156 Graminece. \Panicum. 



sheaths shorter than the internodes, glabrous, margins eciliate, 

 ligule of soft long hairs; panicle 8-12 in., effuse, copiously 

 branched, scapiform, the lower branches being as long as the 

 whole panicle, rhachis strict, erect, slender, grooved and 

 smooth below, scabrid upwards, branches very many, whorled, 

 or the upper opp. or alt., lower 6-10 in. long, all suberect or 

 spreading, strict, filiform, scabrid, branches divaricate, capillary; 

 spikelets very distant, ye— to in -i pedicels long capillary, erect, 

 ellipsoid or oblong, obtuse; glume I a fourth to a third shorter 

 than III, ovate, obtuse 3-5 veined, sparsely hairy and ciliate, 

 hairs very long, II and III subequal, II nearly orbicular, tip 

 rounded, strongly 5-veined, glabrous or very sparsely hairy, 

 III rather shorter and narrower than II, obtuse, 5-veined, 

 epaleate, empty, IV ovoid, subacute, very shortly stipitate, 

 dorsally rounded, smooth, polished, obscurely striolate, pale 

 brown. 



Central and Western Provinces (Thwaites, Ferguson), Caltura, 

 Pusella, Bellongalla, Kaduganavva. 



Hilly districts of India, Malaya, and China. 



j'n some Indian specimens the leaves are hairy, the midrib excentric, 

 and glands occur in the axils of branches of the panicle. Remarkable 

 for its large open panicle and the height to which it grows when sup- 

 ported (Ferguson). 



36. P. antidotale, Retz. Obs. iv. 17 (1780). Kirimisastru, S. 



Thw. Ennm. 360. C. P. 971. 



Fl. B. Ind. vii. 52. Kunth, Revis. Gram. t. 112 (P. subalbidian). 

 Duthie, Indig. Fodd. Grass, t. 3. 



Perennial; rootstock stout, creeping, stoloniferous, stem 

 2-3 ft., rather stout, leafy, solid, internodes 2-4 in., nodes 

 glabrous or puberulous; 1. 6-12 by \-\ in., linear, very finely 

 acuminate with capillary tips, flat, thin, glabrous, scaberulous 

 on both surfaces and margins, base narrowly cordate, 

 9-veined, sheaths glabrous, margins eciliate, ligule short, 

 membranous, villously ciliate; panicle 6-8 in. long, effuse, 

 pyramidal, rhachis very slender, slightly scabrid, branches 

 fascicled, lower 3-4 in., filiform, spreading and drooping, 

 much divided, naked below, branchlets capillary; spikelets 

 loosely crowded on the branchlets, xo - i m - l° n g> ovoid, acute, 

 glabrous, rather shining; glumes I— III thin, sides mem- 

 branous, I half as long as III or longer, broadly ovate, 

 obtuse, 3-veined towards the base, II and III broadly ovate, 

 acuminate, 7-9-veined, III shorter than II, paleate, empty, 

 palea oblong, obtuse, IV sessile, ovate-lanceolate, acute, 

 thinly coriaceous, dorsally smooth, white, margins narrowly 

 incurved. 



