278 TRIANDRTA DIGYNIA. ■ Paspalum. 



Obs. General Martin, who sent me this grass from Lucknow, 

 writes to the following effect : — 



" I took particular notice of a sort of long grass which the 

 cattle were voraciously fond of, which is of so strong an aro- 

 matic and pungent taste, that the flesh of the animals, as also 

 the milk and butter, have a very strong scent of it. Of this 

 grass I send you a small stalk, some roots, and seed ; if you 

 taste the latter, though old, you will find it of a very pungent 

 aromatic taste." 



PASPALUM. Schreb. gen. N. 81. 

 Calyx one-flowered, tvvo-valved, valvelets rounded, equal. 

 Corol of two valves, and like the calyx. Seed adhering to the 

 corol. 



1. P. scrobiculatum. Linn, sp.pl.ed. Willd. i. 330. 



Spikes axillary and terminal, sessile, alternate, erect. Flow- 

 ers alternate, in two rows, or crowded, smooth. Calyces 

 from three to five-nerved. Culms erect, two feet high^ smooth. 

 Seed round, smooth. 



Sans. Koiwdoosha, Kodrava. 



Beng. Koda. 



Hind. Koda-ka-choul. 



Teling. Aruga. 



This is cultivated by the natives over many parts of India. 

 It delights in a light, dry, loose soil, but will grow in a very 

 barren one. Time of cultivation the rainy season. 



Root fibrous. Culms erect, ramous, jointed, smooth ; 

 about two feet high, involved in the sheaths of the leaves. 

 Leaves sheathing, bifarious, longer than the culm, every part 

 smooth. Sheaths longer than the joints, often embracing the 

 spikes like a spathe. Spikes axillary and terminal, from 

 two to four, alternate, sessile, erect, secund. Rachis broad, 

 membranaceous, with a waved keel on the inside. Flowers 

 oval, alternate, in two rows; in luxuriant plants the flowers 



