Paspalum. triandria digynia. 279 



are crowded without order. Calyx ; exterior valve three- 

 nerved; interior valve five-nerved. Seeds brown, smooth, 

 size of those of hemp. 



Obs. The seed is an article of diet with the Hindoos, par- 

 ticularly with those who inhabit the mountains and most 

 barren parts of the country, for it is in such countries only 

 where it is cultivated, it being an unprofitable crop, and not 

 sown where others more beneficial will thrive. I have eaten 

 of the boiled grain, and think it as palatable as rice. 



2. P. Kora. Linn. sp. pi. ed. Willd. i. 332. 



Spikes terminal, alternate ; Jlowers alternate, in two rows, 

 smooth. Calyces from three to five-nerved. Culms below 

 procumbent, from one to eight feet high. 



P. orbiculare. Forst. prodr. JV. 35. 



Hind. Kodu. 



Teliny. Neer (i. e. water) Aruga. 



A native of the borders of water courses. 



Root fibrous, annual. Culms resting on the ground near 

 the base, above ascending, branchy, jointed, smooth ; from 

 one to three feet long. Leaves as in P. scrobiculatum, but 

 shorter. Spikes generally two, or three, though in very 

 luxuriant plants I have seen seven or eight, terminal, sessile, 

 horizontal, and erect, the rest as in the last described species. 



Obs. Cattle are very fond of these two species, whether 

 green or dry. 



3. P. lonyijlornm. Linn. sp. pi. ed. Willd. i. 332. Rets. 

 Obs. iv. 15. 



Spikes paired, terminal, horizontal. Calyces oblong, ob- 

 tuse, smooth. Culms creeping. 



Teretu-pullu. Rheed. Mai. 12. p. 81. t. 44. 



Paspalum lonyiflorum. Retz. Obs. iv. p. 15. 



A native of low pasture ground. Compare it with P. dis- 

 tichum. Linn, sp.pl. ed. Willd. i. 322. 



Root creeping. Culms creeping, with their extremities 



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