FLORA OF THE SUNDRIBUNS. 
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Panicles compact, spiciform, with short adpressed branches 
I - Myurus. 
i; Spikelets on the branches of a simple raceme 
I Raceme with subsecund at length spreading branches 
; prostrat’im, 
I Racemes contracted or pyramidal : — 
; Spikelets not awned . . . • . colonutn, 
\ Spikelets awned ..... Crus-Galli. 
j; 292. Paiiicum proliferum Lamk. ; F. B. L vii. 50. P, paludosum 
I F. I. i. 307. 
^ Northern clearings, in ponds and jhils, 
Vernac. Bordti ; Kalas-ndr, 
A matted floating grass j a poor fodder. 
Distrib. — Cosmopolitan in the Tropics. 
I 293. Panicum repens Linn. ; F. B. I. vii. 49. P. uUginosum F. I. 
i. 308. E. D. P 75. 
Northern parts, in wet places and on river-banks. 
Vernac. Barandd. 
A coarse grass and an indifferent fodder, but a very valuable mud-binding 
; species. 
Distrib. —C osmopolitan in tropical and sub-tropical countries. 
1 294. Panicum Myurus H. B. & K. ; F. B. 1 . vii. 39. P. serrulatum 
F. I. i. 307. 
Northern clearings, in ponds, Heinig\ 
A matted floating grass ; a poor fodder. 
Distrib. — S.-E. Asia; N. Australia j Trop. America. 
1 295. Panicum prostratum Lamk. ; F. B. I. vii. 33. E. D. p 72. 
Jatta, among ruins, Pram ! 
A small creeping grass ; an excellent fodder. 
' Distrib. — Cosmopolitan in the Tropics. 
i 296. Panicum colonum Linn.; F. B. I. vii. 32. E. D. p 45. 
; Jatta, Prain I 
i Vernac. Shdma. 
A slender grass ; an excellent fodder. 
Distrib. — Cosmopolitan in the Tropics. 
297. Panicum Crus-Galli Linn.; F. B. I. vii. 30. P. hispidulum 
F. I. i. 303. E. D. p 48. 
Northern clearings, rare, Calcutta Garden Collectors ! 
A rather coarse grass ; a good fodder when young. 
Distrib. — Cosmopolitan in the Tropics. 
