Panicum Crus galli 
Loose Panic-Grass 
PANICUM Lin. Gen. PI. Triandria Digynia. 
Cal. 3- valvis : valvula tertia minima. 
PANICUM Crus galli fpicis alternis conjugatifque, fpiculis fubdivifis, glumis ariftatis hifpidis, rachi 
quinquangulari. Lin. Syjl. Vegetab. p. 90. Spec. PI. p. 83. 
PANICUM fpica remota, fetis nullis. Haller Hifi. u. 1544. 
PANICUM Crus galli. Scopoii FI. Carn. 11. 70. 
GRAMEN paniceum fpica divifa. Baub. Pin. 8. 
GRAMEN paniceum, fpica divifa* ariftis longis armata, var. p. Baub. Pin. 8. 
PANICUM lylveftre Herbariorunn Parkin/. 1154. 
PANICUM vulgare. Ger. emac. 85, Rail Syn. p. 394. Panick Grafs with a divided Spike. Hudfon 
FI. 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 fuberefti, pe- t at firft procumbent or oblique, finally nearly 
dales aut bipedales, tribus aut quatuor geniculis | upright* from one to two feet in height, fur- 
diftin&i. f nilhed with three or four joints. 
FOLIA in humilioribus tres quatuorve uncias longa, | LEAVES in the more humble plants three or four 
lineas duas aut tres lata, in procerioribus femi- ^ inches long, and from two to three lines in 
pedalia, vel etiam pedalia fere, lineas quatuor, t breadth ; in the taller plants fix inches, or 
aliquando et fex femptemve lata, acuminata, | nearly a foot in length, four lines, and fome- 
carinata, laevia, marginibus minutiffime denti- J 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- t and about the mouth of the (heath hairy.; 
preffa. | Membrane none ; Sheath large, ftriated and 
I compreffed. 
FLORES paniculati. | FLOWERS in a panicle. 
PANICULA palmaris, et ultra, e pluribus fpicis compo- | PANICLE a hand’s breadth or more in length, of a 
fita, pallide virefcens. t pale green colour, compofed of many fpikes. 
SPICAE faepc ad duodecim, craflSe, teretiufculae, ple- I SPIKES often twelve in number, thick, roundifh, ge- 
rumque fimpliceset alternae, etiam ramofaeet op- t nerally fimple and alternate, fometimes alio 
pofitiE, inferioribus fefquiuncialibus, magifque | branched and oppofite, the lowermoft an inch 
remotis. f and a half in length, longer and farther afun- 
| der than any of the reft. 
RACHIS quinquangularis, angulo quinto obfoleto, ad | RACHIS having five angles, the fifth lefs perceptible 
bafin (picarum fetofa. ¥ than the others, briftly or hairy at the bafe of 
I the fpikes. 
FLORES fecundi, turgidi. 4 FLOWERS growing one way and turgid. 
CALYX trivalvis, valvula inferiore minore, flofculum | CALYX compofed of three valves, the lowermoft or 
recipiente, Jig. 1. prima et fecunda asqualibus, t third valve very fmall, receiving the flofcule, 
nervofis, mucronatis, hirfutis, altera plana, | Jig. 1. the firft and fecond equal, rib’d, pointed, 
altera gibbofa. Jig. 2, 3. auft. | hirfute, the one flat, the other gibbous. Jig. 2, 
4 3. magnified. 
COROLLA bivalvis, valvulis aequalibus, glabris, ova - 1 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 
fig. 5, 6. j obfervable, which is fometimes notched, and 
I fometimes pointed, fig. 5, 6. 
STAMINA: Filamenta tria, capillaria, breviflima STAMINA : three very {lender and (hort Filaments ; 
Antherte bifurcas, purpurafcentes. fig. 7. | Antheraj forked and purplifh. fig. 7. 
PISTILLUM: Germen fubrotundum; Styli duo bre- j PISTILLUM : Germen roundifh; Styles two, very* 
vifllmi ; Stigmata plumofa, purpurafcentia. | lhort ; Stigmata feathered and purplifli. 
fig- 8. 1 fig. 8. 
SEMEN majufculum, nitidum, glumis corollaceis tec- | SEED rather large, (hining, covered by the valves of 
tum, hinc convexum, inde planum, fig. 9, 10. | the corolla, round on one fide, and flat on the 
denudatum, fig. 11, 12, 13. ? other, fig. 9, 10. taken from its covering. 
I fig. 11, 12, 13. 
Near the fame fpot where the Panicum 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 ; 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 Chelfea , and by the 
rivulet fide near Petersfield, Hampjhire. He is furely miftaken in faying aquofis deleft atur. Mr. Hudson defcribes 
it as growing near Martha’s 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, moll frequently occurs ; it varies alfo in its colour, being fometimes found with 
(pikes of a purplifh hue. 
It has a very great affinity to the Panicum Crus corvi, a foreign grafs, but is too Angular to be miftaken for 
any Englijh Panic. 
Affording a large quantity of feeds of confiderable magnitude, it is fought for with great avidity by fparrows and 
other fmall birds. 
