i54 Panicum. (J3rachiaria.') 



Panicum cuspidatum Roxbl 3-pedale. Racemls 

 (6-8) semipollicaribus , iiiterstitiis longio- 

 ribus,* Spiculis magnis, brevissime pedicel- 

 latis, 3-4-serialibus, pl. min. imbricatis, 

 oblongis, subulato - mucronatls, margine 

 aculeato-hispldis ; Gluma inferlore cordata, 

 acutiuscula, floscnlis 5-4-plo brevlore; 

 Hermapbrodito oblongo, brevlmucronato, 

 laevlsslmo. 



Digitaria? cuspidata Schult. Mant. 2. p. 265. 



V. sp. Bengal. (Lindley.) 



Cuhnus (abscissus) erectus, subramosus, 

 totus vaginatus. Llgulae loco macula 

 spadlcea. Foha linearia^ plana, circlter 

 dlgltaha, glabra, glaucescentla. Racemi 

 crecto-patull, glaucl. Floscuhis neuter 

 blvalvis. Hermaphrodltus albldo-flave-. 

 scens. 



* * * Racemis spanls et Juhatis / spiculis imhricatis , {saepe niinus ■ 

 regulaiiter) 3 - 6 - serialibus, 



Panicum costatum Roxb ! 5 - pedale et uUra. 

 Racemls (subcomposltls) dense jubatls, se- 

 miponicarlbus et sensim muioribus, inter- 

 stitiis longiorlbus ; Spiculis linealibus, bre- 



