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ancient classic literature. A rich hut annual grass of ready 
spontaneous dispersion. P. colonum, L. and P. Orus-Oorvi 
L. are varieties of it. Regarded by R. Brown as indigenous 
to Eastern and Northern Australia, where many other 
excellent fodder-species occur, some perennial. It will 
succeed also on somewhat saline soil, particularly on brackish 
water-courses. 
Panicum decompositum, B. Brown. (P. laevinode, Lindl.) 
The Australian Millet. One of the most spacious of native 
nutritious grasses. The aborigines convert the small millet- 
like grains into cakes. This grass will thrive on poor soil. 
Panicum frumentaceum, Roxb. 
The Shamalo or Deccan Glrass. Probably introduced from 
tropical Africa into South Asia. It serves as a fodder-grass 
and produces also a kind of millet. 
To this species is allied P. sarmentosum, Roxb. from Sumatra, 
which is now likewise much cultivated in tropical countries. 
It is perennial. 
Panicum Italicum, L- 
This grass notwithstanding its specific name is of Indian 
origin, but appears to be likewise a native of North Aus- 
tralia. It is annual and worthy to be cultivated as a tender 
green-fodder, attaining a height of 5 feet. The grain is 
not only one of the best for poultry, but that of some 
varieties can also be utilized as millet. P. Germanicwn, 
Roth, is a form of this species. 
Panicum Koenigii, Spreug. (P. Relopus, Trin.) 
India. A good fodder-grass. 
Panicum maximum, Jacq.* (P. jimentorum, Pers.) 
The G-uinea-G-rass. Tropical Africa ; elsewhere not indi- 
genous. This perennial grass attains a height of 8 feet in 
tropical countries. It is highly nutritious and quite adapted 
for the warmer parts of our colonial territory. 
Panicum miliaceum, L.* (P. miliare, Lam.) 
The true Millet. South Asia and North Australia, but 
cultivated in Southern Europe already at Hippocrates’s 
