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3. colonvs, Kth. (Panicum colonum, L. ; Rom. mid Sckult. 1,p. 424; — 

 Roxh.fi. ind. \,p. 296 ; ed. Carey, \,p. 299 ;— 7. GTah. Cat. B. pi. p. 

 237.) "Ttsrl Shama. Bengal, (Serampore,) &c. Fl. R. S. ; fr. C. S. 

 Cattle are very fond of it. 

 A.frumentaceus, Roxb. (Panicum frumentaceum, Roxb.fi. ind. \,p. 304; 

 ed. Carey, 1, p. 307 ,—'f Grah. Cat. B. pi. p. 137.) W\^^^ ^TtSTl 

 Damra-shama. © Bengal, (Serampore.) Fl. R. S. ; fr. C. S. Se- 

 veral varieties of this grass are known to the Hindoo farmers. The 

 seed is wholesome and nourishing, and constitutes an article of diet, 

 particularly among the lower classes of the natives. It yields about 

 fifty-fold in a good soil. Cattle are fond of it. (Roxb.) 

 } b.strictus, Schult. (Panicum strictum, Roxb. fl. ind. 1, p. 303; ed. Ca- 

 rey, I, p. \, p. 306 ; not R. Br. nor of others. — P. bengalense, Spreng. 

 ■ sysL 1, p. 311.) ^° C?«l1 Gang-bena. © Bengal. Fl. R. S. {Roxb.) 

 Stenotaphrum, Trin. {Endl. gen. pi. 1, p. 84.) 



I. dimidiatum, W. and A. Schrank. (Panicum dimidiatum, Retz. — Rom. 

 and Sch. 2, p. 426 ;—Roxb.JI. ind. I, p. 287 ; ^d. Caret/, 1, p. 290 ; 

 — Burm. ind. t. 8, /. 3. — Rothbolla complanata, Swz.) © Peninsula 

 of India. Mascarenhas Islands. Has been introduced into H. C. G. ? 

 Tbachys, Pers. {syn. 1, p. So. — Trachyozus, Reichb. — Endl. gen.pl. 1, 

 />.85.) 

 1. muricaia, Pers. {I. c. ; where it is erroneously written " raucronata," — 

 Cenchrus muricatus, L. — Schreb. gram. 2, p. 69, t. 34. — Panicum 

 squarrosum, Retz. ;—Roxb. Coram. 3, t. 206 ; fl. ind. 1, p. 288; 

 ed. Carey. 1, p. 291. excl. syn. Burm. ; — J. Grah. Cat. B. pi. p. 

 237, excl. syn. P. conjugatum. Roxb. — Trachystachys muricata, 

 Dietr.) © Coromandel. Has been introduced into H. C. G. ? 

 Penicillaria, Swz. {Endl.gen.pl. 1,jb. 85.) 



1. spicata. Willd. {Rom. and Sch. 2, p. 498. — Holcus spicatus, L. ; — 

 J. Grah. Cat. B. pi. p. 238. — Alopecurus typhoides, Gmel. — Pen- 

 nisetum typhoideum, /*ers.— Panicum spicatum, Delile ; — Roxb. fl. 

 ind. I, p. 283 ; ed. Carey, I, p. 286.) ?W<n Bujura. © Cultivated in 

 India, especially over the higher lands on the Coast of Coromandel. 

 Fl. R. S. ; fr. C. S. Cattle are fond of the straw, and the grain is a 

 very essential article of food amongst the natives. {Roxb.) 

 ?2. involucrata, Schultes. (Panicum involucratum, Roxb. fl. ind. 1, p. 

 284; ed. Carey, 1, p. 287.) © Mountains of Coromandel. In H. 

 C. G. fl. R. S. ; fr. C. S. {Roxb.) 

 Pennisetum, Rich. {Endl. gen. pi. p. 85.) 



1. barbatum, Schult. (Panicum barbatum, Roxb.fi. ind. 1, p. 282; 

 ed. Carey, \,p. 285;— Rumph. 6, t. 7,/. 2, B.) © Moluccas. In H. C. 

 G. fl. R. S. ; fr. C. S. {Roxb.) 

 2 holcdides, Schult. (Panicum \\o\c6iAcs, Roxb. fl. ind. I, p. 285 ; ed. 

 Carey, 1, p. 288.) '^f'^ ^\7\ Shoonti-ghus. © Mountains of India. 

 In H, C. G. fl. R. S. , fr. C, S. 



