^$j^ tRiANDRiA ciftYNiA. Cenckrui, 



their seed during the rains, and the beginning of the cool season. 

 They are in general rejected by cattle. 



DIGYNIA. 



PEROTIS. Schreb. Gen. N. 1714. 

 Calyx none. Corol tvvo-valved ; valves equal, and awned. 



3. P. latlfolia. Linn. Sp. PL ed. Willd. i. 324. 



Culms piped, from nine to eighteen inches high. Leaves short, 

 waved, and ciliate. Raceme cylindrical. 



Tsjeria-kuren-pullu. llheed. Mai IC. 117.^ 62. 



Anthoxanthiim indicum. Linn. Sp. PL ed. fVilld. i. 157. 



Saccharum spicatum. Linn. Sp. PL 79. 



Is a native of higli, dry sandy barren ground, over the coast of 

 Coromandel. 



Root fibrous.— C/z/ws at the base resting on the ground, and there 

 branchy, above erect, leafy, jointed, from nine to eighteen inches 

 hi<yh smooth. — Leaves sheathing, short, broad at the base, margins 

 waved and liispid ; sheaths about half the length of the joints. 

 — Racemes (not s^iikes) terminal, erect, cylindrical, lead-coloured. — 

 Flotcers numerous, diverging.— Ca/^x, tvvo-valved, both awned, and 

 are totally destitute of hairs round their base, or any where elseiv- 

 Corol two-valved, very minute. Seed ...... 



Obs. Cattle are not fond of this grass. 



CENCHRVS. Schreb. Gen. N. 1574. 

 Involucre echinate, and four-flo\N ored. Calyx from two to three* 

 valved, one or two-llowered. 



1. C. biJhrus.R. 



Spikes smrple, cylindric. Involucres two-flowered j segments m- 

 hnhiQf hooked, and haivy within , 



