H 



lopse. S pikelets ^reen or tinged purple, pointed, 

 outermost glume less than J^ spikelet. Cultivated 

 and common everywhere. 

 Vern. Kutki. 



5^8. Panicum psilopodium, Trin. - 



F. B. I. vii. 46 ; B. P. 1 179 ; F. B. P. ii 939. 



Annual erect grass, 1-2 feet. Leaves shorter, nar- 

 rower than above, glabrous. LIgule a ring of 

 .closely packed short hairs. Nodes glabrous. 

 Peduncle not exserted. Inflorescence large, loose. 

 Spikelets green or purple, pointed. Co.iimon 

 everywhere. 



Vern. Chire kutki. 



79. Panicum trypheron, Schult, 



F. B. I. vii. 47; B. P. 1 179; F. B. P. ii.936. 



Annual tufted grass leafy at the base, 6-r8 

 inches. Le^-ves narrow, flat, hairy. Ligulearidge 

 of hairs. Nodes glabrous. Peduncle very long, 

 slender, much exserted. Inflorescence loos^. 

 Branches rough. Spikelet^ tinged with purple, 

 pointed. 



Common mixed with the last two, 



60. Panicqm humile, Nees. 



F. B. I. vii. 48; B. P. 1 179. 



Annual tufted erect grass, up to i foot high. Leaves 

 long, narrow, flat, glabrous. Ligule hairy. 

 Peduncle exserted. Inflorescence loose. Spike- 

 lets minute, pale or tinged with red. 



Common on the emjaankements of rice fields near 

 Sepni. 



§l_. FAmCUU VROLlFERVM,Lamk. 



F. B. I. vii. 50 ; B. P. 1179 ; F. B. P. ii. 937. 



Large tall erect annual grass, 2-3 feet high. Leaves 



long, sheath loose. Base of stem compressible. 



Ligule hairy Nodes glabrous. Peduncle stout, 



exserted. Inflorescence drooping, branches m? 



whorls spreading. Spijjelets pointed. Grain 



flattened. 

 jGrowingin tank§.o 

 ^y.e^p, Pang^,. 



