Andropogon. TRIANDRIA DIGYNIA, 259 
dite calyx with a bit on the back; male or neuter — one- 
valved. beget! 
. Holcus pertusus, Kin. Linn, Mant. 301. 
Is found on old pasture ground, whieh i is generally shaded 
by trees, 
‘Culms creeping near the base, &c. as in 1 the last two species ; 
joints bearded. Leaves small, ciliate; mouths of the sheaths 
bearded. Spikes from four to eight, in other respects exact- 
ly as in the last species. lowers, the specific mark is to be 
found in the pit of the exterior valves of the calyx of the | 
hermaphrodite flowers, as in A, sfrictus, and A, punctatus, 
to be described ; an arista occupies the place of the second 
valve of the corol ; the valvelets of the calyx are both awnless. 
“Obs! V should doubt this being Kénig’s Holcus pertusus, 
Gf he had not pointed it out to me intl roe 
12. A. Bladhit. Linn. sp. pl. ed, Willd. iv. 920. 
Sub-scandent ; joints pubescent. Spikes from three to six, 
sub-panicled. Calyces lanceolate ; male corols two-valved; 
pds Hebi ones Ss with an arista ; s flowers paired. 
Beng. Loari, 
A native of noire and road sides, but chiefly of old ‘pas- 
ture ground, — 
~ Culms as in the last described species; joints much beard- 
ed. Leaves the same. Spikes from four to eight, short-pe- 
dicelled, inserted round the last half in each of the culms; in 
other respects they are as in the last described species. ' The 
flowers resemble those of that species, but are a little more 
remote. i and = 2 the same as in >) scandens, cigs 
49: A, 1s iil: Linn, ap pl. dae Willd. iv. 91. ee 
"Spikes from six to as fascicled, peduncled 5 “rachis 
lane: +; herm ite, sessile, and awn- 
ynless ; ; ealyces acute; exterior 
