Graminem.] 



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lineari-lanceolatis brevioribus patulis, spicis partialibus sessilibus basi imberbibus, spiculis 

 paullo majoribus. Linn. — N. ab E. Agrost. Bras. 2. p. 119. Trin. Ic. Gram. 14. t. 160. — 

 /3. Culmo plerumque altiori, foliis linearibus longioribus magis erectis strictiusculis, spicis 

 partialibus (pluribus) ssepe breve pedunculatis (infimis saltern) basique setosis, spiculis paullo 

 minoribus. — P. pseudocolonum. Roth, Nov. Fl. Sp. p. 47. N. ab E. Agrost. Bras. 2. p. 

 120. — P. colonum. Roxb. Fl. Ind. 1. p. 296; (ed. Wall.) 1. p. 299. — Oplismenus pseudo- 

 colonus. Kunth, En. I. p. 142. 



Hab. j8. Circa Macao urbem; MilleU. Vachell, n. 44. 



Forma? a. et /3 in numeris lusibus, (quod olim jam suspicatus cram, nunc autem clarissimis documentis com- 

 probatum video) adeo miscentur, ut vix varietates habendas esse censeam, tantum abest, ut specie distinguen- 

 das. — Variant rachidibus propriis spiculisque valde hispidis. 



[Some of our Chinese specimens are only 3-4 inches high and very slender, others about two feet.] 



c. Paniculigera. 



3. P. ischcemoides ; panicula racemosa angusta, ramis alternis contractis, spiculis ovato- 

 oblongis acutis glabris polygamis, gluma inferiori rotundata amplectente, superiori flos- 

 culique masculi inferiori valvula aequalibus 7-9-nerviis hermaphrodito oblongo obtuso lsevi 

 masculo breviori, culmo inferne dense vaginato, vaginis ore margineque molliter ciliatis, 

 foliis distichis patentibus supra pubentibus. Retz, Obs. 4. p. 17. Willd. Sp. PL I. p. 348. 

 Roem. et Sch. Syst. Veg. 2. p. 433. Kunth, En. p. 125. — P. convolutum. P. de Beauv. — N. 

 ab E. Agrost. Bras. 2. p. 173. Presl, Rel. Hcenk. 2. p. 304. Kunth, En. 1. p. 130. 



Hab. Circa Macao urbem ; Millett. Vachell, n. 57. (ex parte.) 



Spiculis in racemum decompositum coarctatum dispositis pallidis acutis, culmoque magis minusve rigido 

 inferne vaginato, foliis, saltern ubi breviora sunt, rigidis distiche patentibus et siccando convolutis, supra 

 semper basin versus pilosis, subtus modo glabris modo circa basin etiam pubescentibus, vaginarumque fim- 

 bria densa mollique a reliquis facile distinguitur. 



4. P.miliaceum; panicula subnutante pedunculisque laxis, spiculis ovatis acutatis bemi- 

 ologamis, gluma utraque mucronata, inferiore subduplo breviori 7-nervi, superiori flos- 

 culique neutrius inferiori valvula 1 1-nerviis nervis validis, hermophrodito ovali laevi, culmo 

 ramoso, vaginis foliisque lato-linearibus tuberculatis et villosis, radice annua. Linn. Hort. 

 Cliff, p. 27. N. ab E. Agrost. Bras. 2. p. 200. (cum syn.) Roxb. Fl. Ind. 1. p. 310; {ed. 

 Wall.) 1. p. 312. Kunth, En. I. p. 104. 



Valvula flosculi neutrius superior brevissima. 



[The few Chinese specimens we have seen, sent by Mr. Millett from Canton, are smaller and more slender 

 than those we possess from the Peninsula of India, and the leaves are shorter and narrower ; but we have 

 no reason to suppose them specifically distinct.] 



5. P. psilopodium; panicula capillari, ramis inferioribus basi prsesertim strictis, ramulis 

 subfasciculatis pedicellisque tenuissimis flexuosis scabris, axillis nudis, spiculis oblongis acutis 

 glabris purpurascentibus lutescentibusve, gluma inferiori duplo breviori obtusa trinervi, supe- 

 riori 7-nervi, flosculi neutrius bivalvis valvula inferiori 7-9-nervi, hermapbrodito oblongo lfevi 



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