2-l5 9RIAVDPIA DiGYNtA; Socchaitim^ 



the culm are little else than sheaths. — Panicles terminal, cylmdi-'ic, 

 from three to four inches long, composed of small, erect branch- 

 lets, of a bright cotton-like whiteness, from the quantity of wool 

 that surrounds the insertion of the flowers — i'7oae/-5 pedicelled, ge- 

 nerally simple. — C«/j/xtwo-valved,with here and there along white 

 hair. — Carol, two-valved, minute. — Stamens two. 



Obs. Cattle are not fond of it, particularly when old. It is used 

 in the marriage ceremonies of the Teliugus. In Bengal it is mucb 

 used for thatch, 



2. S. spontaneum. Linn. Sp Fl. ed. JVilld. i. 321. 



Culms from five to fifteen feet high. Leaves involute when dry. 

 Panicle linear, spreading, verticilied ; ramijicaiiou simple, caltjx cij- 

 liate. Carol one-valved. 



Sans. Kasha. 



Hind. Kagara. 



Teling. Relloo-gaddy. 



Grows on the banks of rivers, in hedges, and on moist, uncultiva- 

 ted land ; in a good soil, it is frequently from ten to fifteen feet 

 hi'^h, in a poorer soil, from five to ten. 



Root perennial, creeping very deep in the ground. — Culms an- 

 nual, erect, leafy, round, lower parts perennial, and as thick as the 

 i!nger, annual shoots about as thick as a common quill, solid, height 

 faiious as above observed. — Leaves sheathing, remarkably long and 

 narrow, but firm •, margins hispid ; a transverse section appears cre- 

 scent ; sheaths with their mouths woolly. — Panicles terminal, spread- 

 ing, erect, oblong, from one to two feet long, composed of verticil- 

 led, filiform, simple, (except the lower verticil or two,) spiked ra- 

 cemes ; spiked, because half the flowers are sessile, and half pedicel- 

 led. The immense quantity of long, bright, silver-coloured woo^f, 

 which surrounds the base of the flowers gives this species a most 

 conspicuous, gaudy appearance.— Horcers paired, one-pedicelled, 

 the other sessile.— Ca(yx Iwo-leaved ; margins ciliate, acute, sur- 



