Gramine^.] cetlon plants. 357 



3, p. Sj t. 140» Leersia aristatay Eoxb. FL Ind. ii. p. 207.— c.p. 



878. 



Hab, Hotter parts of the island. Nom. vulg. " Gojabba." 



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3. ORYZA, Linn, 



1. O. sativa^ Linn. (Ktli. Eniim. i. p. 7, cum syn.) — c.p. 2876. 

 Hab. Not uncommon in -wet places, and apparently truly wild. 

 Norn, vulg, " Goyang," 



Numerous varieties of this plant arc extensively cultivated by tlic Ciughalese. 



4. LEPTASPIS, E. Br. 



1. Xi. urceolata, Br. et Benn. in Plant. Jav. Ear. p. 23, t. 6.— Z. 



Zejjlamca, N. ab Es. MSS. ; Steud. Syn. Gram. p. 8. — c.p. 972. 



Hab. Shady places in the warmer parts of the island, not very un- 

 common. 



Plor. masc. : (in meis specim.) O^i^t/YV rudimento minuto. Flor. tcem. : Stamina 

 abortiva 6, minutissima. 



2. L. cochleata, Thw. ; foliis oblongis vel obovato-oblongis, acumi- 

 natis, glabris; glumis rotundatis, cuspidato-acuminatis, persistentibus. 

 Ploe. fcem. : 'palea inferiore incurvata, valde inflata, 5-costata, unci- 

 nato-pilosa. — c.p. 896. 



Hab. Forests of the Central Province, up to an elevation of 4000 feet, 



Culmi 2-3-pedales, basi procumbentes radicautesque. Folia 4-6 poll, louga, 1|- 

 If poll, lata, vagina 2-3 poll, longa, ad apicem, cum petiolo semipollieari interne, 

 pilosa. Panicula rami verticiUati, terui, ramulis alteruis spiculam alteram masc. 

 terminalem pedicellatam et alteram fccmin. sessilem minute bracteatam gereutibus. 

 SquamuLe 2, breves, crassiusculaij truncatfc. Flor. masc : j)alea inferior rotun- 

 data, gradatim brevi-acuniiuata, superior linearis, apice bifida. Ovarii rudimentum 

 stamiii. abortiv. 6, minutissimis cinctnm. ^/y/«s iineariSj basi iuflexus. Stigmata 3, 



plumosa, stylo parum breviora. 



This species diifers from the genus, as characterized by Brown, in the flowers 



having squamnla^. 



5. COIX, Linn. 



1. C. Iiachryma, Linn. (Eoxb. PL Ind. iii. p. 568 ; Kth. Enum. i. 



p. 20.)— c.p. 942. 



Hab. Yery common in cultivated ground. Norn. vulg. "Keciir- 



rindee." 



6. CHIONACHNE, E. Br. 



1. C, Koenigii.— C. harlata, Br. et Benn. in PL Jav. Ear. p. 18. Coix 

 Kwnigii, Spr. Syst. i. p. 239. C. harhaia, Eoxb. PL Ind. iii. p. 569, 

 C. arundinacea. Keen.; Wiild. Sp. PL ir. p. 203 (baud Lam.).— c.p. 



3137. 

 Hab. Central Province, not very xincommon. 



7. PASPALUM, Linn. 



1. P. scrobiculatum, Linn. (Kth. Enum. i. p. 53, cum syn. ; Eoxb. 

 PL Ind. i. p. 278.)— P. Kora, Willd. ; Eoxb. 1. c. p. 279, P. orhicu- 

 lare, Forst. Prod. vii. 



