152 Graminece. \Pamcum. 



turgidly ovoid or obovoid, obtuse, glabrous; glumes I— 1 1 1 

 very thin, strongly veined, I one-fourth to one-third of III, 

 deltoidly-ovate, broader than long, subacute, 5-veined, veins 

 reticulate, II and III subequal, orbicular-ovate, obtuse or 

 subacute, 7-9-veined, central veins with a few cross-venules, 

 III paleate, empty, palea as long as the glume, IV sessile, 

 obovoid or oval, obtuse, turgid, dorsally very convex, quite 

 smooth, shining, sub-crustaceous, pale brown, margin narrowly 

 incurved. 



Borders of paddy fields. Hewessa, Pasdun Korale. 



Bengal, Malacca, Nicobar Is., Malaya. 



I find no mention of this grass in either of Mr. Ferguson's papers. 



30. P. trypheron, Schult. Mant. ii. 244 (1824). IVIainairee, S. 



P. miliaceum, Thw. Enum. 360 (non Linn.). C. P. 882, 893. 

 Fl. B. Ind. vii. 47. 



Annual; stems 1-3 ft, tufted, erect, stout or slender, leafy 

 up to the panicle, internodes 2-5 in., nodes glabrous; 1. 3-10 

 by \-\ in., suberect, linear, acuminate, flat, softly hairy on 

 both surfaces, margins nearly smooth, base narrow, often 

 ciliate*with long hairs, sheath long, glabrous or hairy, margins 

 eciliate, ligule short, fimbriate; panicle 6-10 in., erect or in- 

 clined, broadly oblong, very effuse, rhachis filiform, slightly 

 scabrid, branches very long, capillary, lower fascicled, up 

 to 4 in. long, flexuous, scaberulous, very few-fid. ; spikelets 

 xir~¥ m -' very distant and long-pedicelled, ovoid, acuminate, 

 glabrous; glumes usually spreading, I— III cuspidately long- 

 acuminate, I two-thirds as long as III or more, broadly ovate, 

 5-veined, II and III unequal, II longest, broadly ovate, 

 strongly 7-9-veined, III like II but shorter, 7-veined, the 

 veins vanishing downwards, paleate, empty, palea linear- 

 oblong, obtuse, IV sessile, oblong, obtuse, dorsally convex, 

 smooth, shining, nearly white or coloured, coriaceous, margin 

 rather narrowly incurved. 



Very common, non vulg. 'Manairee' (Thwaites, I.e.). Nilgala, Uva, 

 Jan. 1888 (Trimen). 



Plains of India, China, Borneo, Afr. Trop. 



Thwaites's Nos. 882, 893, which he supposed to be P. miliaceum, are 

 undoubtedly P. trypheron. It is hence, perhaps, doubtful to which of 

 these two plants the name Manairee belongs. The Ceylon specimens 

 have a laxer panicle with more flexuous branches than the Indian. 



31. P. humile, Nees ex Steud. Syn. Cram. 84 (1854). 

 Thw. Enum. 360. C. P. 3243. 



Fl. B. Ind. vii. 48. 



Annual, densely tufted, quite glabrous ; stems slender, 

 6-12 in. high, erect from the base, leafy nearly up to the 

 panicle, internodes 1-3 in., nodes glabrous ; 1. erect, strict, 



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