Agrostis, TRIANDRIA DIGYNIA, 317 
8. A. Matrella. Linn. sp, pl. ed. Willd. i. 366. 
Creeping. Leaves pungent, Spikes terminal, solitary, 
few- flowered. : 
A native of the barren sandy lands, near the sea on the 
coast of Coromandel. ; 
4, A, csialna. Linn, sp. pl. ed, Willd, i, 371. Retz. Obs. v. v. 
N. 37. 
Smooth. Culms erect, from one to three feet high. Panicle 
linear, branchlets short,ex panding ; flowers paired, diandrous, 
Calyx scarcely half the length of the corol, Seed naked, obo- 
vate, rugose, . 
; Beng. Bena-joni. 
A native of moist pasture ground, in the vicinity. of Cal- 
cutta. : ; regaeeisad: 
Culms nearly erect, from one to three feet biiht obaitit co- 
vered with the sheaths of the leaves. Leaves narrow, tapering 
to a fine point, smooth; mouths of the sheaths slightly beard- 
ed. Panicle linear-oblong, bowing a little, often a foot long, 
composed of expanding, alternate, compound, seemingly sim- 
ple racemes. Flowers in pairs on a common peduncle, but 
unequally pedicelled, Calyx, valves equal, scarcely half the 
length of the corol, smooth, membranaceous, » Stamens two. 
Seed narrow-obcordate, dropping from the calyx and —— 
brown, obtusely rugose. ‘ah 
Bade eloneedt: it a isda 
_ Culms erect, from four to twelve feet high. Panicle: ovate, 
| capenading.:. Osiyces minute, exterior welailangs of hvieegy: 
This te ag pci knw itis mative of hl 
PO i ada ereruoeued slay an 
smooth, inside replete wit te a fibrous spongy substance, . 
Leaves smooth, from one to two feet long ; and from one to 
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