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late, acuminate, ‘2-3 in. long, | in. broad. Panicle rhomboid, 2-3 
in. long, with several erecto-patent branches on each side, the lower 
1-1£ in. long ; spikelets sessile or shortly pedicelled, equilateral, oblong, 
acute, in. long, finely hairy. P. pygmaeum, Bojer , Hort. Maur. 365. 
P. patens, Bojer, loc. cit. 
Mauritius, in the low country round St. Louis. Spread through the tropics of 
the Old World. 
7. P. prostratum, Lam. ; Kunth , Enum. i. 89. Annual. Stems 
slender, tufted, much-branched, procumbent, |-1 ft. long; nodes 
numerous, glabrous or pilose. Sheaths |-1 in. long, pilose at the 
throat ; blade spreading, lanceolate, acute, cordate at the base, 1-2 in. 
long, glabrous or finely pilose. Panicle rhomboid, 1-2 in. long, with 
6-12 erecto-patent branches, the lower ones 1-2 in. long ; rachis of 
spikes flattened, naked or beset with a few long white bristly hairs ; 
spikelets secund, irregularly imbricated, oblong, acute, in. long. 
Trin. Ic. t. 184-5. P. setigerum, Betz.; Kunth, Enum. i. 90; 
Bojer , Hort. Maur. 364. P.umbrosum, Betz.; Kunth , Enum. loc. cit. 
P. repens, Burm. Ind. tab. xi. Jig. 1 ; Bojer, Hort. Maur. 364, not 
Linn. P. barbatum, Lam. Encycl. iv. 475. P. procumbens, Nees. 
Mauritius, common in waste and cultivated ground. Spread through the 
tropics of both hemispheres. Herbe a Matelas , Herbe d Cornets. 
8. P. didactylum, Kunth, Enum. i. 84. Annual, tufted. Stems 
slender, under a foot long, geniculate at the base, then erect. Leaves 
5-6 ; sheath 1-2 in. long, glabrous ; blade the same length, narrow 
linear, acute. Spikes 2-3, ascending, 1-1J in. long ; rachis flexuose, 
glabrous, flattened and narrowly bordered ; spikelets closer than in 
P. sanguinale, oblong, acute, glossy, in. long. Grlumes ciliated at 
the edge. Digitaria didactyla, Willd. Enum. 91- D. distachyum, 
Bojer , Hort. Maur. 363, not Pers. {Lam. III. t. 43, Jig. 2). Panicum 
bicorne, Sieb. ; Steud. Gram. 41. 
Mauritius, in waste ground, Sieber , ii. 42 ! etc. Also Bourbon and Madagascar. 
9. P. sanguinale, Linn. ; var. P. ciliabe, Betz. ; Kunth, Enum. i. 
82. Annual, tufted. Stems slender, a foot or more long, decumbent 
at the base, then erect. Leaves few, distant; sheath 2-3 in. long, 
furnished with fine spreading hairs ; blade linear, acute, 3-4 in. long, 
usually glabrous. Spikes 5-9, usually in two whorls with a short in- 
ternode, ascending, 4-5 in. long ; rachis flattened, flexuose, bordered : 
spikelets laxly disposed, glossy, oblong, acute, in. long. Outer 
glume with 7 strong ribs, and usually ciliated with short bristly hairs. 
Trin. Ic. t. 144. Digitaria ciliaris, Pers. ; Bojer, Hort. Maur. 362, 
D. biformis, Willd. ; Bojer, loc. cit. D. setigera, Both. D. aegyptiaca, 
Willd. Panicum horizontale, Meyer ; Kunth, Enum. i. 81. P. com- 
mutatum, Nees in Linncea, vii. 274. 
Mauritius and Seychelles, common in waste places and cultivated ground. 
Tropics of both hemispheres. 
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