Pmicmi.] Ohlll. GRAMINE^. 1819 



SpikeUts iew, distinotly pedio6ll(kte, in a loose spreading panicle. 

 Spikelets 2^ to 3 lines long, sprinkled with hooked hairs. Fruiting 



glume close above the others 83. P. uneinulatum. 



Spikelets 2 lines long, glabrous^ Fruiting glume raised above the 

 others. Panicle scarcely exceeding the flo^l leaves . . . . 33. P. paueiflorum. 

 Panicle narrow or spreading. Spikelets numerous, 1 to near 2 lines 

 long. A niale flower in the Srd glume. 

 Spikelets eEten numerous, shortly pedicellato,.not clustered. Glumes 



acute or acuminate 34. P. repent. 



Panicle large. Spikelets obtose, ij line long. Fruiting glume 



rugose • 35. P. 'maximum. 



Spikelets. i to f line long. No male flower. 

 Diffuse or creeping. Panicle-branches few, spreading. Spikelets 



few and distant, 'i line long, on short pedicels 36. P. pygmteum. 



Erect. Panicle-branches numerous, capillary. Spikelets J line long, 



on capillary pedicels '. 37. P. tricfioides. 



Ascending or erect. Panicle narrow, lather dense. Spikelets very 

 numerous, f line long. Fruiting glume V«ry gibbous . . , . .38. F. hermaphroditum. 

 Spikelets usually numerous, 1 to near 8 lines long, pedicellate. No 

 male flower. 

 Panicle narrow, branches usually few. 



Fruiting glume densely pubesQeut , , . ; 39. P. marginatum. 



Fruiting glume smooth and shining. 

 Panicle i to 2in. long. Outer glume ovate, acute. Leaves 



pubescent 40. P. lachnophyllum. 



Panicle 1 to 2in, long. Spikelets about 1 line. Outer glume ovate, 



acute. Leaves glabrous 41. P. obieptum. 



Panicle 3 to 4in. long. Spikelets nearly 2 lines. Outer glume 



short, broad, truncate. Leaves glabrous 42, P. Buncei. ^ 



Panicle spreading, with numerous capillary branches. ' '' 



Pani61eTbraoohe3 scattered, neither clustered nor verticillate. 

 .. Spikelets i line long, acuts. Outer glume acute. A palea in 



the Srd glii'me 43. P. bieolor. 



Spikelets 1 line long, rather obtuse. Outer filume acute. No 



palea.in the 3i:d glume . 44. P. melananthum. 



Lower panicle-branches clustered but scarcely verticillate. 



Spikelets numerous, pedicellate, 2 lines long. Outer glume 

 acute, 3-nerved, 2nd and 3rd 7 to 11-nerved, frniting-glume 



shining 45. P. miliaeeum. 



Very tall. Outer glume scarcely acute, 3-nerved ; 2nd and Srd 



glumes S-nerved 46. P. Prentieeanum. ' 



Spikelets about 1 line. Outer glume acute, half as long as the 

 ' spikelet. A palea in the Srd glume. Nodes prominently 



ciliate. Ligula a ring of long cilia 47. P. effutum. 



Spikelets of P. effutum. Nodes glabrous. Ligula very short . 48. P. Uitchelli. . 

 Spikelets about 1 line. Outer glume short, broad, truncate or '''""' .' 

 ; , scarcely acute, nerveless. A palea in the Srd glume . . . . 49. P. deedmpoiitum. 

 , , ...Jst g.lam^ nearly orbicular, one-si^tb to one-quarter of the 3rd; 

 -" 3nd ovate, 9-nerved ; Srd lanceolate, 9-nerved, paleate or not ; 



4th" oblbng, acuminate, smooth .50. P. proU/erum. 



Lower panicie-branches verticillate. Outer glume nearly as long 

 ' as the others. A palea in the Srd glume. 

 Lijgula very short, with a ring of cilia ........ . 51. P. trachyrhachit. 



Ligula prominent, Bcarious, 'without cilia ........ .52. P.prolutum. 



1. P. ccenicplum (growing near manure), Fi v. M. in Tram. Jict.Imt. 

 1855, 45 ; Benth. Fl. Austr,. vii. 467. Stems from a knotty branching base 

 ascending to 1ft. or more. Leaves flat, usually softly pubescent or villous. 

 Panicle of rather numerous slender simple branches,,.8. to 4in. long, at first 

 erect, at length spreading, the lower ones verticillate, the upper ones alternate 

 and distant, or rarely in pairs. Spikelets in pairs, 1 sessile, the other pedicellate, 

 oblong, 1^ to 2 lines long. Outer glume not exceeding ^ line long, the 2na 

 rather, shorter than the spikelet, 5 or 7-nerved, th;e 3rd 7't» -il-aetyedi-both 

 more, oi; less silky^hairy. and empty * : . Fruiting glume; smootlr,; acute.^r^TuriL, 3Ag. 

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