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TRIANDRIA. DIGYNIA. Panicum 
broad. (The two bristles of the involucra are very rough with little 
sharp teeth pointing backwards, by which curious mark this is always, 
in however dwarf a state, clearly distinguishable from P. viride. Curt. E.) 
Rough Panick Grass. Battersea fields. Curtis. (In a field near St. 
Giles’s gate. Norwich. FI. Brit. Beyond the Neat Houses by the 
Thames side going from the Horse Ferry above Westminster to Chelsea, 
and in corn-fields between Putney and Roehampton. Ray. Sunderland 
Ballast hills. Mr. Weighed. Winch Guide. E.) A. June—July.* 
P. vir'ide. Spike cylindrical (continuous, E.) ; partial involucrum.s 
with three bristles and one floret. 
Curt .—(j E. Pot. 875. E.)— Ger. Em. 17. 3— Park. 1154. 2 and 3— FI. Dan. 
854— Ger. 20. 8— C. B. Th. 138— H. Ox. viii. 2. 10— J. B. ii. 431. 1— 
Spike ; Leers 2. 2— Fructif. Scheuch. 2. 2. 
Spike one to two and a half inches long, three-eighths broad, green, or with 
a purplish cast from the bristles being more or less coloured. (Smaller 
than the above, and not easily distinguished from it. Bristles of the in¬ 
volucra about six, rough with erect teeth, not reflexed as in P. verticil- 
latum, (as pointed out by Curtis). Involucra greatly exceeding the 
flowers in length. E.) 
Green Panick Grass. Sandy fields. Corn fields, Ditchingham, Nor¬ 
folk. Mr. Woodward. Many places about Norwich. Sir J. E. Smith; 
(and Battersea fields. Near the Neat Houses, Chelsea. Martyn. Ballast 
hills of the Tyne and Wear. Mr. Winch. E.) A. July.f 
P. crus-gal'li. Spikes alternate or in pairs : little spikes sub-divided: 
husks awned, and rough with strong hairs: spike-stalk with 
five angles. 
Leaves spear-shaped, harsh, naked, without stipulas (the one represented 
in E. Bot. an error. Stems often two feet high, stout, leafy. Sm. E.) 
Var. 1. Awns none. Curt. 
Curt. —( E. Bot. 876. E.)— Matth. 407— H. Ox. viii. 4. row 1. 15— Dod. 559. 
2— Lob. Obs. 25. 2— Ger. Em. 85. 4— Park. 1154. 1— Ger. 79. 5— C. B. 
Th. 136. 
Var. 2. Awns much longer than the calyx. 
Ger. 15. 1— C. B. Th. 137—J. B. ii. 443. 2— Ger. Em. 16. 1 —Park. 1154. 
4— Panicle, S)C. Leers 2. 3— Fructif. Scheuch. 2. 2. F. 
Loose Panick Grass. Wet corn-fields, rare. About Battersea. Near 
Martha’s Chapel, by Guildford. Hudson. Between Deptford and 
Greenwich. Near Petersfield, by the rivulet, Hants. Hay. A. Aug.f; 
P. sanguina'le. Spikes digitate, knotty on the inside of the base: 
flowers in pairs, without awns: sheath of the leaves dotted, or 
verrucose. 
* (In Japan the flour of this plant is made into cakes. E.) 
t (Of little value to the agriculturist, but not sufficiently common to be dreaded as a 
weed. Small birds are fond of the seeds. Hort. Grann E.) 
t (This singular grass, whose turgid appearance prevents its being confounded with 
any other British species, produces abundance of rather large seeds, acceptable to small 
birds. Though not hitherto cultivated, Salisbury says it stayds dry weather particu¬ 
larly well, will attain the height of four feet, and is not disagreeable to cattle. E.) 
