34 ' cLXxiii. GEAMiNEa;. :(J, D. Hooker.) [Panicum. 



B. P. procnmbens, NeesAgrost. Brbbs. 109 ; Herb. Wight, n. 3052.. P. 'repens, 

 Burm. var. alt. Fl. Ind. 1. 11,/. 1 ; Bottl. in Neue Schrtfl. iv. (1803) 182. P. 

 setigernra, Herb. Boxb. ex Vf^alLC^t n. 8733 ^. J>. P- Si^eri, !««.*. 

 Hort. Berol. i. 207. , P.-viaticum, 'Baltzm. ex Boell. in Mart. Fit. Bras. ii. 



II 155.— Panicnm-, Wall Oat, n. .87^? A— -D, 8734 B^ 0. P. .Gramen 

 paniceum minus', &c. I'etiv. em 8«heuchts. Agrost. .51 {non P. Fetivent, 

 Trin.). 



PiAiNs OF iKpiJ), from ,the Panjab to Assam and Burma, and sontliward to 

 Ceylon. — DisthiS, Tropics genjera,ny. :, , 



Annual or perennial, usually small 's stem 4-18 in., creeping below ; nodes glabrous. 

 Leaves 1-2 in., up, to f in> broad, ovate-laniieolatc, acuminate; sbeaths ciliato; 

 liguleO. PowcZe usually shortly peduncled. Spikes snbsecnnd, at length spread- 

 ing; rachis scabrid and hairy. Spikelets pale, rather turgid; pedicels with cilia 

 longer than the spikelets ; gl. I nerveless or 3-nervedi palea of III oblong, acute. — 

 A common Bengal plant, of whicii and P. 'vUlosmn I find it linpossible to unravel the 

 synonymy with confidence. Nees {Agrost. £ras. 109) includes mier procumbms, 

 repens,, Burm. & Roxb. (not Linn.), prosiratum, P Lamk., seUqerum, Retz & Roxb., 

 umbrosum, Retz & Sosb., g'rosSari-um, Ivoen. (not Linn.), bcurbatum, Lamk., & 

 subcordaimn, Roth. Wight (Cat,) inclu(Jes under procumbens, Nees, besides most 

 of the above, I". Kiritim, Roth (Seth^, Spfeng.) which is OpUsmenus eomposUvs. 

 Mr. Rendle informs me that Petiveij's ^lant, which Trinins cites as the type of his 

 P. "Petiverii, is F. prostratum, Lamk., but that the P. Petiverii,'p( Trinins' Iconeo is 

 P. grossarium, Koen., .not Linn.), whi|Ch I refer to the P. ramosum, 



Var. rigidum; Bteta .Very stout wholly prostrate much branched, leaves ^ in. 

 triangulnr-ovate rigid pungent radiate with long hairs. — Wall. Cdi. n.8723 i}n part). 

 Calcutta, Clarke p Burma, WalUch. (The specimen !has evidently been misplaced 

 in the sheet of P. notabile.) 



. .var. hurmanicum i leaves sparsely hairy berieatb, gl, lI and HI pXibernlous. — 

 Burma, Collett. 



10- P. Villosum, Lamk. lU^ustr. i. 1^3, FSiffifcl. iv. Tih; leaVes ovate- 

 oblong obtuse or acute densely pubescent on both surfaees base rounded, 

 spikes secu'nd ^regt to'm^entcjise, spikelets ^r^ in. ellipsoSd glabrous or 

 tomentose, gL I very short sefai-lnuar nerveless, II ovate 'acute 7-nerved, 



III ovate-oblong acute paleate, lY ob'ovate abruptly apiculate minutely 

 rugulose, Kvnth Enum. PL i. 98 ; Xterb. WiffUt n. 3053. ?.V. Oareyanum, 

 'Nees.. Agrost. Bras. 118. P. coccospermum, 'S^eMtJ. ''Syk. Oratn. 62 ; Thto. 

 Mium. PI. Zeyl. 359 ; Trim. Cat. Oeyl. PL 105. P. grossarium, Boxb. Ft. 

 Ind. i. 297 ; Eochsi. in Herb. Hohen. n. 919. P. nanum, Nees. in Herb. 

 Boyle, ex Steud. I. c. ; Duthie Grass. N. W. Ind. 5. P. nilagii-icum, 

 Sieud.lc. P. v^oovLvaheTus, ^ (setigeivLvn, Boxb.) Wight Oat. n. 2053. P. 

 j-epens, Boxb. Ft. Indi i. 299. .P. vestitum, Nees im Herb. Boyle ex Steud. 

 l.c^.; Aitchis. Cat, Panjab. PI. 160; Huihie Grass. N.W. Bid. 7, Fudd. 



. Grass. N. Ind. 13.— Panicum'j Wall, Cat. n. 8733 E; 8735, 



Subtropical arid tropical HiMALAvi, ^rom the Chenab to Sikkim, alt. 3-6000 ft. 

 Khasi^ Huts,. alt. 2-6000 ft. NitsnlEi Hi'i,LS. BtJKMi; Wallich. Ceylon, 

 Gardner. — Dj'sieib. Tonkin, China. 



Annual. Habit of P. prostratum, with wh'ich it has been .confounded, but is a 

 hill plant, distinguished by its hairy leaves and "mucb more hairy spi'ke and spikelets. 



tt Spikelets t^-J in. 



§ Spitcetets usually close together, more or less imbricating. 



10*. P. muticum, Forsk. Fl. Aeg. Arab. 20; stout, nodes bearded. 



