"Quite illust. plant, of which we have one original from his collection - Byclons. Else the spikelets conspicuously denig - while more up Wright are intermediate in this respect. Pennisetum fuscium Swartz; Trin Panicee. p 169. X P. fuscosculens, Bourn. [side Spec Spring.] P. fusco-reticulatum Swartz: The Ann. 1. p 94. P. reticulatum For. in Murrays Rep. p. 298. (in part) Wright no 2090 & 2094 [787 est 1849.] Berland nos 123, 902 & 2332 [his]. Red River Cupp Murr. Rev West. Blodgett. 383 Round 2d Col. Ke. This is a well marked & widely diffrent species & has been described under several names beside More guessed close - Trinias L.c. makes varie- ties α & β founded upon the more or less compound & spreading inflorescence & loose sheaths - but the difference in our East Indian specimen is not sufficient for varietis Ora. The spikelets are usually reddish brown with reticulations between the veins of the glumes & paleas. P. reticulatum For. was founded on a slender state of the plant with stems somewhat decumbent at base & the reticulation of the glumes & paleas more than usually conspicuous.