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umbellet seven; one hermaphrodite or female, and six male; four 
of the male florets on their proper short pedicels surround a com- 
mon pedicel which elevates the hermaphrodite or female one, and | 
the other two male florets; these last two have also their proper 
pedicels : all their insertions are surrounded with hair. 
HERMAPHRODITE TWO, OR FEMALE THREE FLOWERS. Calyx 
two-valved, pointed.—Corol one-valved, a pretty long twisted awn 
occupying the place-of the other.—S/amens three, or none.— Male 
flowers, four at the base, and two embracing laterally the hermaphro- 
| dite, or femiale flowers, each of these two has its proper pedicel.— 
Calyx two-valved, lanceolate, hairy.— Coro? Sne valvsad? Stamens 
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three. 
Obs. It often ria bs that there are two ichaspiedi, din 
male flowers in the fascicle ; ; in that case one of the usual lateral : 
pedicels supports the additional two flowers. 
6. A. cymbaria. R. 
| Erect, ramous. Leaves many times longer than their sheaths.— 
Involucres smooth.— Accessary florets male, with à two-valved, cili- 
ate calyx, and a one-valved, awnless corol. 
‘Andropogon cymbarius. Linn. mant. 303. Sp. Pl.ed. Wilid.i iv. ose 
 Teling. Pedda Ghella. | 
This is a large ipea I have generally found it amongst bush- 
es on mountains. 
Culms many, erect, from three to six feet high, very ramous, 
smooth, solid, ligneous, joints smooth.—Leaves large in proportion 
to the size of the plant.— Panicles linear, leafy, erect, composed of 
innumerable. bracted, fascicles like those of the last described —_ 
Bractes boat-shaped, ending i in a very long, subulate point, some- ; 
times coloured, and in luxuriant plants fringed with many long ri- 
gid hairs.—Flowers seven in each fascicle or umbellet as in the 
last, and disposed exactly in the same manner, only here the four 
male flowers that surround the base, of. A e common se are 
sessile, i 
