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A—Panicacex. 
Tribe 1.—PANICER. 
Series i—1. Paspalum. 5. Setaria. 
2. Eriochloa. 7. Pennisetum. 
3. Panicum. 8. Cenchrus. 
4, Oplismenus. 9. Chameeraphis. 
1. PASPALUM. 
Spikelets one-flowered, not awned, not callous at the base, in one 
or two rows along one side of slender spikes, either forming the 
branches of a simple panicle or rarely solitary. 
Glumes three, two outer ones empty, usually membranous and 
equal, or nearly so, the third flowering, of a firmer texture. 
Palea within the flowering glume smaller and more involute. 
Styles distinct, rather long. 
Grain enclosed in a hardened palea and flowering glume, and free 
from them. 
Spikes two to five, usually distant. apie orbicular or broadly 
ovate, obtuse, about 1 line long ... ee 1. P. scrobiculatum. 
Spikes two, close together, or scarcely disdaat Spikelets ovate- 
oblong, acute, or acuminate, 14 to 2 lines long .. . 2 P. distichum. 
Spikes two or three, digitate or eae so. Spikelets ovate, 
about 2 line long ... Cae : ve 3. P. brevifolium. 
Spikes rather numerous, filiform. Spikelets narrow ovate, about 
? line long i ee ies ' a 4. P. minutiflorum. 
1. Paspalum scrobiculatum, Linn. 
Botanical name.—Paspalum, Greek paspalos, one of the millets, 
(paspale is a Greek word signifying “ finest meal”’) ; scrobiculatum, 
Latin scrobiculus, a little ditch or furrow, referring to the outer glumes, 
which are scrobiculate or furrowed. 
Synonym.—P. orbiculare, Forst. (referrmg to the orbicular 
spikelets). 
Vernacular names.—Sometimes called ‘ Ditch Millet,” from the 
situation in which it grows. Called “Cow Grass” in Queensland, 
according to O’Shanesy. The “Koda Millet” and “ Hureek” of 
India are varieties of this grass. 
