Panicum sanguinale. CockVfoot Panic-Grass* 
PANICUM hin. Gen. Pl. Triandria Digyrta. 
PAATif-rTki /■ . , 9 al ; 3 - valvis: valvula tertia minima. 
PANICUM fangutnalt fp,c,s d.gitatis ball interiore nodofe, flcfculis geminis muticis, vaginis foliorum 
ranrwiffr 1 Lm. SyJ. Fegetab. p. 9 o. Sp. Pl. 84. S 
D GITARla l r I,S . fu ?! 1,rf "' ,s ’ “">? deWli > fpicis verticillatis. Ha/ler Hi/I. „. , J2 6. 
HIGIT AKI A fingnmalis. Scopo/, FI. Cam. n. 72. J * 
dafl I' lon Iatiore folio- Bauhin Piati. 
latiore folio. Parkinf. 1178. 
IbCHfEMON vulgare. Ger. emac. 27. Cock’s-foot-grafs. Raii Syn. p. jag. Schmch. Azro/l 101 
Schreb. Agrojl. t. 16. Huifm F/. Angled. z . p. 2J . ^ " '° U 
RADIX annua, fibrofa. 
CULMI ex una radice piures, fpithamaei, pedales, fub- 
rubentes, fubinde ramofi, ad {cendentes, in- 
fraai, tenues valde et debiles, quatuor plerum- 
que geniculis diftin&i. 
FOLIA uncialia, fefquiuncialia, et biuncialia, lineas 
duas aut duas cum dimidia lata, acuta, ad 
unum latus, f®pe undulata, fuperne et inferne 
raris pilis hirfuta, marginibus ad lentem minu- 
... me ferrulatis ; vagina ftriata, valde pilofa, 
pilis e punitis prominulis prodeuntibus. 
SPICvE terns, quaternas, et quin* plerumque, in cultis 
fepe piures, digitatim fummo culmo infidentes, 
ielquiunciam ad quatuor uncias long®, fili- 
formes, vel eodem loco oriunda; omnes, vel 
alternatim e fummo culmo prodeuntes, et exi- 
guo ab invicem fpatio diferet®, purpurea, aut 
ex purpureo et viridante mixta;. 
SPICUL^E fecund®, bin®, rachi adprefl®, pedicellat®, 
pedicello altero longiore, longitudine Ipicul®, 
ovato-lanceolat®, acut®, nuncpurpuralcentes, 
nunc virides, Jig. i, 2, 3, 4. autt. 
trivalvis, perfiflens, infima minima, brevifiima, 
nudo oculo vix conlpicua, Jig. 2. fecunda et 
tertia oppofitis, in®qualibus, acutis, nervofis, 
margine fcabris, fuperiore longitudine coroll® 
quam margine fuo amplectitur, inferiore dimi- 
dio breviore. Jig. 3, 4. 
COROLLA : bivalvis, valvulis ®qualibus, glabris, al- 
terd alteram recipiente, Jig. 8. ubi membra- 
nula ad bafin earum pingitur, Jig. 6, 7. dif- 
jundt® apparent. 
STAMINA: Filamenta tria, capillaria, corolla paulo 
longiora ; Anthers breves, parv®, purpuraf- ; 
centes, utrinque bifurc®. Jig. 9. 
PISTILLUM : Germen oblongum ; Styli duo, fili- 
formes, longitudine flaminum j Stigmata ! 
plumofa, purpurea, fg. 10. 
SEMEN minimum, oblongum glumis calycinis ®que ; 
ac corollaceis inclufum, fg. ir, 12. denuda- 1 
tum, fg. 13. magni t. nat. fg. 14, 15. auSi. \ 
ROOT annual and fibrous. 
STALKS feveral from one root, a fpan Or a foot in 
height* of a reddifh colour, fometimes branfch- 
ed, bending upward, crooked, very {lender 
and weak* and generally furnifhed with four 
joints. 
LEAVES, an inch, an inch and a half, or two inches 
in length, and from two to two lines and a 
half in breadth, pointed, often waved on one 
fide, on both fides befet with a few hairs, the 
edges when magnified very finely fawed ; the 
Iheath ftriated, very hairy, the hairs proceed- 
ing from little prominent points. 
SPIKES fitting on the top of the Item, generally three, 
four or five together, often more in cultivated 
places, branching out like fingers, from one 
inch and a half to four inches in length, fili- 
form, all of them proceeding from the fame 
point, or growing alternately, leaving a fmall 
{pace betwixt them, of a dark purple colour, 
or purple and green mixed together. 
SPICULAD growing one way, prefled to the rachis, 
{landing on foot-ftalks, the longed ‘of which 
is of the length of one of the fpicul®, ovato- 
lanceolate and pointed, fometimes purplifh, 
and fometimes green, fig. 1, 2, 3, 4. magnified. 
CAL 1 X compofed of three valves, and permanent, the 
lowermoft very minute and fhort, fcarcely per- 
ceptible by the naked eye, fig. 2. the fecond 
and third oppofite, unequal, pointed, rib’d, 
rough on the edges, the upper one the length 
of the corolla, which it enfolds with its mar- 
gin, the lower one half its length, fg. 3, 4. 
COROLLA: compofed of two valves which are equal 
and fmooth, the one receiving the other, fig. 8. 
where a fmall membrane is painted at their 
bafe ; at fig. 6. and 7. they appear disjoin’d. 
STAMINA: three Filaments, very {lender, a little 
longer than the corolla; Anther a; fmall, 
{hort, purplifh, forked at each end. fig. 9. 
PISTILLUM: Germen oblong; Styles two, fili- 
liform, the length of the flamina; Stigmata 
feather’d and purple, fig. 10. 
SEED very fmall, oblong, inclofed by the glumes of 
the calyx, as well as of the corolla, fig. 11, 
12. ftripped of thefe, fig. 13. of its natural 
-fize, and magnified at fig. 14, 13. 
othYre confiderin"^ T d p‘ d - d ‘if 1 °P iniona rei P ca!,1 S 'he genus of this plant, Linnjeus, Schreber, and 
others confidermg it as a Panicum-, Adanson, Heister, Haller and Scopoli arranging it under a new genus 
vtz. Dig, lam, a name adapted to the particular difpofition of its fpikes, but as that particular difpofition ha? little 
.0 do with tts generre charaaer and as it has a triphyllous calyx, which Linnzeus, with much CprietyTconfi! 
decs as a principal charadler of the Pamcum, we follow him in preference to the others, however refpeflable 
overlOTM° bferVe ’ extenor leaf formill g thi = triphyllous calyx is fo very minute, that it may eafily be 
delcriptions, quoted by Linnrsus, induce us to confider this fpecles as the fanguinahe, rather 
me itio ed P ’ S dafCr Jf 10 “’ wh ‘ ch ce « a ‘“ly does not welt accord with our plant. The vagina, punltatx arc not 
mentioned ei her by Haller Scheuchzer, or Scopoli ; the hairs certainly iffue from little prominent points, 
a fprcific” harafter on maS ™ fied ' lf Lim * os mca ns thefe, they are, in our apprehenfion, too minute ra form 
According to the obfervations of botanic writers, this fpecies is very univerfal, being found not only in Enrobe 
rJ- , ■, Ammca ; neverthelefs, it is not general throughout England. It is faid to grow about Elden in Suffolk 
at IVttchingbam near Norwich, near Martha Chapel by Guildford, and in the Gardener’s grounds near Batterka - 
m tile latter place I found it laft September, in great plenty ; but in one part of the fields only, viz. among tile 
beans> and °. n the Afparagus beds, in the Weftern corner of the fields, at no great diftance from the Church. 
• elates, that in Carniola the feeds are collected for food, but this is flatly contradicted by Scopoli * 
indeed, for this purpofe, it appears much inferior to many others of the fame genus. 
Its name of fanguinale is not taken from its colour, but from an idle trick which the bovs in Germany have of 
pricking their noftrils with the {picul® of this grals, till they draw blood. 
