12 cT.xxiii. GRAMiNB^. (J. D. Hooker.) [Paspalum. 



bicrurum, Saltzm. ex Boell in Mart. Fl. Bras. ii. II. 55. P. ciliatifolium, 

 Trin. in Mem. Acad. Petersb. Ser. vi. iii. II. (1835), 340. P. ciliatum, Jjam. 

 Illustr. i. 175. P. doliohopus, 2Hn. ex Steud. Norn. ed. 2, ii. 271. P. erio- 

 phorum, Willd. ex Nees Agrost. Bras. 56. P. hiisutum, Poir. M/ici/cl j. Zii. 

 P. longissimum, Sochst. ex Steud. 8i,n. Gram. 19. P. uata.ns, Lam. lUu-itr. 

 i. 175. P. Eenggeri, Steud. I.e. 17. P. protenaum, Trin. Gram. Panic. 

 108. P. pubescens, MuUb. ex Willd. Unum. Sort. Berol. 89. P. aupinum, 

 Bosc ex Poir. Encyd. t. 29. P. teinie, Gieitn. Fruet. ii. 3, t. 80. Digitaria 

 oonjagata, Schult. Mant. ii. 262.— Paspalus, Wall. Cat. n. 8756. 



Cachae, Keenan. Penang, Curtis, &c. Singapokb, King. Ceyion, ThwaiUs 

 ("iuti'od. from W. Indies.")— Distkib. Trop. and snbtrop. re^'ions. 



Annual. Stems 1-2 ft., creeping and branching below. Leaves 4-6 by i m., or 

 less, margins of sheath above, and mouth ciliate. Peduncle veiy slender. Spikes 

 3-7 in., usually geminate and divergent, rachis glabrous. Spilcelets imbricate, very 

 pale, plano-convex; glumes with marginal, villous nerves, and an obsolete median; 

 III coriaceous, apioulate, white. — A very elegant grass. 



3. P. compactum, Both Nov. 8p. 36 ; dwarf, hairy all over, spikes 

 forming a pyramidal raceme, rachis slender triquetrous, spikelets ^in. 

 hemispheric. Kunth Fnum. PI. i. (51; Steud. Syn. Gram. S\. P. costatum, 

 Hochst. in Herb. Sohenack. n. 635. P. miliaria, C. Muell. in Bot. Zeit. 

 xix. (1861), 325. P. porrigens. Am. in Herb. Wight. Panicum OanarEe, 

 Steud. I. c. 58. Pan. imperfectum, Roxb. ex Kunthl. c. 



Khasia Hills, in wet places, alt. 3-5500 ft., Griffith, &c. Rajputana; Mt. 

 Aboo, Duthie. The Cokoan and Cakaea, Jacquemont, &c. NiLaHiKi Hills, 

 Lawson. 



Stem 6-10 in., decumbent, and branched below ; roots stiff, wiry. Leaves 1-2 

 by \-\ in., ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, hairy on both surfaces. Raceme 2-4 in. ; 

 spikes many, upper gradually shorter ; axils usually ciliate. Spikelets rather 

 turgid, close-set, but not imbricate, pendulous by short pedicels ; gl. I orbicular, 

 obscurely 3-nerved ; II narrower, margins broadly hyaline; 111 plano-convex, 

 white, coriaceous, tip rounded. 



4. P. distichum, Linn. Amcen. Acad. v. 391 ; stem creeping and 

 rooting, leaves narrow distichous, si-'ikes geminate, spikelets ^ in. ovate- 

 oblong, appressed to the rachis, gl. I and II equal acute membranons, 

 III acute. Burm. Fl. Ind. 23 ; Su: Obs. 35, t. 2, f. 1 ; Gartn. Fruct. ii. 2, 

 t. 80; Kunth Enum. PI. i. 52; Benih. Fl. Austral, vii. 460; Baker Fl. 

 Maurit. 431. P. braohiatum, Trin. ex Nees Agrost. Bras. 62. P. depres- 

 sum, Steud. Syn. Oram. 20. P. didactylum, Saltzm. ex Steud. I.e. P. 

 digitaria, Poir. Encyel. Suppl. iv. 316. P. distachyon, Willd. ex Boell in 

 Mart. Fl. Bras. ii. II. 73. P. PernandeBianum, CoUa in Mem. Acad. 

 Turin, xxxix. (1836), 27. P. fissifolium, Nees ex Boell I. c. 104. P. fur- 

 catum, Fluegge Gram. Monogr. 114 (Paspalus). P. genioulatum, Heyne in 

 Serb. Bottl. P. Kleinianum, Presl Bel. Sank. i. 209 ; Steud. I. c. 19. 

 P. Koia, Forst. ex Spreng. Byst. i. 244. P. littorals, Br. Prodr. 188 ; Trin. 

 Biss. ii. 95, Sp. Gram. Ic. t. 112 ; Kunth Enum. I. c. 51. P. longiflorum, 

 Betz. Obs. iv. 15, ex Soxh. Fl. Ind. i. 279 ; Beauv. Fl. Owar. ii. 46, t. 85, f. 

 2 ; Orah. Gat. Bomb. PL 231. P. maoulosum, Trin. Oen. Panic. 98, 8p. 

 Oram. Ic. t. 113. P. Miohauxianum, Kunth Mevis. Oram. i. 25. P. nota- 

 tum, Fluegge I. c. 106. P. obtusatnm, Nees ex Boell, I. c. 103. P. obtusi- 

 folium, Trin. Sp. Gram. Ic. t. 115. P. platycaule, Willd. ex Steud. Nom. 

 ed. 2, ii. 272. P. repens, Ic. Boxh. n. 779. ined. P. reptans, Poir. ex Boell 

 I. c. 75. P. serpentinum, Sochst. ex Steud. I. c. 22. P. tristachyum, 

 Leconte in Joiirn. Phys. xii. (1820), 285. P. vaginatum, 8w. Prodr. Veq. 

 hid. Occ. 21 ; Fluegge I. c. 108 (Paspalus) ; Beauv. I. c. ii. 53, t. 92 ; S. B. 



