NICUM VERT XCILLATUM; 



UGH JfANIC URASS 



PANICUM. Lin: 'Gen, PL Triandria Digynia. 



CaL trivalvis, valvula tertia minima, 



Raii Syh* Gen. 27. Herbje graminifolije flore imperfecto cuxmFferjeI 



PANICUM verticillatum fpica verticillata racemulis quaternis, involuceliis uniflorii bifetis, culmls difFufis. 

 Lin. Syji. Vegetab. p. 89. Sp. PL p. 82. 



PANICUM fpica imica paniculata, fetis paUeioribus. Hal/en Hjft. n. 154J. 



GRAMEN paniceum fpica afpera. Bauh. Pin. p. 8. 



PANICUM vulgare fpica fimplici et afpera. Inji. 515. Scheuch. Agroft- t 47. Raii Syn\ p. -3,9k' Rough- 

 eared Panic-Grafs. Hud/on Fl. Angl. ed. 2. p. 24. 



Fig. 1 . Racemula ramofa magn. nat. 



Fig. 2. Pars ejufdem audi. 



Fig. 3. Glumae calycis aucl. 



Pig, 4. Corolla. 



Fig. 5. Stamina. 



Fig. 6. PifUllum. 



Fig. 7. Semen magn. nat, 



pig. 8. Idem aucl. 



iFig. 



1. 



One of the fmall branched racemi of its natural 

 fize. 



A part of the fame magnified. 



The glumes of the calyx magnified. 



The Corolla. 



The Stamina. 

 |F§. 6. The Piftillumi 

 % Fig. 7. The feed of its natural fize. 

 * Fig. 8. The fame magnified. 



t Fig- 2. 



l Fi §' 3 

 |%. 4 



The Panicum verticillatum iii its general habit agrees exactly with the viride, but iri the fize and form of the 

 fpike;, and the parts compofing it, it differs very materially : the whole plant is generally one-third larger than that 

 of the viride ; the fpike is larger, and much lefs compact ; it is evidently compofed of little branches, which grow 

 fomewhat in whirls, whence. its name. The fetae or hairs of the fpike are confiderably fhorter than thofe of the 

 viride, and differ from them particularly in being hc-Okedi, fo that the fpike drawn over the back of the hand or cuff 

 of the coat adheres very ftrongly ; and where feveral fpikes grow near each other, they are Very apt} from this 

 .caufe, to become entangled. 



I found this plant growing laft year very fparingly in the Gardeners Grounds Baterfea Fields, with the viride, 

 and flowering at the fame time. Mr. Ray defcribes it as having been found in a Turnip Field betwixt Putney and 

 Roebampton, alfo beyond the Neat-houfes by the Thames fide, going from the Horfe Ferry above JVeftminJler to 

 Ghelfea: Scheuchzer remarks, that it is a troublefome weed in the gardens at Paris. 



