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THE VEGETATION OF THE DISTRICTS OF 
Panicum miliare Lamk. ; H. S. 700 ; B. P. ii. 1179. 
v. Gendula . 
Very sparingly cultivated in the western parts of the Hughli 
district. 
* Panicum psilopodium Trim. ; B. P. ii. 1179. 
Open grassy places in the Goghat sub-division of the Hughli 
district. 
* Panicum trypheron Schult. ; B. P. ii. 1179. P. Roxburghii H. S. 
01. 
V. Jupi kanka. 
In dry fields, west of the river Hughli only. 
* Panicum kumile Nees ; B. P. ii. 1179. 
v. Jupi kanka . 
In dry fields, west of the river Hughli only. Appears not to 
be distinguished by the inhabitants from P . trypheron , of which it 
looks on casual observation much like a small form. 
Panicum maximum Jacq. ; B. P. ii. 1179. P. jumentosum H. S. 700. 
Guinea Grass. Cultivated occasionally about Calcutta. 
* Panicum repens Linn. ; B. P. ii. 1179. P % uliginosum H. S. 700. . 
v. Baranda . 
Borders of rice-fields, river banks and other wet places, every- 
where. 
* Panicum proliferum Lamk,; B, P. ii. 1179. P. paludosum H. S. 
700. 
v. Dorati, kalas nar , dalakri ghas. 
Floating on ponds and ditches, everywhere. 
Panicum flavescens Sw. ; B. P. ii. 1180. P. costatum H. S. 701. 
v. Bans pati ghas . 
In open glades about Calcutta, very plentiful. Though now one 
of the commonest of grasses about Calcutta this| species is not a 
native of India; it was originally introduced from Mauritius. The 
name given it by the inhabitants of our districts is that used else- 
where to indicate the allied but much larger species P . plicatum, 
which .does not occur in our area. 
* Panicum trigonum Retz.; H. S. 700 ; B. P. ii. 1180. 
About Serampore ( Voigt ) and also not uncommon about Shibpur. 
Though fairly frequent this grass is probably only an introduced one 
in our area for it has not been met with elsewhere in Bengal and 
has no vernacular name with us. It is common in the Deccan and 
occurs in Ceylon and Java. 
