asa o ORIANDKIR BUYNTA: Cenchrus 
their seed during the rains, find the beginning of the cool season, 
TN are in general meted ae cattle. 
-DIGYNIA. 
_ PEROTIS., Schreb. Gen. NATA. 
~ Calyx none. Coro? two-valved ; valves pio and awned, 
“YP. latifolia. Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. Willd. i. 324. 
Culms piped, from nine to eighteen inches = Leaves short 
waved, and ciliate. — Raceme cylindrical. 
` Tsjeria-kuren-pulla. Rheed. Mal. 19. 117. t. 62. E 
Anthoxanthum indicum. Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. Willd. i. 157. 2s 
| Saccharum spicatum. Linn. Sp. PI. 19. E. 
"Isa native of high, T sandy barren ground, over the « coast of 
Coromandel. ^ 
Root fibrous.— Cutms at the LAC resting on the ground, and there 
branchy, above erect, leafy, jointed, from nine to eighteen inches 
high, smooth. — Leaves sheathing, short, broad at the base, margins . 
waved and hispid ; sheaths about half the length of the joints ý 
—Racemes (not spikes) terminal, erect, cylindrical, lead-coloured.— 
Flowers numerous, diverging —Calyz, two-valved, both awned, and 
are totally destitute of hairs round their base, or any where guess 
Corol two-valved, very minute. Seed...... — eS 
Obs.: Cattle.are not fond of this grass. .— 
"CENCHRUS. Schreb. Gen. Ne 1594. P od 
Involucre clonia and four-flowered. - Calyz from two to. threes. 
valved, one or ha a D ; d 
E i5 biflorus. qu 
Spikes simple, kae Tecolucres two-flowered segments. sue 
bulate, hooked, and hairy within, 
