318 TRIVNDR1A DIGYNIA. HolcU8. 



two inches broad at the base, tapering from thence to a fine 

 point. Panicles erect, oval, or oblong, from one to two feet 

 long, composed of alterriate, ramous, filiform, expanding or 

 bowing branches. Calyx, valves equal, four times shorter 



than the corol. Corol, exterior valve fringed round the 

 margins, with long, soft, white hairs. Stamens two. 



Ohs. The leaves of this plant are much more like those 

 employed by the Chinese to pack up various articles with, 

 than any other I have yet seen. 



HOLCUS. Schreb. gen. N. 1565. 

 Polygamous. Calyx, glume two-valved, one to three -flow- 

 ered. Corol, glume two-valved; the hermaphrodite awnetl. 

 Stamina three. Styles two. 



1. II. nervosus. R, 



Erect, hairy. Panicle oblong. Glumes three, and five- 

 nerved, cuspidate, two-flowered. Floicers both sessile, one 

 hermaphrodite and awned ; the other male and awnless. 



A native of Coromandel. 



( 'alms erect, ramous ; long, wiry roots issuing from the low- 

 er joints. Leaves and their sheaths papillose, hairy. Pani- 

 cles oblong, smooth. Raniifi cations alternate, simple. Flow- 

 ers paired ; one sessile, the other pedicelled. Calyces two- 

 flowered, three to five-nerved, smooth, straight, cuspidate, 

 longer than the flowers. Corol in both two-valved, the ex- 

 terior floret male, large, and awnless, the inner minute, her- 

 maphrodite, and awned. Stamens three. Styles two, in the 

 hermaphrodite. 



2. H. cilia l us. R. 



Erect, hairy, panicle linear, hirsute. Glumes papillose, ci- 

 liate, two-flowered, both flowers sessile, one hermaphrodite 

 and awned, the other male and awnless. 



A native of Coromandel. 



