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loose. Branches spreading. Splkelets globose; 

 flowers unequal, lower longer, flat, upper hemis- 

 pheric. 

 In rice fields at Jubbulpore. Reported locally to 

 be a troublesome weed. " Horses and cattle are 

 very fond of it." Symonds. 



Inflorescence of simple spikes. No. 65 — 74* 



S$. Panicum Isachne, Roth. 



F. B. I. vii. 28; B. P. 1T76; F. B. P. ii. 931. 



Annual grass free'y branching, creeping, 1-2 feet 

 high. Leaves short, flat, lanceolate, sheath with 

 a fringe of hairs. Ligule a ridge of long white 

 hairs. Nodes .villous. Peduncle long, slender. 

 Spikes racemose, branches close to rachis, 

 longer than the internode. Grain very small. 



Common everywhere. 



Vern. Sirput, Chendi. 



Much eaten by animals. Price higher than others 

 of this genus. 



^6. Panicum flaviduMj Ret 2, 



F. B I. vii. 28; B. P. 1176; F. B. P. il. 929. 



Erect branching grass with compressed stem, 

 up to 4 feet. Leaves flat, long, erect. Ligule hairy. 

 Nodes glabrous. Peduncle exserted. Inflorescence 

 very long. Spikes distant, much shorter than the 

 internodes. Grain larger than above. Common 

 everywhere. 



Vern. Bodlya, ChichwI. 



Cattle and buffaloes eat this grass. 



'67. Pantcum punctatum. Burnt. 



F. B. I. vii. 29 ; B. P. 1177 ; F B P. ii. 929. 

 Perennial glabrous prostrate or floating grass, 

 rooting at nodes, up to 4 feet long. Lsaves long, 

 flat, glabrous, sheath very loose. Ligule a mem- 

 brane, ciliated with long brown hairs. Nodes 

 glabrous. Peduncle long, exserted. Inflorescence 

 long, spikes distant. Glume IV pitted. Growing 

 in water at Jubbulpore. 

 No information. 



SS. Panicum paspaloides, Pers, 



F. B.I. vii. 30; Panicum fluitans^ B, P. 1177 



F.^B. P. ii. 929. 

 Perennial stout grass creeping in water, up to 5 feet. 

 ,Iye.aves long, slightly rolled, glabrous. Sheaths 



