Panicum.] olxxiii. geamijte*. (J. D. Hooker.) S5 



leaves long, base suboordate, panicle deltoid glabrous, spikes alternatp, 

 rachis narrow flattened, spikelets ^ in. crowded ovoid acute glabrous, gl. 



I = J of III ovate acute 1-nerved, II and III subequal 5-nerved, III 

 paleate male, IV ellipsoid obtuse margins narrowly incurved. 8chult. 

 Mant. ii. 225 ; Kunth Enwm. PL i. 93 ; 8teud. Syn. Oram,. 40. P. amphi- 

 \i\-am,8tevd.l.c.&l;ZoU.Pl.Bar.Jav.^lQ. P. barbinode, Trin. Oram. 

 Panic. 168, 8p. Gram. Ic. t. 318; Thw. Envm. PI. Zeyl. 361; Steud. 

 I.e. 67; Duthie Orass. N.W. Ind. 2. P. eqnanum, Saltrni. ex Steud. I.e. 

 P. leiogonum, ffieS. PI. Egypt, exiicef*; Link. Sort. Berol. \. 206; Steud. 

 l.c.lQ. P. Meyeriaiium, Nees PL Afr. Austr. 1. 32; Sievd. I. c. 61. P. 

 moUe, Grisei. Fl. irit. W. Ind. 547 '(excl. Syn.) non 8-m. ; Baher Fl. 

 Maurit. 43ri; Trim. Gat. Cei/l. PL 105 {non 8w.). P. numidiannm, Lamk. 

 ilL i. 122, Diet. iv. 749 ; Desf. FL Atlant. i. 60,. t. 11 ; Trin. 8p. Gram. Ic. 

 t. 174; Steud. I. c. 345 ; BoeU. in Mart. Fl. Bras. ii. IT. 187. P. pictiglume, 

 Sleudi I. c. 73. P. pa-v aguayense, Steud. in PI. Sengz {name only). P. puoc- 

 tulatnsi, Am. ex Wight Gat. n. 2039; Steud. I.e. 62. P, purpuraseens, 

 Fadu/i hx Opiz. in Fltyya, v. (18122) 266 ; Nees Agrost. Bros. 240 ; Steud. I. c. 

 57. P. sarmeotosurn, Sassh. PL Jav. Bar 17 {non Foxi.). Paepalnra 

 mollicomum, Kunth I. c. 47 ; Steud. L c. 31. Digitairia mauritiana, Walh 

 mss (Jfe. in Seri. Few). — Panicum, Wall. Gat. n. 8724. 



Bengal and Cetion, in marshes, cultivated or naturalilSedi— Disteib. Java, 

 Africa, America. 



Stem ascending, 6-S ft. high ; nodes softly bearded, rarely gldbreseent. Leaves 

 6-10 by ^-| in., and sheaths glabrous or hairy ; ligule short, ciliate. Panicle 

 erect, 3-5 in. ; rachis stiff, scabrid. Spikes rather distant, stoat, simple or divided 

 below, lower 2-4 in., npper gradually shorter, rachia ^'^in. broad 'subhispid. Spike- 

 lets' turgid, sometimes solitary and nlternate throughout the spike, green or 

 purplish; gl. IV obscurely dotted or roughened. — The Water-grass of the Mauritius 

 and Cejlon. I find gl. Ill to be always male, but being described as neuter by 

 others it no doubt varies in this respect, as do so many other iPanica, It is very 

 near the American P. molle, Sw., and is often confuuuded with it, and the English 

 names given above apply to both. It is distinguished from 'P. molee by the glabrous 

 panicle and 1-nerved ^not 3»nerved) gl» I. 



11. P. javaAlcum, Pair. Fni^el. '^uppl. iv. t. 274; pubescent or 

 hairy, leaf-^base rounded or cordate, spikes 6-12, spikelets i~i in., bi- 

 seriate alternate or upper scattered ovate acute, gl. I not = ^ II 3-nerve(^, 



II 7-nerved acute, III like II 5-ner'?ed paleate. IV oViIong rugulose shortly 

 abruptly a*ned. Trin. Pan. Gen. 155 ; Baker Fl. Maurit. 434. P. 

 Helopus, Trin. in Spreng, N. Entdech. ii. 84, Pan, Gen. 150, Sp. Gram. Ic. 

 t. 183; Nees Agrost. Bras. 117; Stevd. Syn. Gram. 7; Duthie Grass. 

 N.W. Ind. 4, Iridig. Fodd. Grass, t. 7, Fodd. Grass. N. Ind. 8 {excL some 

 SyTis.) ; Benth. Fl. Austral, vii. 476 (in note). P. japonicum, error fof 

 javanicum, Kunth Bevis. Gram. i. 205, in syn. P. hirsutum, Koen. ex 

 Roxh. FL Ind. i. 300, & Wight Gat. n. 1620; Aitchis. Gat. Panjah. PL 159. 

 P. Koenigii, Spreng. Syst. i. 311. P. papillosum, Fenzl ex Steud. I. c. lOO. 

 P. paapaloides, Eerh. Eeyne, ex Wall. Cat. n. 8729. P repens. Herb. Boxb. 

 ex Wall. I. c. n. 8731 A (non PI. Ind.). P. tvichopus, Hochst. in Plora, xxvii. 

 (1844)2.54. OplismenusP hirsutus, Schult. ManL ii. 271. 0. jjavaniciis, 

 Roem. & Sch. Syst. ii. 891. Helopus trichopus, Sochst. ex Steud. I. o. 10(». 

 Setaria ? hirsuta, Kunth Bevis. Ch-am. i. 47, Enum. PI. i. 157. S. pilifera, 

 Spreng. SysL iv. Gur. Post. 33. Urochloa panicoides, Beauv. AgrosL hi, 

 t. 11, f. 1 ; Kunth I. c. i. 205, t. 14, Enum. 74 (exd. Syn. Ruxb.) ; Schidt. 



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