1822 CMII. GRAMINJi^ iPanieum. 



but dense, 2 to 8in. long, with & flesuoae rbachis, or very rarely 2. apikelifee erect 

 branches. Spikeletsuu pau's along the rhachis,' one sessile the otb£c pedicellate 

 or 8 to 6 together in cluster or on short branfches at the base of the spike, all 

 narrow, silky-hairy, about 1 line long, with a few long cilia usually at their base, 

 or on the pedicel. Outer glume deficient ; empty glumes 2, covered with long 

 silky hairs, the lowest lanceolate, very thin and- nerveless, the outer rather 

 longer, ovate, very thin but distinctly 8 or 5-nerved. Fruiting glume bard,' 

 smooth, somewhat gibbous, at the base, with a rather prominent keel. — Kuntb, 

 Bevis. Gram. t. 105 ; F, v. M. Fragm. viii. 155. 



Hab.: Eookhampton, O'Shanesy ; Etheridge, IK. E. Aiiiiit. 



A vaiiable plant scarcely to be distinguished from the simple spiked forms of P. UucophaUm, 

 except by the apparently total abenoe of the minute outer glume, and in this respect., this- 

 epeoies closely connects Paniciwi with Paspalum. Its close afinity to P. leuco]iha.mn prevents 

 its removal from the former genus.— J[!(;Hf/j. 



10. P. leucophceum (red colour of glome showing through light-coloured 

 hairs), H. B. et K. Nuv. Geii. et Sp. i. 97-; Bmth. Fl. Austr. vii. 172. Stems 

 from a branching base 1 to 2ft. high. Leaves narrow, long or short, usually 

 glabrous. Panicle of few long slender and erect spikelike" branches, very 

 unequal and sometimes reduced to 2 nearly equal ones or to a single one, the 

 longest 3 to Bin. long ; secondary branches short, slender, erect, the lower ones 

 witfi 4 or 6 sessile or, pedicellate spikelets, the upper ones with only 1 or 2. 

 Spikelets scarcely IJ line long', rather acute, densely covered with long silky, 

 silvery or 'purple hairs, often spreading when in fruit. Outer glume scarcely 

 i line long, obtuse, 2nd and 3rd glumes nearly equal and empty, both densely 

 hairy, the 2nd usually 3-nerved, the 8rd 5-nerved. Fruiting glurhe shorter, 

 emooth, rather acute and often dightly gibbous at the base.-^Bafl. Ill.'Mono. Gr. 

 Q. i. ; Turn. Ag. Gaz. N.S.W. iv, PI. i.; P. villdsum, E. Br. Prod. 192; P. Brownii, 

 Rosni. and Schult. Syst. ii. 462 ; F. v. M. Fragm, viii. 155 ; P. glarea, F. v. M.. 

 in Linnaea, xxv. 445 ; P. laniflorum, JJees in Hook. Lond. Journ. ii. 410. 



Hab.: Eeppel Bay and Broadsound, R. Brown ; Eookhampton, O'Shanesy ; Bockingham Bay, 

 Dallachy. ^ Very common. 



Fibrous under part oi leaf peeled oft when young, twisted and used to make twine. — ' 

 Cloncurry, Palmer. 



Aho in tropicd,I America and Africa. 



11. P. rarum (spikelets distant), B, Bf, Prod. 189; Benth. El. Austr, \ii. 

 478. Stems slender, branching and sometimes creeping at the base, ascending 

 to about 1ft. Leaves very narrow, glabrous or the lower sheaths slightly hispid. 

 Spike siniple, slender, 2 to 4in. long. Spikelets mostly singly seSsile and distant, 

 but sometimes in pairs at the base of the spike, one sessile the other pedicellate, 

 all ovoid ,j^ obtuse, 1 line long or rather more, glabrous. Outer glume broad, 8 or 

 6-neryed,' about half as long as the ^pikelet, ,2nd and 8rd nearly equals both 

 memibranous, 5-nerved, empty. Fruiting glume acute, transversely rugose,, 

 seated on a semi-annular cartilaginous disk.— Euntb, Bev, Gram. t. 15. 



Hab.; Etheridge, ir. E. A^mit. 



12. P. argenteum (^ilvery)^ B. Br. Prod. 190; Benth. Fl. Austr. vii. 478. 

 Stems erect, under 1ft. high. Leaves short, flat, softly pubescent. Panicle of fetv 

 (8 to 6) erect slender distant branches, the rhachis almost filiform. Spikelets 

 few, distant, erect, broadly turbinate and as it were truncate, about 1 line long, 

 crowned by long silvery hairs. Outer glume not half the length of the spikelet, 

 ovate, silky-hairy ; 2nd and 3rd glumes both empty and similar, very broad and 

 almost truncate, menibranous, nerveless and silky-pubescent in the lower half, 

 several-nerved with silvery-white rather long hairs at the end. Fruiting glume 

 ovoid-oblong, glabrous, smooth. — Trin. Spec. Gram. t. 170. 



Hab.: Islan48 of the Gulf of Carpentaria, E. Brown. 



The Bjialytioal details in Triniua' plate appear to be taken from the P. holoteriemm, they do 

 not a* all agren with the spikelets examineil of Brown's P, argeutmm-.—Bovih. 



