Panicum sanguinale. CocrVfoot Panic-Grass» 



PANICUM Lin. Gen. PL Triandria DigyniA. 



CaL 3-valvis : valvula tertia minima. 

 PANICUM fanguinale fpicis digitatis bail interiore nodofis, flofculis geminis muticis, vaginis foliorum 



punctatis. Lin. Syfi. Vegetab. p. 90. Sp. PL 84. 

 DIG1TARIA foliis fubhirfutis, caule debili, fpicis verticillatis. Haller Hjfl. n. 1526« 

 DIGITARIA fanguinalh. Scopoli FL Cam. n. 72. 

 GRAMEN daftylon latiore folio. Bauhin Pin. 8. 

 ISCH^EMON fylveftre latiore folio. Parkin/. 1 178. 



ISCHiEMON vulgare. Ger. emac. 27. Cock's-foot-grafs. Rati Syn. p. 399. Scheuch. Agrojl. 10 1. 

 Scbreb. Agrojl. t. 16. Hud/on FL Angl. ed. 2. p. 25. 



RADIX annua, fibrofa. t ROOT annual and fibrous. 



CULM! ex una radice plures, fpithamsei, pedales, fub- | STALKS feveral from one root, a fpan or a foot in 

 rubentes, fubinde ramofi, adfcendentes, in- t height, of a reddifh colour, fometimes branch- 



fracti, tenues valde et debiles, quatuor plerum- | ed, bending upward, crooked, very flender 



que geniculis diftin&i. ■$ and weak, and generally furniflied with four 



I joints. 



FOLIA uncialia, fefquiuncialia, et biuncialia, lineas | LEAVES an inch, an inch and a half, or two inches 

 duas aut duas cum dimidia lata, acuta, ad | in length, and from two to two lines and a 



unum latus faspe undulata, fuperne et inferne | half in breadth, pointed, often waved on one 



raris pilis hirfuta, marginibus ad lentem minu- t fide, on both fides befet with a few hairs, the 



tiffime ferrulatis ; vagina ftriata, valde pilofa, 1 edges when magnified very finely fawed ; the 



pilis e punctis prominulis prodeuntibus. $ fheath ftriated, very hairy, the hairs proceed- 



| ing from little prominent points. 



SPIC./E teniae, quaternas, et quinae plerumque, in cultis | SPIKES fitting on the top of the ftem, generally three, 

 faepe plures, digitatim fummo culmo infidentes, ¥ four or five together, often more in cultivated 



fefquiunciam ad quatuor uncias longae, fili- | places, branching out like fingers, from one 



formes, vel eodem loco oriundae omnes, vel f inch and a half to four inches in length, fili- 



alternatim e fummo culmo prodeuntes, et exi- I form, all of them proceeding from the fame 



guo ab invicem fpatio difcretae, purpureas, aut t point, or growing alternately, leaving a fmall 



ex purpureo et viridante mixta. | fpace betwixt them, of a dark purple colour, 



¥ or purple and green mixed together. 



SPICULE fecundas, binae, rachi adpreffae, pedicellate, | SPICULE growing one way, prefied to the rachis, 

 pedicello altera longiore, longitudine fpiculae, | ftanding on foot-ftalks, the longeft of which 



ovato-lanceolatae, acutze, nunc purpurafcentes, t is of the length of one of the fpiculas, ovato- 



nunc virides. fig. 1, 2, 3, 4. audi. | lanceolate and pointed, fometimes purplifh, 



% and fometimes green, fig. 1, 2, 3, 4. magnified. 



CALYX trivalvis, perfiftens, infima minima, brevifiima, | CALYX compofed of three valves, and permanent, the 

 nudo oculo vix confpicua, fig. 2. fecunda et $ lowermofr. very minute and fhort, fcarcelvper- 



tertia^ oppofitis, inasqualibus, acutis, nervofis, | ceptible by the naked eye, fig. 2. the fecond 



margine fcabris, fuperiore longitudine 'corollas | and third oppofite, unequal, pointed, rib'd, 



quam margine fuo ample&itur, inferiore dimi- % rough on the edges, the upper one the length 



dio breviore. fig. 3, 4. | of the corolla, which it enfolds with its mar- 



% gin, the lower one half its length, fig. 3, 4. 



COROLLA : bivalvis, valvulis asqualibus, glabris, al- | COROLLA: compofed of two valves which are equal 

 terd alteram recipiente, fig. 8. ubi membra- % and fmooth, the one receiving the other, fig. 8. 



nula ad bafin earum pingitur, fig. 6, 7. dif- | where a fmall membrane is painted at their 



jundae apparent. | bafe ; at fig. 6. and 7. they appear disjoin'd. 



STAMINA: Filamenta tria, capillaria, corolla paulo t STAMINA : three Filaments, very flender, a little 

 longiora; Anthers breves, parvae, purpuraf- | longer than the corolla; Anthers fmall, 



centes, utrinque bifurca. fig. 9. fhort, purplifh, forked at each end. fig. 9. 



PISTILLUM: Germen oblongum; Styli duo, fili- 1 PISTILLUM : Germen oblong; Styles two, fili-. 

 formes, longitudine ftaminum; Stigmata | liform, the length of the ftamina; Stigmata 



plumofa, purpurea, fig. 10. ¥ feather'd and purple, fig. 10. 



SEMEN minimum, oblongum glumis calycinis aeque | SEED very fmall, oblong, inclofed by the glumes of 

 ac corollaceis inclufum, fig. 11, 12. denuda- y the calyx, as well as of the corolla, /3-. if, 



tum, fig. 13. magnit. nat. fig. 14, 15. auft. | 12. ftripped of thefe, fig. 13. of its natural 



I fize, and magnified at fig. 14, 15. 



Modern Botanifts are divided in their opinions refpecting the genus of this plant, Linnjeus, Schreber, and 

 others confidering it as a Panicum; Adanson, Heister, Haller and Scopoli arranging it under a new genus, 

 viz. Digitaria, a name adapted to the particular difpofition of its fpikes, but as that particular difpofition has little 

 to do with its generic character, and as it has a triphyllous calyx, which Linnaeus, with much propriety, conii- 

 ders as a principal charaaer of the Panicum, we follow him in preference to the others, however refpe&able. 

 We may obferve, that the exterior leaf forming this triphyllous calyx is fo very minute, that it may eafily be 

 overlooked. 



The figures and defcriptions, quoted by Linn ^us, induce us to confider this fpecies as the /inguinale, rather 

 than his fpecific defcription, which certainly does not well accord with our plant. The vagina punctata are not 

 mentioned either by Haller, Scheuchzer, or Scopoli ; the hairs certainly iffue from little prominent point?, 

 fcarcely vifible, unlefs magnified. If Linnaeus means thefe, they are, in our apprehenfion, too minute to form 

 a fpecific character on. 



French beans, and on the Afparagus beds, in the Weftern corner of the fields, at no great diftance from the Church. 



Matthiolus relates, that in Carniola the feeds are colleded for food, but this is flatly contradicted by Scofoli ; 

 indeed, for this purpofe, it appears much inferior to many others of the fame genus. 



Its name of /inguinale is not taken from its colour, but from an idle trick which the bo\s in Gamany have of 

 pricking their noftnls with the fpiculae of this grafs, till they draw blood. 



