Rottbeellia. TRIANDRIA DIGYNTA, 353 
SS a EF oe 
three, Styles t two. 
- Maze or neuter Fiowers. Calyx two-valved, one-flow- 
ered. Corol two-valved. Stamens three or none. 
-ROTTBELLIA. Schreb. gen. N. 1572. 
Rachis (generally) jointed, variously excavated for the 
recéption of one, or two flowers in a two-valved calyx, in 
each excavation. 
Be R. glabra. R R. 
: ~ Near the base creeping, with extremities erect, smooth, 
Leaves bifarious, all hermaphrodite. Calyx one-flowered ; co- 
rot three-valved. 
Beng. Buksha. 
A native of Bengal, where it grows on pasture lands, the 
borders of rice fields, and other moist places, Cattle are fond 
_ of it. 
Culms jointed, ‘ER, compressed, filled with’ pith, creep- 
ing near the principal root for a foot or more, the remaining 
part” from one to two, or even three feet, erect, Leaves al- 
ternate, ifarious, approximate, short, spreading, ensiform, 
smooth, Sheaths shorter than the joints of the culm, smo 
Spikes axillary, solitary, or in pairs, with’a solitary jirinitia? 
one, subulate, three-sided, smooth, short-peduncled, the pe- 
_ duncles with generally a part of the spikes hid in the sheaths 
_ of the leaves; general length from two to three inches. Flow= 
ers opposite, in general all, or the greatest part. herma yhro- 
dite, and as long as the joints of the rachis. a flow: 
ered, irre. valyeds money pire 
