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CLXIII. GRAMINE^. 
[Pamcunt. 
38 . PANICUM, Linn. 
Annuals or perennials. Leaves linear-lanceolate or ovate. 
Panicles lax, spreading, with fine branches. Spikelets scattered, 
one floret bisexual, lower one male or neuter. Glumes herbaceous, 
membranous. Glume I shorter than glume II; glume III sub¬ 
equal to glume II and bearing the floret; glume IV oblong-ovate 
or lanceolate, bisexual. Species 400, tropics and sub-tropics 
generally. 
Annuals; leaves glabrous. 
Spikelets minute ..... 
Spikelets large ...... 
Annual; leaves hairy; spikelets small 
Perennials. 
Leaves very narrow linear; panicle strict; 
rhizome long, subterranean 
Leaves narrow linear acuminate, aquatic; 
panicle strict; leaves long, '25 in. wide; 
rhizome floating ..... 
Panicle long of very numerous dense strict 
racemes ...... 
Panicle diffuse. 
(1) P. humile 
(2) P. psilopodium 
(3) P. csesium 
(4) P. repens 
(5) P. proliferum 
( 6 ) P. auritum 
Spikelets very small, numerous; leaves -25 in. 
wide ....... 
Spikelets larger, few, distant; leaves >12 in. 
wide ....... 
Spikelets large scattered, herbaceous; leaves 
•5 in. wide ...... 
Spikelets small, very numerous, crowded; 
stem woody long climbing; leaves *75 in. 
wide ....... 
Leaves broad lanceolate, base cordate. 
Panicle wide spreading; spikelets few . 
Leaves ovate amplexicaul. 
Sterns elongate, glabrous or hairy; sheaths 
I in. long; panicle diffuse 
Stems short very hairy; sheaths -2 in. long; 
panicle compact ..... 
{7) P. perakense 
( 8 ) P. elegantissimum 
(9) P. maximum 
(10) P. sarmentosum 
(ir) P. montanum 
(12) P. ovalifolium 
(13) P. hirtiiolium 
(1) P. humile Nees in Steud. Syn. Gram. 84; Hook, fil- F.B.I. 
vii. 48; Ridl. Mat. iii. 136. P. tenellum Griff. Notulce, iv. 21; 
Ic. PL / 1 5. t. 139, fig. 194 (not of Roxburgh). 
An annual tufted glabrous grass, 18 in. tall. Leaves linear 
acuminate, 3 in. long, -12 in. wide. Panicles broad lax terminal, 
branches filiform. Spikelets long-pedicelled, solitary minute’ 
purple. Glume I ovate mucronate or acuminate; glume II longer^ 
3-nerved; glume III rather longer than glume I; glume IV shorter’ 
ellipsoid. Hah. Rare, in dry open spots. Pahang at Pulau Tawar! 
Province Wellesley, Tasek Gelugur. Kelantan, Kota Bharu 
(Ridley). Distrih. India and Borneo. 
(2) P. psilopodium Trin. Gram. Pan. 217; Hook. fil. F.B.I. 
vii, 47; Ridl. Mai. iii. 139. 
Annual grass i to 2 ft. tall; stems simple or branched, leafy 
to the panicle. Leaves narrow, glabrous, except the sheath some- 
