40 OLxxiii. QRAMiNB*. (J. D. Hooker.) [Panieum. 



short, rounded. Panicle 6-12 in., rarely 1 in. diam., often interrupted, sometimes 

 quite eylindric. Spikelets erect, very shortly pedicelled, pale green ; gl. I broadly 

 ovate, acuminate j III tapering into a long rigid erect beak, palea or imperfect.— 

 Generally cited as P. mi/urus, of Lamk, but as Neesh.ispi)inted out (Agrost. Bras. I.e.) 

 Lamk's plant is Richards' P. myomms (= P. indicum). In Munro s herbOTiuin 

 P. mymws is, perhaps rightly, referred to F. amplexicaule, Kudge (PI. Gui. i. 21), 

 which is a much broader leaved plant. 



20. P, assamlcum, Eoolk. f. ; slender, erect, leaves narrow base 

 rounded, panicle spiciform cylindrio very narrow interrupted, spikelets i in. 

 densely crowded on the appressed branches, gl. I = i III 3-nerved, II and 

 111 lanceolate 6-nerved, III rather longer than II epaleate, IT ovate- 

 lanceolate thin smooth. 



Assam, Hf asters, Onffith ; Dacca, Clarice. 



Stem 12-18 in. or more, ascending, as thick as a sparrow's quill, lower nodes 

 rooting. Leaves 2-4 in., narrowed from the base to the acute tip, margins quite 

 smooth, involute (when dry) ; sheath glabrous or mouth slightly hairy ; lignle a 

 narrow membrane. Panicle 3 in., hardly J in. diam., pale green, quite glabrous. 

 Spikelets very shortly pedicelled ; glumes thin. — I advance this species with hesita- 

 tion. It is nearest to P. mj/wrtts, differing in size, narrow leaves, very narrow 

 panicle, smaller spikelets, and shorter glume III. 



21. P. aurltum, Presl ex Nees Agrost. Bras. 176 ; tall, erect, leaves 

 linear-lanceolate base broadly cordate, panicle long contracted or more or 

 less effuse much fastigiately branched, branches erect, spikelets t6~^ ^• 

 crowded on short branchlets solitary sessile or shortly pedicelled oblong or 

 ovate-oblong subacute, gl. I ^ J III obtuse or acute nerves 3-5 arching, 

 II and III subequal acute or acuminate 5-nerved, III paleate neuter, IV 

 lanceolate acuminate smooth. Pretl Bel. Ssenk. i. 305; Tnn. Pan. Gem. 

 176; Kunth Enum. PL i. 113; Steud. 8yn. Gram. 70; Thw. Enwm. PL 

 ZeyL 361 ; Trim. Gat. GeyL PL 106 ; Baker M. Maurit. 437 ; Miq. FL Ind. 

 Bat. iii. 456. P. insulicola, Steud. L c. 78. P. javanum, Nees & B'Mse in 

 Miq. PL Jungh. 376 ; Miq. FL Ind. Bat. L c. 453. P. maximum, WoXl. Cat. 

 n. 8715 F. P. patens, Bojer Hort. Maurit. ex Baker L c. P. secundum, 

 Serb. B/ottl. Hymenachno myurua, Serb. H.f. St T. {in part). — Panioum, 

 WaU. Oat. n. 8701, 8707. 



Marshes from Bengal and the Conoan to Buema, Teavancoeb, the Malay 

 Peniksula, and CErLON. — Disteib. Malaya, Chiua, Mauritius ? 



Perennial. Stem 3-6 ft., sometimes as stout as a goose-quill, soft. Leaves 8-14 

 by f-li in., glabrous or sparsely hairy beneath, as is the sheath ; mouth villously 

 bearded ; ligule very narrow. Panicle 8-18 in., green, rachis scaberulous, branches 

 2-5 in., branchlets and fascicles of spikelets subsecund, Spikelets green, glabrous, nerves 

 strong; gl. I broadly ovate ; II and III ovate-oblong; palea of III small; IV as 

 long as III, white, thinly coriaceous. — The Ceylon specimeiis have longer (tq-s in.) 

 narrower and more acuminate spikelets than the normal. 



22. P. Interruptum, Willd. Sp. PL i. 341 ; stem tall very stout 

 spongy below, leaves long flat base rounded or subcordate, panicle very 

 narrow almost reduced to a spike, spikelets (many imperfect) i— J- in. 

 fascicled very shortly pedicelled ovoid rather turgid, gl. I = i III orbicular 

 hyaline 5-nerved, II = III ovate-oblong obtuse strongly 9-nerved, III 

 ovate-oblong obtuse, palea small, IV mucli smaller lanceolate acuminate 

 polished white. Wise* FL Jfr. Avstr. 51 ; Knnth Enum. PL i. 87 ; Boxb. 

 FL Ind. i. 286 ; WalL Cat. n. 869b Excl.C. ; Thw. Enum. PL ZeyL 361 ; Trim. 

 Gat. GeyL PL 104; WigU Gat. n. J 640; Griff. Notul. iii. 26, Ic. PL Asiat. 



