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73. PaNICUM JAVANICUM, Poir, 



F. B. I. vii. 35; B. P 1177; F.B. P. ii*. 9.73- 

 Annual erect grass, 1-2 feet. Leaves broad, h^i€ 

 ciliate. Ligule hairy. Nddes pubescent. Pedun- 

 cle long. Spikes distant, slightly spreading, base' 

 usu'^.lly flowetless. Spikelets wooHy in 2 rows. 

 Grain large. Common everywhere. 

 " Gddd fodder. " Lisboa. 



74. Panicum ramosum, Linn. 



F. B. I. vii. 36; B. P. 1177; F. B. P. ii. 933. 



Annual creeping grass, 1-3 feet, freely branchingf. 

 Leaves brbad. Ligule of short hairs. Node 

 pubescent. Peduncle stout. Spikes lax. Rachis' 

 hairy. Spikelets often paired, one sessile. Grain 

 medium. Not uncommon. 



Vern. Popti. 



'^ Good fodder. " Lisboa. 



Inflorescence of loose panicles. Nos, 75 — 81 . 



75. Panicum iNTERRUPTUM, Pr?7/i. 



F. B. L vii 40; B. P. 1178 ; F. B. P. ii 934. 



Tall grass of wet places, 3-5 feet, Base thick and 

 compressible. Leaves long, base loosely fitting, 

 Ligule membranous. Nodes glabrous. Peduncle 

 long. Spikes short, giving appearance of a simple 

 epike. Spikelets more loiig than broad, very 

 acute. Grain ellipsoid. 



Growing in tanks. 



No information. 



76. Panicum iNDicuM, ^z«w. 



F. B. I. vii 41 ; B. P. 1178. 



Erect annual grass, freely branching from base, 6-12 



inches. Leaves narrow, base loose. Ligule hairy. 



Nodes glabrous Peduncle not much exserted. 



Branches long, approximate. Grain ellipsoid. 

 Growing in rice fields. 



77. Panicum miliare, Lamk. 



F. B. I vii. 46 ; B. P. 1179 ; F. B. P. ii. 939, 

 Annual erect tufted leafy grass, 1-3 feet. Leaves- 

 long, flat, hairy, Ligule a ridge of hairs. Nodes 

 glabrous. Peduncle exserted. Inflorescence largey 



