Pennisetum.'] CLXXIII. QRAMINE^!. (J. D. Hooker.) 87 



II. (1835) 184; annual, spikes dense-fld., rachis glabrous, spikelets 

 in. solitary or geminate shortly pedicelled in the sessile involucels, 

 bristles densely villous, gl. I very small oblong woolly, II broadly oblong 

 apiculate 7-nerved, III = IV truncate 5-nerved tip toothed, IV lanceolate 

 acute smooth shining. P. lanuginosum, Hochst. in Flora xxv. (1842), 

 Beibl. i. 133; A. Rick. Tent. Fl. Abyss, ii. 385; Steud. Syn. Gram. 107.; 

 Lisboa in Journ. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc. v. (1891) 339. P. amoenum, A. 

 Rich. I.e. 386. P. lanatum, Herb. Ham. ex Wall. Cat. n. 8647. P. 

 implication, Steud. 1. c. 107 (ex descr.}. P. intertextum, Schlecht. in Hot. 

 Zeit. ix. (1851) 878. Eriochaeta densiflora, nervosa & secundiflora, Fig. et 

 De Not. in Mem. Ace. Torin. Ser. II. xiv. (1854) 375-378. Pennisetum, 

 Wall. Cat. I. c. 



RAJPOOTANA and BANDA; on Mt. Abu, Duthie. BEHAB, at Monghyr, 

 Hamilton ; Hazaribagh and on Parusnath, Clarke. DISTBIB. Afr. trop. 



Stems 1-3 ^t., branched from the base and above, leafy. Leaves 6-10 by -i-J in., 

 flat, flaccid, glabrous or sparsely hairy. Spikes 25 in. ; rachis notched ; involucels 

 quite sessile ; outer bristles short, inner in. long, densely villous below the middle, 

 flexuous, very unequal, pale. Spikelets with the pedicel and often the base of the 

 lower glumes woolly ; tip of gl. IV hispid. 



9. P. setosum, Rich, in Pers. Syn. ii. 729 (excl. syn.) ; annual, 

 peduncle and rachis of spike glabrous, spikelets ^ in. solitary in the 

 sessile involucels, bristles - in. sparsely ciliate, gl. I minute or 0, II 

 oblong cuspidate 5-nerved, 111 shorter than II oblong truncate 3-toothed 

 5-nerved, IV ovoid tip ciliate. Trin. Diss. ii. 66, Pan. Gen. 95, Sp. 

 Gram. Ic. t. 20 ; Nees in Mart. Fl. Bras. ii. II. 305 ; Griseb. FL Brit. W. 

 Ind. 555; Baker Fl. Maurit. 441. P. barbatum, Schult. Hani. ii. 147; 

 Nees Agrost. Bras. 283 ; Kunth Enum. PI. i. 163 ; Steud. Syn. Gram. 108. 

 P. breve, Nees I.e. 281. P. ciliatum, Parl. in Hook. Niger Flora, 184. 

 P. ciliares, Herb. Ham. ex { Wall. Cat. n. 8640 A. P. dasystachum, Desv. Opusc. 

 (ex descr.) 76. P. elegans, Nees ex Steud. I. c. 105. P. flavescens, Presl Rel. 

 Hsenk. i. 316 (ex descr.). P. hirsutum, Nees Agrost. Bras. 284. P. holcoides, 

 Schult. I. c. 148 ; Duthie Grass. N. W. Ind. 10, Indig. Fodd. Grass, t. 49, Fodd. 

 Grass. N. Ind. 17. P. gracile, Benth. in Hook. Niger Fl. 564. P. intertextum, 

 Herb. Ham. ex Wall. Cat. 8648. P. myurus, Parl. in Atti Riun. Ott. tic. 

 Hal. 586. P. pallidum, Nees Agrost. Bras. 185 (ex descr.). P. polysta- 

 chyum, Schult. 1. c. 146 ; Nees in Hook. Niger Fl. 563. P. purpurascens, H.B. 

 fy K. Nov. Gen. & Sp. i. 113 ; Nees I c. 282 ; Kunth I c. 160. P. Bichardi, 

 Kunth Revis. Gram. i. 49, 255, t. 39, Enum. 161. P. Sieberi, Kunth 

 Revis. i. 49 (ex parte) ii. 877. P. tenuispiculatum, Steud. I. c. 107 (ex descr.) 

 P. triticoides, Boem. 8f Sch. Syst. ii. 877. P. uniflorum, H.B.fyK.l.c. 

 t. 34. P. violaceum, Sort, ex Trin. Diss. ii. 67 (non Rich.). Gymno- 

 thrix Thouarii, Herb. Ham. ex Wall. Cat. n. 8645 A. (non Beauv.). Peni- 

 cillaria ciliaris, Herb. Ham. 1. c. n. 8646 A. Panicum Alopecuros, Larnk. 



III. i. 169; Encycl.iv.739. Pan. barbatum, Roxb. Fl. Ind. i. 282; Wall. 

 Cat. n. 8646 C. Pan. ceuchroides, Rich, in Act. Soc. Hist. Nat. Par. i. 

 (1792) 106. Pan. densispica, Poir. Encycl. Suppl. iv. 273. Pan. holcoides, 

 Roxb. I. c. 285, Ic. ined. n. 784. Pan. polystachyum, Schult. Mant. ii. 146. 

 Pan. triticoides, Poir. 1. c. 274. Setaria cenchroides, Roem. 8f Sch. 

 Syst. ii. 495. Cenchrus setosus, Sw. Prodr. Veg. Ind. Occ. 26 (excL &yn.}* 

 Penniseti sp., Wall. Cat. n. 8646, 8648. 



UPPER GANGETIC PLAIN, at Cawnpore (Herb. Wight). The CIRCABS ; in culti- 

 vated ground among the mts., Roxburgh. BENGAL, BEHAE, and CHOTA NAG POKE. 

 DISTEIB. Afric. and Amer. trop. 



