4. Panicttm.] 97. GRAMINEJS. [5. Thysanokena. 



leaves and very long slender tail-like panicles often 8 or more inches 

 long, often purple. Spikelets innumerable ovoid ^g" on pedicles -gV'. 



6. P. indicum, L. Very similar but spiciform panicles only about 

 2 lf . Stems often red. Spikelets 1-2-nate oblong acute iViV'- 



0. Spikelets on tbe branches of a decompound usually 

 open panicle, or branches of the panicle sometimes erect. 



(1) Panicle usually contracted with many erect slender 

 branches. 



7. P. miliare, Lamk. Gandli,Gundli, K., #., is a millet 1-3 ft. high, 

 cultivated in Chota Nagpur rather frequently. L. hairy. 



8. P. repens, L., somewhat resembles it but the panicle is sometimes 

 Somewhat effuse, it is a grass of wet places with a creeping and ascending 

 stem. L. glabrous or hairy with a ciliate rounded base and sheaths with 

 ciliate margins. Ligule a narrow coriaceous ring. The short pedicels 

 have a cupular tip. Spikelets erect. Gl. I truncate. 



(2) Panicle usually large and effuse. 



9.~P. maximum, Jacq n is the Guinea grass, a native of Afriea. I 

 grew this successfully in Singbhum, and it is a most nseful fodder. It 

 is a large perennial, easily propagated both by seed and division of the 

 roots. 



10. P. montaum, Rottb. A oommon forest grass 3-4 ft. with very 

 •lender stems, short broad leavet 5-6''byf-l'' suddenly narrowed to a 

 short ciliate base and terminal large effuse panicles 12'' both ways with 



gl 



very short truncate. Base of leaf "with long ciliae. Gl. I 3-nerved (or 5* 



nerved P.B.I.); Gl. JI-III, 5-nerved ; Gl. IV polished brown. 



11. P. plicatum, Lamk. A very distinct perennial grass witn broad 

 plicate leaves somewhat resembling those of a Curculigo and large thyreoid 

 or effuse panicles of which the branohlets are often produced iato a 

 bristle. Moist valleys in the hilly forests, rare. 



5. Tkysanolcena, Nees. 



1. T. AgTOstis, Nees. Dodri, Gara jonor, K. ; Karsar, 



S. 



A very large grass 5-10 ft. high with stems often \'' diam., 

 large broad flat leaves 18* by 3", and large decompound 

 effuse panicles often 3 ft. by 2 ft. of innumerable minn+~ 

 Bpikelefcs. 



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