34 CLXXIII. GRAMiNE-E. (J, D. Hooker.) [Panicum. 



B. P. procumbens, Nees Agrost. Bras. 109 ; fieri}. Wight, n. 3052. P. repens, 

 Burm. var. alt. Fl. Ind. t. 11, f. I ; Rottl. in NeueSch'rift. iv. (1803) 182. P. 

 setigerurn, Herb. Roocb. ex Wall. Cat. n. 8733 A. D. P. Sieberi, Link. 

 Hort. Berol. i. 207. P. viaticum, Saltzm. ex Doell. in* Mart. ~Fl. Bras. ii. 

 II 155. Pauicum, Wall. Cat. L 873? A D. 8734, B. C. D. Gramen 

 paniceum minus, &c. Petiv. ex Sdieuchz. Agrost. 51 (non P. Petiverii, 

 Trin.). 



PLAINS OF INDIA, from the Panjab to Assam and Burma, and southward to 

 CEYLON.* DISTK IB. Tropics generally. 



Annual or perennial, usually small ; stem 4-18 in., creeping below ; nodes glabrous. 

 Leaves 1-2 in., up to f in. broad, ovate -lanceolate, acuminate; sheaths ciliate j 

 liguleO. Panicle usually shortly peduncled. Spikes subsecund, at length spread- 

 ing; rachis scabrid and hairy. Spikelets pale, rather turgid j pedicels with cilia 

 longer than the spikeljets; gl. I nerveless or, 3-nerved;, palea of III oblong, acute. 

 A common, .Bengal plant, of which and P. villosum I find it impossible to unravel the 

 synonymy with confidence. Nees (Agrost. Bras. 109) includes under procumbens, 

 repens, Burm. & Roxb. (not Linn.}., prostratum, & Lamk., setigerum, Ret^ & Roxb., 

 umbroswm, Retz & Roxb., grossarium, Koen. (not Linn.}, harbatum, Lamk., & 

 sub cor datum, Roth. Wight (Cat.) includes under procumbens, Nees, besides most 

 of the above, P. hirtum, Roth (Sothii, Spreng.) which is Oplismenus composites. 

 Mr, Ilendle informs me that Petiver's plant, which primus cites as the type of his 

 P. Petiverii, \s P. prostratum, Lamk., but that the P. Petiverii ot Trinius' Icqnes is 

 P. grossarium, Koen., not Linn.), which I refer to the P. ramosum. 



Var. rigidum ; stem very stout wholly prostrate much branched, leaves -g in. 

 triangular-ovate rigid pungent ciliate with long hairs. Wall. Cat. n.8723'(m part). 

 Calcutta^ Clarke? Burma, Wallich. (The specimen has evidently been misplaced 

 in the sheet of P. notoibile.) . . , : 



Var. burmanicum ; leaves sparsely hairy beneath, gl. II and III puberulous. 

 Burma, Collett. 



10. P. villcswm, Lamk. IIh>sir..i.l73, Encycl. iv. 745; leaves ovate- 

 oblong obtuse or acute densely pubescent on. both surfaces base rounded, 

 spikes secund erect tomentose, spikelets oVrV ^ n - ellipsoid glabrous or 

 tomentose, gl. I very short semi-lunar nerveless, II ovate acute 7-nerved, 

 III ovate-qblong acute paleate, IV obovate -abrtfptly apiculate minutely 

 rugulpse. . Kvnth Enum. PI. i. 98 ; Herb. Wight n, 3053. PP. Careyanurn, 

 Nees Agrost. Bras. 118. P. coccospermum/^eM^. Syn. Gram. 62 ; Thw. 

 Enum. 'PI. Zeyl. 359 ; Trim. Gat. Ceyl. PI. 105. P. grossarium, Rozl). Fl. 

 Ind i. 297 ; Hochst. in Herb. Holien. n. 919. P. nanum, 'Nees in Herb. 

 Royle, ex Steud. I.e.; Luthie Grass. N.W. Ind. 5. ,P. nilagiricum, 

 Steud. I.e. P. procumbens, ^ (setigerum, Eoxb.) Wight Cat. n. 3053. P. 

 repens, Roxb. Fl. Ind. i. 29^. P. vestitum, Nees in Herb. Royle ex Steud. 

 l.c,.; Aitchis. Cat. Panjab. PI. 160: Duiliie Grass. N.W. Lid. 7, 'Fodd. 

 Grass. N. 2nd. 13. Panicum, Wall. Oat. n. 8733 E, 8735. 



Subtropical and tropical HIMALAYA, from the Chenab to Sikl<:im, alt. 3-6000 ft. 

 KHASIA HILLS,, alt. 2-6000 fc. NILGUIEI HILLS. BURMA, Wallich. CEYLON, 

 Gardner. DJSIRIB. Toulon, China. 



Annual. Habit L of P. prostratum, with which it has been confounded, but is a 

 hill plant, distinguished by its hairy leaves and much more hairy spike and spikelets. 



ft Spikelets ^-} in. 



Spikelets usually close together, more or less imbricating. 



10*. P. muticum, ForsJc. Fl. Aeg. Arab. 20; stout, nodes bearded, 



