Paspalum. TRIANDRIA DIGYNIA, 279 
are crowded without order. Calyx ; exterior valve three- 
nerved ; interior valve five-nerved, Seeds brown, smooth, 
‘size of those of hemp. 
Obs. The seed is an article of dict with the Bisidoos: par- 
ticularly with those who inhabit the mountains and most 
barren parts of the country, for it is in such countries only 
where it is cultivated, it being an unprofitable ste 4 and not 
‘ ‘sown where others more beneficial will thrive. T have eaten 
of the boiled — “~ — it as palatable as Tice. 
2, P. Kora. Linn. sp. pn ed, Willd. i. 332. 
| Spikes terminal, alternate ; ; flowers alternate, in two rows, 
smooth, Calyces from ilttos to five-nerved. Culms ive?! 
procunibent, from one to eight feet high, | 
P. orbiculare, Forst. pe N. 35. 
Hind. Kodu. 
Teling. Neer (i. e. water) Aruga.!" 
A native of the borders of water courses. 
- Root fibrous, annual. Culms resting on the puna near 
the base, above ascending, branchy, jointed, smooth ; from 
one to three feet long. "Leaves as in P. serobiculatum, but 
shorter. Spikes generally two, or three, though in very 
‘luxuriant: plants: I have seen seven or eight, terminal, sessile, 
‘horizontal, and erect, the rest as in the last described. ae 
Obs. Cattle are very fond of these two Fi 
_— or dry: a 
. Ae ds Hi capatheeer Lite. sp. a ed. Willd. i i. 332. nee 
Obs. iv. 15, pokes | 
-- Spikes paired, ‘terminal, horizontal. Cale oblon ; 
tuse, smooth, ‘Culms: creeping. Tagen 
Resende: Rheed, _ Mal: 12 ip. ‘shit, a4, 
o um. Retz. Obs. iv. p, 15. 
tive of low pastu pasture ground. Pe aeih P. tie. 
_tichum, Linn. p. ph. ed. Led. Willd. i, 322. 4 
_ Root creeping. Culms creeping, with their extremities 
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