38 cLxxiii, GBAMiNEiE. (J. D. Hooker.) [Panievvi. 



§§ Spikelets more or less remote. 



15. P. semiverticlllatum, Bottler in Ainslie, Mat. Med. Sindost. 

 Ed.l. 219 {name only); stem stout erect branched, leaves broad base woolly . 

 l)anicle large pubescent, spikes distant long alternate or whorled lax-dd., 

 rachis slender, spikelets ^-A in. ovoid obtuse glabrous, gl. I much shorter 

 than III verv broad obtuse Sruerved, II obtuse 7-nerved, III 5-nerved,palea 

 narrow hyajine, ly OFateroblpng obtuse minutely granulate. 8teud. 8yn. 

 Oram. 6g. p. semiyertieillatum, Wight Cat. n.,3050'?, 3U51. P. Pdtiverii, 

 U'kw. Enum. PI. Zeyl. 359. 



South Deccan, Ooimbatore, Rattler, Wight; Anamallay Hills, Beddome. 

 CiBYLON, at DamfcouC Gardner j^C.P. 895). 



Stem tall, erect, or base shortly decambent ; nodes and often internodes "below 

 them tomeiitose. Leaves 5-S by -j-i in., linear-lanceolate, finely _ aoumicate, flat, 

 glabrous exoppt at the narrow base j slieath tqinentose ijbove ; ligule a tuft of 

 wool. Panicle 4-8 in., subpyramidal ; Spilies 1-2J in. ; rachis triquetrous, glabrous 

 s>r pubescent. Spikelets pale, often solitary, upper shortly pedicelled. — Pos-'-ibly a 

 cult, form of P. ramosum. Pescribed by Ain-lie as a grain cultivated by the poor 

 at Ooimbatore and in other grain countries. I assume it to be Kottler's plant, 

 relying on Wight, wbo had resided at Ooimbatore. P. ^emiverticillatnm, Herb. 

 Pottler, from Jaffna in Ceylon is JP. colonum. 



16- P. remoti^m, p,etz. 05s. iv, 17 ; very slender, leaves long narrow 

 and sheaths quite glabrous, spikes few distant slender spreading, spikelets 

 Tjf in. distant subsolitary ellipsoid obtuse glabrous, gl. I = j-J III obtuse 

 or subacute 3-nerved, II obtuse 5-7-nerved. Ill 6-nerved, palea narrow, 

 ] V elliptic obtuse minutely rugulose. Kvutk Enum. PI. i. 125 ; Steud. 

 8yn. Qram. 68. P. grossariqm, Koen. var. Serb. Boftler. P. Petiverii, 

 Tri". 8p. Oram. Ic. t. 176, f. 0. P. relaxatwm, Nees ex Steud. Norn, Ed. 

 II. ii. 2i6:i ; Wight Cat. n. 1623 a, and ^ depauperatum. 



Okissa., Herk. Calcuit. Sonig Pe(COAN, B,o.ttl<er; Court»llam, Wight; Ana- 

 mallay Hills, Beddome, 



Stem 1-2 ,ft., much branched, decambent, flaccid. I/eaves 2-4 by J-J in., finely 

 acuminate, membranous, base quite glabrous; ligale very short, lacerate. Spikes 

 6-8, 2-4 in. longj rachis yery slender, almost iCapillary, triquetrous, quite glabrous. 

 kt-pikelets solitary or in distant pau's, sessile, or the upper loug-pedicelled j glumes 

 thin, pale with green nerves. — I find no difference between Nees' two vara, of 

 relaxatwn. 



17. P. Kurzil, JlQok /. ; slender, leayes short lanceolate base cordate, 

 margins of sheaths ciliate, spikes few very slender naked or with few hairs, 

 spikelets y^ in. ovoid acute glabrous, gl. 1 = J-J III 3-5rnerved, II ovate 

 acuminate 7-nerved, III 5-neryed, palea broad, IV elliptic-pblong minutely 

 rugulose, tip rounded apicukte.— Panioum, WM. Cat. n. 8745. 



LoWEit Bengal, Wallieh, Griffith; Seebpore, Kurz; Vicrampore and Dacca, 

 ,)larke. Bebak ; top of Parusnatli, J. D, H. 



Annuiil, decumbent and rootiug below, flaccid. Lynxes 2-3 by J^ in., acuminate, 

 margins crisped towards the usually ciliate base,; sheath lyith" villous margins; 

 ligule bearded. Panicle 2-6 in. long; spikes /ew, very distant, 2-3 in. long, with ' 

 rarely a short branch bearing 2-3 spikelets towards the' base of the lower. Spikelets 

 pale, subsessile or pedicelled.— This Lower Beugal .plant found at Seebpore close to 

 the Calcutta Bot. Garden, should be one of Koxburgb's species, but I cannot identity 

 it. It is very closely allied to P. remotam and altogether like that plant in habit, 

 differing chiefly in the short leaves and the ciliate margins of the leal-sheaths and in 

 habitat. A doubtful specimen from Baidjanath (Saulal Pergunuahs) collected by 

 Clarke, has the narrow leaves oiremotum. 



