Panicum Crus galli. Loose Panic-Grass. 



PANICUM Lin. Gen. PL Triandria Digynia. 



Cal. 3-valvis : valvula tertia minima. 

 PANICUM Crus galli fpicis alternis conjugatifque, fpiculis fubdivifis, glumis ariftatis hifpidis, rachi 



quinquangulari. Lin. Syfi. Vegetab. p. 90. Spec. PL p. 83. 

 PANICUM fpica remota, fetis nullis. Haller FUJI. 11. 1544. 

 PANICUM Crus galli. Scopoli FL Cam. n. 70. 

 GRAMEN paniceum fpica divifa. Bauh. Pin. 8. 



GRAMEN paniceum, fpica divifa, ariftis longis armata. var. /3. Bauh. Pin. 8. 

 PANICUM fylveftre Herbariorum. Parkin/. 1154. 

 PANICUM vulgare. Ger. emac. 85. Raii Syn. p. 394. Panick Grafs with a divided Spike. Hud/on 



FL Angl. ed. 2. p. 24. 



RADIX annua, fibrofa. % ROOT annual and fibrous. 



CAULES plerumque plures ex una radice, primo pro- | STALKS generally feveral proceed from the fame root, 

 cumbentes, feu obliqui, demum fuberecti, pe- % at firft procumbent or oblique, finally nearly 



dales aut bipedaies, tribus aut quatuor geniculis | upright, from one to two feet in height, fur- 



diitincli. ■% nifhed with three or four joints. 



FOLIA in humilioribus tres quatuorve uncias longa, | LEAVES in the more humble plants three or four 

 lmeas duas aut tres lata, in procerioribus femi- | inches long, and from two to three lines in 



pedalia, vel etiam pedalia fere, lineas quatuor, \ breadth ; in the taller plants fix inches, or 



aliquando et fex femptemve lata, acuminata, I nearly a foot in length, four lines, and fome- 



carinata, lasvia, marginibus minutiftime denti- % times fix or feven broad, tapering to a point, 



culatis et ad bafin circa orem vaginae pilofis ; | keeled, fmooth, the edges very finely toothed, 



Membrana nulla; Vagina magna, ftriata, com- % and about the mouth of the (heath hairy; 



preila. | Membrane none ; Sheath large, ftriated and 



I comprefied. 



FLORES paniculati. | FLOWERS in a panicle. 



PAN1CULA palmaris, et ultra, e pluribus fpicis compo- f PANICLE a hand's breadth or more in length, of a 

 fita, pallide virefcens. % pale green colour, compofed of many fpikes. 



SPICiE faspe ad duodecim, craffae, teretiufculas, pie- | SPIKES often twelve in number, thick, roundim, ge- 

 rumquefimplices etalternae, etiam ramofaeet op- % nerally fimple and alternate, fometimes alfo 



pofitae, inferioribus fefquiuncialibus, magifque | branched and oppofite, the lowermoft an inch 



remotis. % and a half in length, longer and farther afun- 



| der than any of the reft. 



RACHIS quinquangularis, angulo quinto obfoleto, ad f RACHIS having five angles, the fifth^ lefs perceptible 

 bafin ipicarum fetofa. % than the others, briftly or hairy at the bafe of 



I the fpikes. 



FLORES fecundi, turgidi. % FLOWERS growing one way and turgid. 



CALYX trivalvis, valvula inferiore minore, flofculum | CALYX compofed of three valves, the lowermoft or 

 recipiente, fig. 1. prima et fecunda asqualibus, % third valve very fmall, receiving the fiofcule, 



nervofis, mucronatis, hirfutis, altera plana, | fig. 1. the firft and fecond equal, rib'd, pointed, 



altera gibbofa. Jig 2, 3. audf. | hirfute, the one flat, the other gibbous, fig. 2, 



% 3. magnified. 



COROLLA bivalvis, valvulis aequalibus, glabris, ova- | COROLLA compofed of two valves, the valves equal, 

 tis, altera alteram margine fua ample&ente, % fmooth, ovate, the one with its margin era- 



fig. 4. intra valvulam calycis et corollae, mem- | bracing the other, fig. 4. betwixt the valve of 



brana tenuis, nunc acuta, nunc emarginata. | the calyx and the corolla a thin membrane is 



fip m r 6. t obfervable, which is fometimes notched, and 



I fometimes pointed, fig. 5, 6. 



STAMINA : Filamenta tria, capillaria, breviflima ; % STAMINA : three very flender and ftiort Filaments ; 

 Anthers bifurcae, purpurafcentes. fig. 7. | Anthers forked and purplifti. Jig. 7. 



PISTILLUM: Germen fubrotundum ; Styli duo bre- | PISTILLUM : Germen roundiflij Styles two, very 4 

 viflimi; Stigmata plumofa, purpurafcentia. I mort ; Stigmata feathered and purplifh. 



fi<y. 8. I fS' ^* 



SEMEN majufculum, nitidum, glumis corollaceis tec- | SEED rather large, mining, covered by the valves of 



turn, hinc convexum, inde planum, fig. 9, 10. | the corolla, round on one fide, and fiat on the 



denudatum, Jig. n, 12, 13. f other, fig. 9, 10. taken from its covering. 



J fig- 11, 12, 13. 



Near the fame fpot where the P anicum Janguinale is found, this rare fpecies alfo makes its appearance, a fpace of 

 about twenty yards fquare was laft autumn covered chiefly with this grafs, and the Panicum viride ; in other parts 

 of the fields it more rarely occurs j being an annual it may vary its particular place of growth, but by a diligent 

 fearch will probably always be found in fome part of Batterfea Fields ; Mr. Ray mentions it as having been found- 

 between Deptford and Greenwich in Garden Ground, alfo in a lane by the Neat-houfe Gardens Cheljea, and by the 

 rivulet fide near Petersfield, Bampjhire. He is furely miftaken in faying aquofis delettatur. Mr. Hudson defcnbes 

 it as growing near Marthas Chapel, Guildford. , 



Botanifts make two principal varieties of it, viz. one with awns, and another without ; the latter, which is the 

 ftate in which we have figured it, mod frequently occurs ; it varies alfo in its colour, being fometimes found with 

 ipikes of a purplifTi hue. . -a C r 



It has a very great affinity to the Pa?iicum Crus corvi, a foreign grafs, but is too Angular to be rmitaken for 



any En?!ifh Panic. - , 



Affording a large quantity of feeds of confiderable magnitude, it is fought for with great avidity by fparrows and 



other fmall birds. 



