412 geaminejE. [Pmioum. 



1 to li or even 2 in. broad, with numerous longitudinal folds. Panicle oblong, 

 loose, above a foot long, composed of long slender branches at first erect 

 but afterwards often drooping. Spikelets mostly sessHe or nearly so, but 

 scattered, interspersed with a few fine awn-like bristles much longer than 

 themselves. Outer glumes 5 -nerved, the lowest about i, the next -gas long 

 as the third, which has often a short point and contains a small palea. Flower- 

 ing glume rather shorter, with a minute point.— P. nervosum and P. plicatum, 

 Eoxb. M. Ind. i. 311. P. nepaleme, Spreng. ; Kunth, Enum. i. 94. 



Hongkong, Harland (a single specimen seen in his herbarium, but not now before me to 

 compare with the foUowing species)., Widely spread over tropical Asia and Africa, extend- 

 ing northwards to the Himalaya, S. China, and the Philippines. 



10. P. excurrens, Trin.; Kuath, Mum. i. 94,. Very near the P. ^^ico- 

 tum, but more slender, the leaves much naiTOwer, and not so much folded, 

 the panicle narrow, 8 to 10 in. long, with short erect branches, the spikelets 

 rather larger, the second and third glumes have often 7 nerves, and the latter 

 has in its axil a more developed palea and often a male flower. — P. Forbesia- 

 num, Nees in Steud. Syn. Gram. 98. 



Hongkong, Mance ; also Shanghai and in the Himalaya. 



11. P. nodosum, Kunth, Mmm. i. 97. A rather slender branching grass, 

 decumbent and rootiag at the lower nodes, ascending to 1 or 3 ft. Leaves 

 rather narrow, rounded at the base, glabrous or hairy. Panicle 6 to 10 in. 

 long, the spikelets in clusters or short spikes along its long slender branches. 

 Each, spikelet na-row-eUiptical, but scarcely acute, about 1 Sne long. Glumes 

 faintly nerved, the 3 outer scarcely unequal, and not half so long as the third, 

 which is usually empty. — P . Arnottianum, Nees in Steud. Syn. Gram. 59. 



In the Happy VaUey woods, Wizard. Dispersed over India, from Ceylon and the Penin- 

 sula to the Archipelago, and northwards to the Himalaya and S. China. 



13. P. repens, Linn. ; Kunth, Enum. i. 103. Stems creeping and root- 

 ing at the base, the flowering branches ascending to 1 or rarely 3 feet, simple 

 and rather stiff. Leaves narrow, more or less pubescent or hairy at the base. 

 , Panicle slender, not much branched, erect or at length spreading. Spikelets 

 aU pedicellate and distant, about \\ lines long. Outer glume very short and 

 rounded, the second and third nearly equal, pointed, the latter often with a 

 male flower in its axil. — P. ischamoides, Eetz ; Steud. Syn. Gram. 98. 



Hongkong, Hance. Common in the maritime regions of S. Asia, N. Africa, and S. Europe ; 

 also on the coasts of Brazil. 



13. P. sarmentosum, Eoxb. ,• Kunth, Enum. i. 136. A tail scrambling 

 branching grass, more or less covered with a minute soft pubescence. Leaves 

 rather broad, rounded at the base. Panicle very much branched, sometimes 

 4 or 5 in., sometimes near a foot long, with filiform spreading branches. 

 Spikelets aU pedicellate, ovoid, obtuse, less than a line long, pubescent, the 

 lowest glume full fas long as the second and third. — P. incomptum, Trin.; 

 Kunth, Enum. i. 113. P. concinnum, Nees in Kew Joum. Bot. ii. 97. 



In the wood behind the 'Buddhist Temple, Wilford; also Harland. Extends over eastern 

 tropical Asia, &om Assam and Khasia to the Archipelago, the Philippines, and S. China. 



14. P. moutanum, Boxh.; Kunth, Enum. i. 136. Stems firm, erect, 

 3 to 4 ft. high. Leaves broad, cordate at the base, somewhat haiiy and ciliate 



