314 TR1ANDRIA DTGYNIA. Jlfiliirm, 



Culms numerous from a single root, ascending, length 

 from six to twelve inches, round, smooth, and involved in the 

 sheaths of the leaves, which are longer than its joints. Leaves 

 ensiform, from three to six inches lon»-, smooth. Panicle li- 

 near, oblong, dense, exceedingly soft from the immense num- 

 ber of most delicate, pale-coloured awns. Flower* minute 

 and numerous. Calyx; glume one-flowered, two-valved; 

 valves nearly equal, with a most delicate, long, soft arista from 

 the apex ; hairy, chiefly on the hack, and membranaceous fi- 

 liate margins. Corol two-valved ; valves obtuse, much short- 

 er than the calyx, as in general a very minute awn issues 

 from the apex of the larger valve. Seed smooth, oblong, but 

 obtuse. 



Obs. In the cold season of 1S02-3, 1 reared the same grass 

 from seed sent from England by A. B. Lambert, Esq. 



MILIUM. Schreb. gen. N. 10. 



Calyx, glume one-flowered, two-valved. Corol two-valved, 

 less than the calyx. 



1 . M. filiformc. R. 



Creeping, smooth. Leaves short, with a stipulary process 

 at the mouth of the sheath. Racemes two or three, terminal, 

 efect. Flowers alternate; solitary, awnless. 



Hind. Kanka jnriya. <■ 



Grows on pasture ground, is a small, delicate species, lias 

 much the appearance of Agrostis linearis. 



Culms creeping, except a small flower-bearing portion, 

 which is erect, round, smooth ; and from six to twelve inches 

 high. Leaves small, smooth ; mouths of the sheaths stipuled. 

 Racemes two or three, terminal, sessile, erect, secund. Ra- 

 chis membranaceous, a little waved. Flowers sino-le, alter- 

 nate, imbricated in two rows, awnless. Calyx, glumes near- 

 ly equal, membranaceous, a little hairy. Corol, valves rigid, 

 smooth. 



