CXIII. GBAMlNEflE 583 
shorter than the flowering : lower one obtuse ; uppermost one and 
the pale hard, minutely wrinkled. (Fig. 186.) 
Simla. — Hilly districts throughout India, ascending to 7000 ft. — China, 
Malay Islands. 
The Simla form is typical P. excurrens, Trin. 
Fig. 186. Panicum plicatum. 
*7. Panicum rhachitrichum, Hochst. ; FI. Br. Ind. vii. 56. 
Annual ; stems tufted, 6-18 in., erect, leafy. Leaves hairy, lanceo- 
late, pointed, 6-8 X 1-1 J in., more or less longitudinally folded, 
nerves prominent ; mouth of sheath fringed. Spikelets glabrous, 
nearly sessile, alternate, often with a short bristle near the base on 
the branches of an erect, narrow or spreading panicle 2-6 in. long ; 
branches hairy, ending in a long, stiff, awn-like bristle. Lower 
empty glume broad, rounded, one fourth the length of the upper ; 
uppermost glume hard, minutely wrinkled in fruit. 
Throughout N. India, ascending to 6000 ft. — Tropical Africa. 
