60 CLxxm. geaminej:. (J. D. Hooker.) [Panieum. 



tichously spreading spikes. In t. 796 there are 10, all secund. The grain of t. Ill is 

 ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, with three dorsal lines ; of t. 212 ovate -lanceolate, 

 acuminate ; of t. 7t)6 elliptic-oblong, acute. — It is evident that in this as in other 

 cases, Epxburgh had not named his Icones in accordance with the descriptions prepared 

 for the " Flora Indica." 



P. SEBICEUM, Soland. in Ait. Sort. Eew, 88, isa West Indian plant erroneously 

 entered as from " Ind. Or." by Steudel. 



P. siMPiicissiMUM, Koen. in Neue Schrift. Naimrf. xxiii. (1788) 209 {ex Indess 

 Kewensis). There is no such species described in the work cited, but Mr. Eendle 

 has pointed out to me that at the bottom of the page Koenig mentions a very 

 fine grass sent by him to Dr. Solander, adding, " Er hat eine Faniculam simpli- 

 cissimam." 



P. TENUE, Roxb. Fl. Ind. i. 310 ; stem 1-6 ft. erect, ramous, panicle thin, spike- 

 lets binate on a common hairy pedicel with unequal partial pedicels, gl. Ill paleate, 

 grain ovate transversely waved. — Wild in the Circar Mts. (Jioxb.y. — Stem sometimes 

 prostrate and rooting. Leaves large, upper surface hairy, margins with very sharp 

 points j sheaths shorter than the internodes, hairy, mouths bearded. Faniale erect, 

 till fruiting, then bowing as in P. miliacewm, of alternate compound nearly secund 

 racemes ; rachis 4-5-angled, branchlets 3-angied, flexuous hairy. Spikelets smooth, 

 gls. many-nerved. III male in luxuriant plants. — I have altered Roxburgh's 

 phraseology to bring it into harmony with that of this work, I have seen no plant 

 answering to the above description except perhaps a small state of P.. maximum. 



P. lEAOHTPUs, Trin. Panic. Gen. 170; rays subracemiform, shortly compound 

 from the base alternate, raylets spreading, pedicels very short, spikelets Imeal obovate 

 submucronulate pubescent, gl. I 3-4 times shorter than the spikelet, 3-nerved, II 

 5-nerved, 4 mucronate rugose. Leaves glabrous lanceolate from a cordate base. — 

 Nepal. 



P. TKIFIOEUM, Sdgew. in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. xxi. (1853), 157, 179 ; DutUe 

 Grass. N. W. Ind. 7, iodd. Grass, if. Ind. 13 j Edgeworth's description will apply 

 to various species. 



5. ZCKNANTKUS, Swartz. 



Anntial or perennial branching grasses. Leaver broad. Spikelets 

 1-2-fld., long panicled, ovate or lanceolate, terete, articulate (but often per- 

 sistent) on their pedicels. Glumes 4, I II and III subequal or II longest, 

 strongly nerved ; III paleate or not, male or neuter ; IV much shortest, 

 stipitate, paleate, bisexual, oblong or oblong-lanceolate, stipes with 

 an antioous simple or 2-fid or 2 lateral appendages. Zodicuhs 2, minute. 

 Styles free, exserted apically. Stamens 3. Grain coriaceous, acute or 

 acuminate, polished, articulate at the base of the stipes. — Species about 

 20, tropical. 



This genus diflFers from Fanicum in the appendaged base of gl. IV. 



1. X. pallens, Munro in Benth. Fl. Hongh. 414; stem slender elon- 

 gate, leaves broadly lanceolate, panicle open, rachis and subseound 

 branches slender, gls. spreading, I ovate-lanceolate acuminate. III paleate 

 neuter or male, IV when mature exposed, turned on one side, oblong 

 obtuse, appendages 2 adnate to its sides. Thw. JSnum. PI. Zeyl. 361 ; 

 Trim. Cat. Ceyl. PI. 106. Pauicum pallens, Swartz ProdV. 23, Fl. Ind. 

 Occ. i. 164 ; Kunth Enum. PI. i. 89 ; Nees Agrost. Bras. 137 ; Trin. Sp. 

 Gram. Ic. t. 211 ; Griseb. Fl. Brit. W. Ind. 560. P. vicinum, Baily Syn. 

 Queensland Fl. in. 82. Apluda Zeygites. Auhl. PI. Guian. ii. 933 (exd. 

 Syn.). PAgrostia nutans. Pair. Fncycl. Suppl. i. 255. 



