TRIAND. DIGYN. 127. Panlcum. 
135 
^‘idctak. Panicle nodding; calyxes 2-flowered, polygamous, acute : 
culmeredl, very much branched. 
Retx.obf. 4. />. 17. Wtlld.fp.pl. i.p. 348. 
Cultivated in Malabar, where it is ufed in cataplafms. 
Culm 8 feet high : Jheaths fringed at the edge : all the ’vaha of 
the calyx acute ; florets hermaphrodite and male. 
^‘'Xatum. Panicle fpreading, marked at the angles of infertion : leaves 
lanceolate, ciliate. 
Sumatra. Retx. obf. p. i8. Willd.fp.pl. t( />. 34 ®* 
Culm {lender with black knots ; panicles fpotted witii black in the 
axils: inner of the cay lx purple. 
^xricatum. Panicle fpreading : flowers folitary, muricate ; culm root- 
ing, afeending. 
India. Retx. obf. p. 18. Willd. fp. fl. w p.^ifO' 
Leaves lanceolate, with white fcattcred hairs. 
‘‘^pillare. Panicle capillary, ered, fpreading: peduncles ftiff: calyxes 
pointed, fmooth : Iheaths of the leaves very rough 
with hairs. • . . • 
Virginia. Jamaica. Plant hairy: Jkeaths and leaves with hairs 
rifing on callous dots; calyxes pale green* 
Panicle capillary, fpreading: peduncles flexuous : calyxes 
ovate : joints with a reflefted beard. 
India. Retx. cbf. 4. p. 9. Sheaths without callous dots. 
2. Whole plant glabrous, . Retz. obf. 4. p. 16. 
Panicle with Ample branches ; flowers in pairs, one of 
them on a very ihort pedicel, the other on a pedicel as 
long as the flower. 
Jamaica. Burm.Ind. 26. tab. ti.f, l ? 
Leaves enfiform with ciliate Iheaths : peduncles flexuous. 
Panicle with Ample branches : peduncles capillary,, ap- 
prefled, 2 or 3-flowered: leaves linear-lanceolate s 
culm erc£l. 
Guadeloupe. “Jacq. ic. rar. l.tah. 13. 
Leaves lanceolate with a rough edge ; fovsers alternate. 
’’ttne 
'’'osunt. 
Panicle Ample, with ereS diftant branches : florets remote, 
fcattered, ovate, pointed; culm decumbent, jointed, 
flicaths and neck hairy. 
J.miica. Domingo. Sviartz. prodr. 2Z. 
Ca/« creeping at the bafe : leaves uncijual at the fides. 
Panicle Ample, Aiorter than the leaves; branches capillary, 
diffufe ; fpikelets remote, obovate : culm decumbent, 
jointed, branched ; leaves lancc-fubulate, eredl, with 
hairy (heaths. , 
■' Jamaica. 
