296 TRIANDRIA DIGYNIA. PaniCUm. 



three-fold below, above in pairs, all sessile, or nearly so ; their 

 insertion surrounded Avith small bristles, involucre-like. Ca- 

 lyx, only the inner valve awned,all striated, hairy and hispid. 

 Corol complete ; male florets, besides the usual hermaphro- 

 dite one. 



Obs. This is a coarse species. Cattle are not fond of it. 



24. P. cms corvi. Linn. sp. pi. ed. Willd. i. 337. 



Culms creeping at the base. Leaves downy. Spikes 

 from six to ten, three times longer than their interstices. Ca- 

 lyces downy. Corol three- valved. Seed oblong, obtuse, 

 smooth. 



A middle-sized, delicate, rare species, found on pasture 

 ground. Culms filiform, creeping at the base, above nearly 

 erect. Leaves soft, downy ; sheath hairy. Spikes com- 

 pound, secund, from one to three inches long. Spikelets from 

 four to twelve, alternate, adpressed, secund, about three- 

 fourths of an inch long ; sometimes there is a very small rami- 

 fication at the lower part of one or two. Rachis common, 

 two-furrowed ; partial, three-sided, downy. Flowers paired 

 or single, in two rows ; both pedicelled ; pedicels hairy, of 

 unequal length, but both short. Calyx striated, very downy. 

 Corol, the neuter valve is here present. Seed oblong, smooth, 

 shining- white. 



25. P. colonum. Linn. sp. pi. ed. Willd. i. 338. 



Culms creeping at the base. Spikes from six to ten, short. 

 Flowers three-fold, sub-sessile. Glumes of the calyces three- 

 nerved. Corol three-valved. Seed roundish, smooth, three- 

 nerved. 



Beng. Shama. There is a reddish variety, called Lat-sha- 

 ma. 



Teling. Woondoo-gaddi. 



Delights in rich pasture ground. 



Culms, below resting on the ground, and rooting ; above 

 *ub-erect, that part is from one to two feet high, branchy, a 



