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dicelled. Corol of the hermaphrodite flower two-valved ; of 

 the male, or neuter one-valved, all of them awned. 



1. C. tenella. R. 



Spikes solitary; spikelets with three or four hermaphro- 

 dite awned florets, and a neuter rudiment. 



A native of the Peninsula of India. 



Culms delicate, erect, smooth, about a foot high. Leaves 

 rather large in proportion to the rest of the plant, smooth, 

 and soft. Spikes solitary, secund, scarcely two inches long, 

 Spikelets alternate, and alternately pointing two ways. Flow- 

 ers of the spikelets, or to each calyx, three, four, or five, all 

 hermaphrodite, (at least in the rather imperfect state in which 

 I have found this rare species) except the innermost one 

 which is a one-valved corpuscle or rudiment, as in Melica. 

 Calyx from three to five-flowered, two-valved ; valvelets un- 

 equal, broad lanceolate, smooth, acute, permanent. Corol of 

 the hermaphrodite two-valved; exterior valvelets obcordate, 

 cucullate, awned ; margins smooth, but with three hairy 

 nerves on the back and sides; interior oblong, with edges ci- 

 liate ami always awnless. 



2. C. montana. R. 



Spikes digitate, secund, united at the base; hermaphrodite 

 flower ciliate, and awned ; neuter of three awnless valves. 



This is a native of mountainous tracts only. It differs from 

 C. barbata only in the following respects. \st. The spikes 

 are in number from four to six, and united into a common 

 flower-bearing rachis near the base. 2d. The neuter floret has 

 a third awned valve and the awns are all straw-coloured. 



3. C. barbata. Linn. sp. pi. ed. Willd. iv. 92G. 



Spikes digitate, secund ; hermaphrodite corol ciliate, and 

 awned, neuter of two awned valves. 



Andropogon barbatum. Linn. 31 ant. 302. 588. 

 Konda-pulla. Rheed. 31al. 12./?. 95. I. 51. 



