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5.—DIGITARIA. 
_ Key to species. 
Spikes 1-4 inches long i i 2. 
Spikes 6-12 inches long l. barbata. 
achis more or less flattened .. 3. 
Rachis filiform ... n : 
Glume 11 3-nerved : 2. tenuispica. 
Glume 11 5-nerved i - 9. sanguinalis. 
Leaves lanceolate uis 4. longiflora. 
Leaves filiform... ne zi 5. setzfolia. 
D. A Willd. ; Panicum bar batum, Kunth ; Benth Fl. Hongk. 
In the Happy Valley, ee a P Pakhoi. Fl. — 
D. tenuispica, E in Hemsl. Enum. L China, iii 326. 
| nee 
D. sanguinalis, Scop.; Panicum sanguinale, Linn. ; Benth. Fi. 
gk. 410. Victoria Peak and A berdeen, "Hongkong 
river bank near Chaochaufu ; Canton. Fl. d Bgm 
D. longiflora, Pers. ; Paspalum a ae luegg. ; Benth. 
l. c. 40 n the Botanic Gardens, on the racecourse, 
foa ngkon ; Whampoa FI: 
. D. setifolia, Stapf i in E EL Cape's vii. 376. Hills on the 
south side of the sr Toka. near Canton. Fl. May. 
6.—PANICUM. 
Key to species. 
Panicle branches awned TT ine yt L patens, 
Panicle branches not awn 2. 
Panicle simple with sessile one-sided 
spike-like branches ipe 3. 
Panicle compound or spike-like [A 
Spikelets alternating in 2 rows e. — 2. distachyum, 
Spikelets crowded or clustered 4. 
Spikes nearly equi-distan i, forming a à 
long slender panicle ; Spikelets 15 
, inch, awnless i e» — 9. colonum. 
5. 
Leaves ovate-lanceolate, broad and 
ipi cupio at base ee t 6. 
es linea eed e. 4. Crus-galli. 
ii eo De villosum., 
Leaves nearly glabrous 6. prostratum, 
Panicle contracted into a eylindrica 
spike Sis en 7. indicum. 
D, hil | X Md ied 1. ^ i branches 
. more or less spr pading 8. 
ee icem or in short spikes | 
the branches 
Spikelets sea all pedicellate At 
inch long eee a Un ap a 9. 
