12 CLXXIII. GRAMINE^E. (J. D. Hooker.) [Paspalum. 



bicrunim, Saltzm. ex Doell in Mart. Fl. Bras. ii. II. 55. P. ciliatifolium, 

 'frin.in Mem. Acad. Petersb. Ser. vi. iii. II. (1835), 340. P. ciliatum, Lam. 

 Illustr. i. 175. P. dolichopus, Trin. ex Steud. Nom. ed. 2, ir. 271. P. erio- 

 phorum, Willd. ex Nees Agrost. Bras. 56. P. hirsutum, Poir. Encycl v. 28. 

 P. longissimum, Hochst. ex Steud. St/n. Gram. 19. P. nutans, Lam. Illustr. 

 i. 175. P. Benggeri, Steud. I.e. 17. P. protensum, Trin. Gram. Panic. 

 108. P. pubescens, Muhlb. ex Willd. Enum. Hort. Berol. 89. P. supinura, 

 Bosc ex Poir. Encycl. v. 29. P. tenue, Gtettn. Fruct. ii. 2, t. 80. Digitaria 

 conjugata, Scliult. Mant. ii. 262. Paspalus, Wall. Cat. n. 8756. 



CACJIAR, Keenan. PENANG, Curtis, &c. SINGAPORE, King. CEYLON, Thwaites 

 (" introd. from W. Indies.") DISTRIB. Trop. and subtrop. regions. 



Annual. Stems 1-2 ft., creeping and branching below. Leaves 4-6 by i in., or 

 Jess, margins of sheath above, and mouth ciliate. Peduncle very slender. Spikes 

 8-7 in., usually geminate and divergent, rachis glabrous. Spikelets imbricate, very 

 pale, plano-convex ; glumes with marginal, villous nerves, and an obsolete median ; 

 111 coriaceous, apiculate, white. A very elegant grass. 



3. P. compactum, Roth Nov. Sp. 36; dwarf, hairy all over, spikes 

 forming a pyramidal raceme, rachis slender triquetrous, spikeleta -^V ^ n> 

 hemispheric. Kunth Enum. PI. i. 61 ; Steud. Syn. Gram. 31. P. costatum, 

 Hochst. in Herb. HohenacJc. n. 635. P. miliaria, C. Mue.ll. in Sot. Zeit. 

 xix. (1861), 325. P. porrigens, Arn. in Herb. Wight. Panicum Canarse, 

 Steud. I. c. 58. Pan. imperfectum, Roxb. ex Kunth I. c. 



KHASIA HILLS, in wet places, alt. 3-5500 ft., Griffith, &c. RAJPUTANA ; Mt. 



Aboo, Duthie. The CONCAN and CANARA, Jacquemont, &c. NILGHIRI HILLS, 

 Law son. 



Stem 6-10 in., decumbent, and branched below ; roots stiff, wiry. Leaves 1-2 



by 5-^ in., ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, hairy on both surfaces. Haceme 2--4 in. ; 



spikes many, upper gradually shorter ; axils usually ciliate. Spikelets rather 

 turgid, close-set, but not imbricate, pendulous by short pedicels ; gl. 1 orbicular, 



obscurely 3 -nerved ; II narrower, margins ^broadly hyaline; 111 plano-convex, 

 white, coriaceous, tip rounded. 



4. P. distichum, Linn. Amcen. Acad. v. 391 ; stem creeping and 

 rooting, leaves narrow distichous, spikes geminate, spikelets in. ovate- 

 oblong, appressed to the rachis, gl. I and II equal acute membranous, 

 III acute. Burm. Fl. Ind. 23 ; Sw. Obs. 35, t. 2, f. 1 ; Gtsrtn. Fruct. ii. 2, 

 t. 80; Kunth Enum. PI. i. 52; Benth. Fl. Austral, vii. 460; Baker Fl. 

 Maurit. 431. P. brachiatum, Trin. ex Nees Agrost. Bras. 62. P. depres- 

 sum, Steud. Syn. Gram. '20. P. didactylum, Saltzm. ex Steud. I.e. P. 

 digitaria, Poir. Encycl. Suppl. iv. 316. P. distachyon, Willd. ex Doell in 

 Mart. Fl. Bras. ii. II. 73. P. Fernandesianum, (7oZZa in Mem. Acad. 

 Turin, xxxix. (1836), 27. P. fissifolmm, Nees ex Doell l.'c. 104. P. fur- 

 catum, Flueage Gram. Monogr. 114 (Paspalus). P. geniculatum, Heyne in 

 Herb. Eottl. P. Kleinianum, Presl Rel. Hank. i. 209 ; Steud. I c. 19. 

 P. Koia, Forst. ex Spreng. S-yst.i. 244. P. littorale, Br. Prodr. 188 ; Trin. 

 Diss. ii. 95, Sp. Gram. Ic. t. 112 ; Kunth Enum. I. c. 51. P. longiflorum, 

 Eetz. Obs. iv. 15, ex Eoxb. Fl. Ind. i. 279 ; Beauv. Fl. Owar. ii. 46, t. 85, f. 

 2; Grah. Cat. Bomb. PL 231. P. maculosum, Trin. Gen. Panic. 98, Sp. 

 Gram. Ic. t. 113. P. Michauxianum, Kunth Revis. Gram. i. 25. P. nota- 

 tum, Fluegge 1. c. 106. P. obtusatum, Nees ex Doell, I. c. 103. P. obtusi- 

 folium, Trin. Sp. Gram. Ic. t. 115. P. platycaule, Willd. ex Steud. Nom. 

 ed. 2, ii. 272. P. repens, Ic. Roxb. n. 779. ined. P. reptans, Poir. ex Doell 

 I.e. 75. P. serpentinum, Hochst. ex Steud. l..c. 22. P. tristachyum, 

 Leconte in Journ. Pliyx. xii. (1820), 285. P. vaginatum, Sw. Prodr. Vcg. 

 Ind. Occ. 21 ; Fluegge I. c. 108 (Paspalus) ; Beauv. I. c. ii. 53, t. 92 ; H. B. 



