98 PANICUM CRUS-GALLI. 
striated sheaths; upper sheath of same length as its leaf; no 
ligule. Joints three. Inflorescence compound-panicled, compact, 
secund; rachis angular; branches rough. Spikelets almost sessile, 
in clusters, composed of two glumes and two florets, one of the 
florets neutral. Glumes unequal, inner one considerably the 
largest, three-ribbed, and hirsute. Lowest floret barren. Styles 
two. Stigmas short and plumose. Filaments three. Anthers 
short, and cloven at either extremity. Length from twelve to 
twenty-four inches. Root annual and fibrous. 
The specimen for illustration was collected in fields at Bat- 
tersea, by Mr. Joseph Sidebotham, of Manchester. 
