98 PANICUM CRUS-GALLI. 



striated sheaths; upper sheath of same length as its leaf; no 

 ligule. Joints three. Inflorescence compound-panicled, compact, 

 secund; rachis angular; branches rough. Spikelets almost sessile, 

 in clusters, composed of two glumes and two florets, one of the 

 florets neutral. Glumes unequal, inner one considerably the 

 largest, three-ribbed, and hirsute. Lowest floret barren. Styles 

 two. Stigmas short and plumose. Filaments three. Anthers 

 short, and cloven at either extremity. Length from twelve to 

 twenty-four inches. Root annual and fibrous. 



The specimen for illustration was collected in fields at Bat- 

 tersea, by Mr. Joseph Sidebotham, of Manchester. 



