4G CLSxiii. GRAMiNEiE. (J. D. Hooker.) {Panicum. 



far from satisfied that I have not erred in the synonyms cited for these three species, 

 which are almost inextricably mixed. For a learned discussion on the Millet, the 

 cultivation of which in Europe dates from prehistoric times, see A. de Candolle s 

 " Origine de Plantes Cnltiv^s," p. 302. Munio has attached the following to a speci- 

 men from Bombay (Woodrow, No. 89), " I believe this to be an uncultivated form of 

 P. miUacenm"^—it has spinulosely toothed seabrid leaves, and a perfectly erect 

 panicle with very long erect branches, and few spikelets. 



32. P. m'iliare, tamk. III. Gen. 173 ; leaves linear Hairy base rounded, 

 panicle con'traoted or thyrsiform much branched erect or nodding, branches 

 slender erect alternate, spikelets -jVs i"- solitary or geminate usually 

 shorter than their pedicels turgidly ovoid or ellipsoid acute, gl. I = J III 

 broadly 6vate acute 3-5-nerved, nerves arching, II ovate-lanceolate 

 11-13-nerVed, III S-nerved paleate neuter, Tt from oblong to broadly 

 ovate acuie shining often 8-5-streaked dorsally. Rottl. in Neue Bchrift. 

 Ges. Naiiirf. Berol. iv, (1803) 83 : Roxh. Fl.lU.i. 309; Wall. Cat. 8712 



0. inpart, F. G. H; I. ; Wight Oat. n. 1629 ; Eunth JEnum. PI. i. 104 ; Trim. 

 Oat. Oeyl. PI. 105; Aitehis. Cat. Panjah PI. 159; Neex Fl. Afr. Austr. 

 40 ; Duthie 'Gmss: N. W. Ind. 5, FieU. & Card, Crops. 7, t. 26, Indig. Fodd. 

 Gra,ss. t. 46, Fodd. Grass. N. Ind. 10. P. attenuatum, Willd. Enum. 

 Eort. Berol. 1033; Nees Agrost. Bras. 173; Trin. Diss. ii. 226. P. 

 bievifolium, Bulh. ex Nees Fl. Afr. Austr. 40,, P. Menieri, Soen. ex Nees 



1. c. P. miliaceum, Thw. Fnum. PI. Zeyl. 360. P. miliacoum, var, Boiil. 

 in Neue Schnft. I. c. P. muaciparum. Herb. Linn, ex Munro in Journ. 

 Linn. 8oc. vi. (1862) 39. P. psilopo'diurii, Wight Oat. n. 163J3a. P. 

 simplex, Bottl. ex Trin. Gram. Panic. 216 ; Steud. )%n. Gram.- '67. P. 

 sumatrense. Both Nov. Sp. 60; Kunth I.e. — Panicum, Wall. Oat. n. 8718 B, 

 8720. 



Cultivated or naturalized (or native ?) throug'tout India and Ceylon. — Disteib. 

 Tropics cult. 



Annual. Stem 1-3 ft., rather slender^ erect or base genicalate, simple or branched, 

 usually leafy up to the panicle. Leaves 1-2 fti by J-1 in. , flat, and sheaths rarely 

 hirsute with tubercle-based hairs, acute or ac'uminate; ligule a narrow row of 

 hairs. Panicle 2-10 in., lower branches long, pedicels of spikelets sometimes \ in. 

 i^pikelets glabrous, rather flattened, usually green or purplish ; gl. I variable, white, 

 membranous, margins overlapping at the base, nerves arching and anastomosing ; II 

 and III herbaceous ; palea of III as long as its gl.^If I remember aright P. miliwre 

 was conjectured by Munro to be a cultivated form of P. pkilqpodium ; and except in 

 the greater size, moi'e contracted panicle, rather larger spikelets and usuaHy shorter 

 pedicels of P. miliare I fail to find characters whereby to separate them, and 

 these are not very reliable. In its comilnon state the grain of miliare is broader than in 

 any form of psilopodium and much darker colrd. P. simplex, Rottl. is a weak flaccid 

 form from Tranquebar, growing inshadg. Trinius distinguishes it from P. psilopodium, 

 by the seabrid pedicels of the spikelets, but they are quite glabrous in Bottler's speci- 

 men of simplex. I am not at all satisfied 'that I have righ'uy identified the synonymy 

 of this and P. psilopoditwi. 



Var. Mrtum; upper leaf-sheaths with long Spreadlnghnirs. P. hirtum, Wall. mss. 

 in Seri. Linn. Soc. Panicum, Wall. Cat. n. 8718 {in part). — Burma, WalUeh. — 

 Wallich's sheet has three difi'erent looking plants ; viz. "8718 A, from Malloon, with 

 the panicle of psilopodium, and hirsute sheaths ; B from the banks of the Irawaddy 

 with hirsute sheaths and the panicle of miliare ; along with these is a plant with a 

 similar panicle to the last but with glabrous sheaths. 



33. P. psilopodium, Trin. Gram. Panic. 217 ; leaves aarrow glabrous 

 base rounded, panicle effuse branches capillary at length spreading, spike- 

 lets jj-j in. geminate ovate-lanceolate acute, pedicels capillary visually 



