583 



Spec. Chae. Culms erect, branched : leaves sub-cordate at the 

 base, eusiform, attenuated at -the apex, serrulate at the margin : 

 sheaths glabrous : panicle erect, spike-like : branches erect, linear, 

 branched, sub-remote : spikelets lanceolate, glumes very acute : 

 florets hermaphrodite : seed oblong, glabrous. 



Moist vallies in the Peninsula. 



(57) P. TTLIGINOSUM. fMoxb.j' 



Ident. Eoxb. 1. c. p. 308. 



Spec. Chae. Culms erect, branched, rooting at the base, glabrous, 

 2 — 3-feet : leaves short, acute, somewhat pubescent : -sheaths 

 bearded at the throat : panicle erect, ovate, thin : branches com- 

 pressed : flowers solitary, polygamous : glumes cuspidate. 



Moist borders of rice-fields and wet grounds. 



(58) P. TENTTE. (Boxh.) 



Ident. Eoxb. 1. c. p. 310. 



Spec. Chae. Culm ascending, branched, 1 — 6-feet : leaves large, 

 hairy above, bristly at the edge, acute : sheaths hairy, bearded at 

 the throat : racemes of the erect panicle sub-secund, alternate, 

 compound : florets twin on a common hairy pedicel : partial 

 pedicels unequal: glumes many-nerved: seed ovate, transversely 

 waved. 



Circar mountains. 



(59) P. MONTANITM. fRoxh.j 



Ident. Koxb. 1. c. p. 313. 



Spec. Chae. Culm erect, 3 — 4-feet, somewhat woody : leaves 

 lanceolate, unequally divided by the nerve, striated lengthways, 

 ciliated below at the throat of the sheath : branches of the oblong 

 panicle capillary, straight : spikelets small, ovate, remote : seed 

 glabrous, 3-nerved at the back. 



Circar mountains. 



(60) P. cniAEJE. fRetz.j 



Ident. Eetz. obs. iv. 16.— Eoxb. 1. c. 293. 



Syn. Digitaria ciliaris, Pers. Syn. — D. commutata, SchuU. 



JEngrtw. Host. Gram. iv. t. 15. 



Spec. Chae. Spikes 4 — 5, digitate, undivided : leaves lanceolate, 

 waved, rather hairy : sheaths smooth : florets imbricated : outer 



