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lineari-lanceolatis brevioribus patulis, spicis partialibus sessilibus basi imberbibus, spiculis 
paullo majoribus. Linn, — N. ah 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. pseuclocolonum. Both, Nov. FI. Sp. p. 47. N. ah E. Agrost. Bras. 2, p. 
120. — P. colonum. Boxh. El. Ind. 1. p. 296; {ed. Wall.) 1. p. 299. — Oplismenus pseudo- 
col onus. Kunth, En. 1. p. 142. 
Hab. ji. Circa Macao urbem; Millett. Vachell, n. 44. 
Formse a, et ji in numeris lusibus, (quod olim jam suspicatus cram, nuncautem 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. ischoemoides ; panicula racemosa angusta, ramis alternis contractis, spiculis ovato- 
oblongis acutis glabris polygamis, gluma inferiori rotundata amplectente, superior! flos- 
culique masculi inferiori valvula tequalibus 7-9-nerviis hermaphrodito oblongo obtuso laevi 
masculo breviori, culmo inferne dense vaginato, vaginis ore margineque molliter ciliatis, 
foliis distichis paten tibus supra pubentibus. Betz, Ohs. 4. p. 17. Willd. Sp. PI, 1. p. 348. 
Boem. et Sch. Syst. Veg. 2. p. 433. Kunth, En. p. 125. — P. convolutum. P. de Beauv. — N. 
ah E. Agrost. Bras. 2. p. 173. Presl, Bel. 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 hemi- 
ologamis, gluma utraque mucronata, inferiore subduplo breviori 7-nervi, superior! flos- 
culique neutrius inferiori valvula 1 1-nerviis nervis validis, hermophrodito ovali Imvi, culmo 
ramoso, vaginis foliisque lato-linearibus tuberculatis et villosis, radice annua. Linn. Hort. 
Cliff, p. 27. N. ah E. Agrost. Bras. 2. p. 200. (cum syn.) Boxh. El. Ind. 1. /?. 310; {ed. 
Wall.) 1. p. 312. Kunth, En. l.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- 
rior! 7-nervi, flosculi neutrius bivalvis valvula inferiori 7-9-nervi, hermaphrodito oblongo laevi 
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