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310 TRIANDRIA DIGYNIA. Pa idi; 
nicle appears to be a compound, interrupted spike.— Flowers lance- | 
olate.—Calyz, glumes lanceolate, very acute, the two inner ones — — 
somewhat hispid on the back.— Coro/ single, berina piroga 
oblong, smooth, white id 
43. P. paludosum. R. 1 
Culms erect, from two to three feet high. Panicle erect, ovate, 
thin; ramifications few, three-sided, with sharp hispid angles; pe- 
dicel two-flowered ; valvelets of the calyces cuspidate. Corol three- 
valved. Seed oblong, smooth. 
Beng. Boruti, and Kulus-nar. 
Teling. Soda. 
It grows generally in sweet water amongst the Circar mountains. 
Culms erect, from two to three feet high, swelled under the water, 
and there emitting roots from the joints.— Leaves erect, acute, re- 
trorso-hispid ; sheaths longer than the joints, with a thick bearded 
mouth.— Panicle oval, diffuse, thin, composed of scattered, sub-al- 
ternate, ramous branches; all nearly triangular, the angles sharp, 
and armed with fine points.—Flowers oblong, pointed, m pairs on 
a common pedicel with unequal partial pedicels.—Calyz, exterior 
valve short, broad, involving the bottoms of the others. —Corol, v sn 
asmallneuter glume, always without stamens.— Seed oblong, smi 
brown. 
Obs. This grass is of a coarse nature; cattle are not therefore fond 
of it. When it grows on dry ground, the grass is much smaller ; but 
the panicle larger. -— : 
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44. P. uliginosum. R. — Je 1 
Culms erect, from two to four feet high. Panicle thin; verifies oe. 
tions four-sided, smooth ; flowers polygamous; solitary ; ; seed oblong, 
smooth. 
Beng. Burunda. 
Teling. Gundru. 
= A native of the moist borders of rice fields, in init: ground. 
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