Andropogon: TRIANDRIA DIGYNIA. $T 
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HERMAPHRODITE Flowers. Calyx two-valved, villous.— Co- 
rol one-valved, a long arista occupies the piace of the usual secoud 
` valve.— Neciary and stamen as in the male.— Germ oblong ; ; styles. 
two, villous. 
: ANDROPOGON. Schreb. Gen. N. 1566. 
Polygamous. : Flowers in pairs, hermaphrodite, sessile.— Calyr 
two-valved, one-flowered.—-Corol for the most part two-valved, and 
generally awned. Male, or neuter pedicelled.—Calyz as in the her- 
maphrodite.—Corol for the most part two-valved, inea, a awn- 
less, A 
: ` Sect.1st.. With terminal spikes. 
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1. A. serratus. Retz. Obs. v. 91. Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. Willd. iv. 903. 
Spikes solitary, or paired, imbricated with sessile, hermaphrodite, 
awued flowers on the outside, and two rows of aw nless pedicelled ' 
male oues on the inside. 
Sans. gat, Vence, gr, Khura, net, Guree, nit, Uguree, 
grw, Khuraguree, "ub Qusgyree, 2 Saag Devutaia, 
WAR, Jeemoota. 
beng, Detara, or Detta. 
_A native of pasture ground. Flowers during-the cold season: 3 
Culms at and near the base creeping, branchy,. with only about ~ 
a foot. of their flower-bearing extremities erect, and as thick as a 
: sparrow’ 8 quill, round, smooth, joints slightly villous. —Leaves small, 
inside a little hairy, mouth of the sheaths hairy.— Spike terminal, 
generally solitary, though sometimes there are two or even three; when 
Siugle, loug-peduucled, when two, each has a very short, erect pedicel; 
the spike: or spikes are about an inch or an inch and a half long. 
~Flowers i in pairs, numerous, imbricated, on one side are two rows. 
of. ‘Sessile, hermaphrodite ones, and in the other two rows of. pedi- 
celled ones ; male rachis; waved, jointed and hairy. Hermaphrodite 
flowers sessile.—Calyces two-valved, the exterior: one broad, com. 
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