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GRAMINE2E. 
[Panicum. 
granulare, Bojer, Hort. Maur. 364, not Lam. P. truncatum, Trim • Ic. 
t. 168. P. paspaloides, Pers . ; Kunth , Enum. i. 77. ; Webb , Phyt. Can. 
t. 245. P. affine, Wees. P. brizseforme, PresZ ; Kunth, , Enum. i. 78. 
Digitaria appressa, Pers. woZ Bojer. 
Mauritius and Rodriguez, abundant in swamps. Tropics of both hemispheres. 
Herbe de Riz. 
4. P. eruciforme, Sibth. and Sm. FI. Grcec. t. 59. Stems trailing 
at the base, tufted, much branched, pilose, 1-lf ft. long ; nodes 
numerous, hairy. Sheaths 1-2 in. long, pilose ; blade linear, acumi- 
nate, pilose, 1-2 in. long. Panicle 2-3 in. long, with 6-8 erect spikes 
\ in. long adpressed to the main rachis ; spikelets secund, biserial, much 
imbricated, oblong, acute, densely pilose, in. long. Kunth , Enum. i. 
78. P. caucasicum, Trin. Ic. t. 268. Eehinochloa eruciformis, Beich. 
Panicum Wightii, Fees. 
Mauritius, in waste ground, Bojer ! Bouton ! Spread through the warmer regions 
of the Old World. 
5. P. ambiguum, Trin. ; Steud. Gram • 61. Much branched, 
glabrous in all its parts. Stems lJ-2 feet long, slender, terete, with 
4-6 naked nodes. Upper sheaths 3-4 in. long ; blade linear, acumi- 
nate, 4-6 in. long, £ in. broad. Panicle rhomboid, 2-3 in. long, with 
1-4 ascending branches 1-2 in. long ; rachis narrow, flexuose, naked ; 
spikelets secund, i in. long, oblong, acute, laxly disposed. Urochloa 
paspaloides, Presl ; Kunth , Enum. i. 75. Digitaria adpressa, Bojer , 
Hort. Maur. 363, not Pers. 
Mauritius, in waste ground near Pamplemousses, etc. Also Tropical Asia. 
Closely allied to P. numidianum, Trin. Ic. t. 174. 
6. P. javanicum, Poir. Encyel. Suppl. iv. 274. Stems tufted, 
much-branched, geniculate at the base, 1-3 feet long, clothed with fine 
soft spreading hairs ; nodes many, densely pilose. Sheaths 2-3 in. 
long ; blade lanceolate, acuminate, pilose, cordate at the base, 3-4 in. 
long, in. broad. Panicle rhomboid, 2-4 in. long, with 3-10 erecto- 
patent branches 1-2 in. long ; rachis of spikes flattened, flexuose, 
usually beset with a few long fine hairs like those of the stem, some- 
times naked ; spikelets oblong, acute, imbricated, pilose, nearly ^ in. 
long. Urochloa panicoides, Beauv. Agrost. 52, t. 11 ,Jig. 1 ; Kunth , 
Enum. i. 74. U. pubescen3, Kunth, loc. cit. U. mauritiana, Bojer , 
Hort. Maur. 363. Panicum hirsutum, Koenig in Roxb. FI. Ind. i. 303. 
P. Helopus, Trin. Ic. ii. 148, t. 123. P. trichopus, Hochst. 
Mauritius, common in marshes and cultivated ground. Spread through the 
tropics of the Old World. Herbe a Cornets. 
7. P. Petiverii, Trin. Ic. t. 176 ; Kunth , Enum. i. 91. Annual, 
densely tufted, nearly glabrous. Stems a foot or more long, ascending, 
with 6-8 glabrous nodes. Upper sheaths 1J-2 in. long ; blade lanceo- 
