Anthistiria, : TRIANDRIA DIGYNIA. ; a 
ANTHISTIRIA. Schreb. gen. N. 1567. 
Polygamous. Involucre one-valved, seven-flowered. Her- 
maphrodite flower solitary, with a two-valved, one-flowered 
calyx, and corol of one valve and an awn. Accessary florets 
male or neuter, six ; four sessile, resembling a calyx, and ‘two 
pedicelled, their utriveeané various, © 
1A. ettiaen: Linn, sp. es ed, Willd. iv. 899. 
Erect, Leaves taper from the ciliate base. ecessary 
florets two or three-valved, neuter, exterior valve of the ses- 
sile flower papillose, ciliate near the apex. 
A. ciliata, Gert. Carp. ii. p. 465. t, 75. 
An erect annual species, a native of various parts of India, ; 
appears about the close of the rains, in October and Novem- 
ber, and continues during the cool season. 
Culms erect, about two feet high, in our rich soil of Ben- 
gal, more slender than a crow-quill, smooth, and often colour- 
ed. Leaves few, ensiform; broadest at the base and there 
more ciliate, particularly the small floral leaves. Sheaths 
much shorter than the joints, smooth, and carinated on the 
back, Ligula short and chaffy. Panicles sometimes droop- 
ing, though in general erect and composed of a few, rather . 
remote, axillary branches. Involucres jenuent than the —_—* 
smooth, cuspidate. 
HERMAPHRODITE Fiowers bearded at the base. Calyx 
two-valved ; valves hard, obtuse, and somewhat hairy, by age 
changing from straw colour to dark brown, Corol one small, 
pellucid valve, and a very strong, long, thick, brown, hairy | 
awn on the opposite side, Stigma three. Styles two, with 
ochraceous plumose stigmas, which become brown i age. 
Nectarial scales large, with: crenate, — : 
_Accessany Froners six, all neuter. Calyces two-valved, 
hose of the , apillose fede weer the apex ; those 
of de? upper ipodicelied two, smaller and smooth. Corols. 
‘tone, or of one, small, hyaline valve. Stamina none, 
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