Jlgrostis. triandria digynia. 315 



2. M. sanguinale. R. 



Culms sub-erect, smooth. Racemes sub-digitate ; flowers 

 three fold, on unequal pedicels. 



Panicum sanguinale. Burm. Flor. Ind. t. \Q.f. r. 



Beng. Chiri-chira. 



A native of pasture ground. 



Culms sometimes creeping- near the base, the rest erect, 

 smooth, and about a foot and a half high. Leaves long, 

 narrow, smooth in every part. Panicle racemed, sub-erect. 

 Racemes from four to eight, secund, erect, rachis three-sided. 

 Floioers generally in threes, though sometimes in pairs or in 

 fours, all have pedicels of unequal length. Calyx and corol 

 as in the last species. 



3. M. ramosum. Linn. sp. pi. ed. H'illd. i. 361. 



Smooth ; culms sub-erect, from two to four feet high. Pa- 

 nicle six or eight, remote, with somewhat ramous branches. 

 Flowers paired on common pedicels. Calyces pointed, and 

 very hairy. 



Found growing in large tufts, on moist, rich pasture 

 "round. 



Root creeping. Culms from one to four feet long, spread- 

 ing near the base, and striking root at the joints that rest on 

 the ground. leaves smooth. Panicle oval, very thin, com- 

 posed of a few, from four to eight-compound, spreading, se- 

 cund, racemes. Rachis of the racemes three-sided. Flowers 

 below, on a common pedicel, besides which each has its pro- 

 per pedicel, but of unequal length ; above single. Calyx, 

 valves equal, pointed, and very hairy. Corol, the exterior 

 valve ends in an awled point. 



AGROSTIS. Schreb.gen.N. 111. 



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

 ed, larger than the calyx. 



