2. Cyrtococcum oxyphyllum Stapf ex Ridl. Fl. Mal. Pen. V, 
Pp- 253 (1925). Panicum oxyphyllum Hochst. ex Steud. Syn. Gram. 
p. 65 (1854). P. hermaphroditum Steud. |. c. p. 69. P. pilipes Nees 
& Arn. ex Buse. in Miquel Pl. Jungh. III, p. 376 (1851-5). 
For Panicum patens Linn. read: 
3. Cyrtococcum patens A. Camus Il. c. P. patens Linn. Sp. Pl. 
p- 58 (1753). 
4f. PASPALIDIUM Siapf. 
Perennial or rarely annual grasses; ligule represented by 
a hairy ridge; spikelets ovate to lanceolate, unawned, in 
secund, spiciform racemes; gl. I small, abaxial ; el. Il 5-7- 
veined: ol. ELL similar to--el/ Tse IV dorsally convex, 
crustaceous; palea crustaceous; styles 2, free; grain tightly 
enclosed.—Sp.-12; Tropics generally; 
Spikes shorter than the internode; leaves mostly 
obtuse or acuminate from the inrolling of the 
margins ; spikelets 0-08—o-og in. : . I. P. FLAVIDUM. 
Spikes larger than the internodes; leaves acumin- 
ALG: 
Glume IV granulate, lower spikes as long as or 
exceeding the internode; spikelets o-1-o'12 in. ; 
gl. LL about ZIV . ; : : : . 2. P. PUNCTATUM. 
Glume IV smooth; lower spikes as long or 
shorter than the internodes, upper crowded; 
spikelets 0°08 in. ; gl. I] usually equals IV . 3. P. GEMINATUM. 
For Panicum flavidum Retz. read: 
. Paspalidium flavidum Stapf, ex Haines Bot. Bih. and Or. 
a 1001 (1924). Panicum flavidum Retz. Obs. IV, p. 15 (1786). 
For Panicum punctatum Burm. read: 
2. Paspalidium punctatum Stapf, ex Haines Bot. Bih. and Or. 
p. 1oor (1924). Panicum punctatum Burm. f. Fl. Ind. p. 26 (1768). 
For Panicum fluitans Retz. read: 
3. Paspalidium geminatum Stapf, in Fl. Trop. Afr. IX, p. 583 
(1917). Panicum geminiatum Forsk. Fl. Aég. Arab. p. 18 (1775). P. 
fluitans Retz. Obs. V, p. 18 (1783). ; 
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