354 TRIANDRIA DIGYNIA, Rottbeelha, 
2, R. compressa. Linn, sp. pl. ed. Willd. 465. Corom, pl. 
ii, N. 156, Retz. Obs. iii. 12. 3 
Culms climbing, from five to twenty feet high, smooth, 
compressed ;_ spikes axillary and terminal; rachis jointed ; 
flowers opposite, hermaphrodite calyces Ode how srea: Corol 
- three-valved. 
Beng. Pansheroo, 
Teling. Shervoo, 7, e. lake panookoo. 
-It is found on the borders of lakes, amongst other roots of 
long grass, and brushwood. 
“Culms several, creeping or climbing, ramous, compressed, 
from five to twenty feet long, piped, smooth, about as thick 
as a common quill, and very hard. Leaves numerous, bi- 
farious, small for the size of the plant, smooth and. soft; 
sheaths short, compressed, and smooth, Spikes peduncled, 
terminal, and from the exterior axills, generally from two to 
five together, compressed, a little smooth, from two to four 
inches long. Peduncles articulated at the middle and there 
‘bracted, lanceolate, chaffy, bractes also surround their inser- 
tion. Flowers all hermaphrodite, opposite, decussated, lodg- 
ed in the excavations of the jointed rachis. Calyx one-flow- 
ered, two-valved, valves nearly equal ; ; the flowers have al- 
ternately their valves pointed and somewhat longer than. the. 
excavation in the rachis, both cartilaginous; and obtuse, 
equal to the pits in the rachis, with the exterior one only car- 
tilaginous, Corol three-valved, valves membranaceous, Nec- 
tary, two triangular | bodies embracing the base ofthe stamens G 
and germ. Stamens three. Styles two ; stigmas plumose, a5 
3. R. exaltaia, Linn, sp. pl. ed. Willd. i, 466. Corom. pl. 2. 
HN. 157, 
Polygamous, Culms erect, hinsie from six to ten feet high, 
with neuter ones on the sides, _ . 
Beng. Bura-swooate. 
pes —_ Secon 
Spikes solitary, secund. Polygamous flowers on the front 
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