Panicum."] CLXXIII. GRAMINE^E. (J. D. Hooker.) 43 



SOUTH DECCAN PENINSULA ; Heyne, &c., Courtallatn, Wight. CEYLON, Walker, 

 Thu-aites. DISTRIB. Madagascar, S. Africa. 



Stem 6-18 in., prostrate, much branched, remotely leafy, nodes glabrous. Leaves 

 2-3 by ^ in., Hat, sometimes sparsely hairy ; sheath long, slender; liifule hardly auy. 

 Panicle 1-4 in., branches alternate, quite glabrous. Spikelets y 1 ^ y\y in., very 

 strongly nerved, except gl. I, which is transversely oblong; II very strongly 11- 

 nerved ; III 3-5-nerved ; IV ovoid, obtuse. A very elegant small grass. Steudul 

 (Syu. Gram. 85) has referred Spreugel's P. macLagascarense (Syst. i. 317) to this, 

 but Spreugel's character "glumes obsoletely nerved" is irreconcilable. 



Sect. V. BBEVIGLUHLE. (See p 27.) 



26. P. canaliculatum, Nees in Wight Cat. n. 1624; stems, very 

 slender flaccid branched, leaves narrow, spikelets r<r~5 i n - solitary or few- 

 together clustered on distant very short branchlets along a capillary 

 simple rachis ovat^-oblong very shortly pedicelled, gls. membranous, I 

 and II not = i III broadly ovate subequal, III ovate acute palea.te 

 male, IV as long as III lanceolate acuminate thin muriculate tip minutely 

 2- toothed and mucroriulate. Steud. tiyn. Gram. 55. P. myurum, W4yjit 

 ex Steud. 1. c. P. stenostachyum, Thw. Enum. PI. Zeyl. 436 ; Trim. Cat. 

 PL Ceyl. 105. Aira interrupta, Rottl. ex Steud. Syn. Gram. 55. 



Southern DECCAN PENINSULA, Wight. CEYLON; Jaffna ,Her&. Rottler; Trinco- 

 malee, Glenie. 



Quite glabrous. Stems 2-3 ft., many from a small woody branched nodulose 

 rootstock, erect or decumbent at the base. Leaves 3-10 by -i in., thin, flat, 

 quite smooth, nerves very slender, tips setaceous, base narrow ; sheaths smooth ; 

 ligule obscure, ciliate. Spike 3-8 in., almost capillary. Spikelets solitary, 

 binate, or in clusters of 3-6, on a very short branch, sessile or subsessilej pale, 

 glistening; gl. I and II very broadly ovate, acute or obtuse; I 3-nerved ; II rather 

 the longest, 5-nerved ; III faintly 5-7-nerved, its palea large, obtuse with broadly 

 inflexed margins and green nerves at the smooth angles, which are faintly produced 

 at the tips; IV very pale, dorsally flattened and channelled, 5-nerved; palea acute. 

 Lodicules quadrately cuneate. Anthers linear. Style long, stigma short. A very 

 peculiar species. 



27. P. 11 ode sum, Kunili Enum. PI. i. 97; stem creeping and rooting 

 below, leaves linear base rounded or cordate, panicle broad rachis very 

 slender scaberulpus, branches very long filiform striate bearing ' remote 

 racemose or solitary spikes of few secund elliptic-oblong acute spikelets 

 T L 2 --i in. long, gl. 1 not = III 3-5-nerved, II rather longer than ^1 

 5-nerved, III 5-7-neryed epaleate, IV elliptic-lanceolate acute thin smooth*. 

 Steud. Syn. Gram. 59 ; B&idh. Fl. Hongk. 412 ; Thw. Enum. PL Zeyl. 360 ; 

 Trim. Cat. Ceyl. PI. 'lQ5.. P. Arnottianum, Nees in Wight Cat. n. 1611, 

 Herb. n. 3068; &teud. I.e. J^. multmode, Fresi Eel. Hsenk. i. 303 (nan 

 Lamk.). P. violaceum, Llanos Fragm. 42. 



BENGAL, ASSAM, and southwards to MALACCA, TRAVANCOEE and CEYLON. 

 DISTKIB. Malaya, Chiua. 



Stems 1-2 ft., slender, leafy. Leaves 2-5 by - in., flat, thin, and as well as 

 their sheaths glabrous pilose or hirsute, base ciliate; ligule very short. Panicle 

 4-6 in., branches 2-3 in., solitary or fascicled. Splkelefs pale green, sessile or veiy 

 shortly pedicelled, glabrous or slightly hairy; gl. IV. as long as III, dorsally 

 flattened. 



