16 GRAMINEJE. 
Palez incluse, 2 exterior major, alteram involvens : subcu- 
cullata, apice mucronata ; interior, marginibus involutis, mutica. 
Lodiculz duz cuneate palez exteriori opposite. 
Stamina 3. filamentis apicis versus subiter angustatis. 
Styli 2; eodem modo angustati. Stigmata plumosa. 
Pericarpium, paleis induratis ceterum immulatis, involutum 
et coalitum, inferne convexius. superne planiusculum intermar- 
gines utrinque sete obmarginibus pale inferioris intro- 
flexis. 
Embryo glume exteriori oppositus. 
а, а. Outer glume. 
b, b. Upper and inner glume. 
€, €, €, с. Outer palea. 
d, d, d, d. Inner and upper palea. 
e. Lodicule. | 
Bengal, on the Jellinghey river, Septr. 7, 1835. 
PANICUM. 
1. Panicum stagninum Roxb. Fl. Ind. 1 298. Oplismenus 
е Kunth Agr. 1-144. 
Gramen basi decumbens, 2, 3 pedale. Culmis levibus, fol. 
linearib. basi parum latioribus glabris,margine cartilagineo-den- 
ticulatis, ligulis obsoletis, vaginarum faucibus pilis paucis se- 
taceis. basi tumidis ciliat. pilis. cito basin relictis deciduis. 
Rachi communi scabra sulcati partialibus secundis pubes- 
centi, hirtis adpressis approximatis, floribus 4 fariam, imbrica- 
tis, geminatis, breviter pedicellatis, pubescentibus, gluma 
interiore breviter, palea exteriore floris neutrius longe aris- 
tata, rachibus setigeris. 
Gluma exterior latior, brevior breve acuminata, 3 vel 5 ner- 
vis, planiuscula, interior major convexa, 5 nervis, breve aris- 
tata. 
Palea exterior, floris exterioris neutrius, glume interioris 
consistentia et forma sed longe aristata praesertim exteriorib. 
