Manisuris, TRIANDRIA DIGYNIA, - 351. 
verging, generally two-cleft peduncles and. pedicels, — giposie 
corol, &c, as in the genus. . basfoig 
Obs. This species is of no use that T_ know of. ‘ 
3, A. depressa, Retz. Obs, iv. 22. Linn, sp. pl. ed. Willd. i. 
Ascending, ramous, from twelve to eighteen inches long, 
Panicle linear, of six to eight alternate epeaiiseticnns sive: 
of the calyces keeled. 
Teling. Nalli-pootiki. | 
Is found upon the same kind. of land with the two last 
species, 
Culms below depressed, ramous ; above ascending, filiform, 
round, smooth, solid, rigid; from twelve to eighteen inches 
high. Leaves as in the former, Panicle smaller, and with. 
fewer ramifications than in A. sedacea, Calyx, the glumes 
have a large green keel.  Corol, &c. as in the genus. 
Obs. This is also so far as I know, perfectly useless, 
MANISURIS. Schreb. gen. N. 1570. 
-Polygamous. Rachis jointed. Hermaphrodite calyx 
two-valved, one-flowered. Corol two-valved, less than the 
calyx. Male, or neuter calyx two-valved, one or two-flower- 
ed, Corol two-valved. . 
1. M. Aijicrass. Linn, sp, pl. ed. Willd. iv, 945. Corom, oi 
2; N. 117, 
Culms creeping, from nine to eighteen inches high. Spikes 
solitary ; exterior valve of the hermaphrodite calyx panduri ; 
form and emarginate ; male calyx wee ciay cba 
- Teling, Nalla-punookoo, a eet? i 
Is a native of dry sesiieb acaismeanalys bef ics4 
Culms several, ramous, diffuse near the base, lace te 
joints, extremities ascending, from nine to eighteen inches 
long, as thick as a crow’s quill, compressed, warieoab; not pip- 
ed; Leaves small, and smooth ; mouths of the sheaths increas- 
