346 TRiANDRiA DIG TNI A. Eleusvie. 



to four-flowered ; glumes acute, pai liculaiiy llie exterior one which 

 ends in a short awn.— Coro/, outer valve very acute. — Seed oval, 

 somewhat three-sided, wrinkled, arilled, but in this species the aril 

 is so thin and delicate, as to be often removed by the time the seed is 

 full grown. 



Obs. Cattle are fond of it. 



4. E, indica- Gczrt. Carp. i. p. 8. f. 1, 



Erect, smooth, from one to two feet high. Leaves bifarious. Spikes 

 from five to seven, digitate. Calyces from three to tive-tlowered, 

 seed oblong, three-sided, rugose. 



Cynosurus indicus. Linn. Sp. PL ed. fViltd. i. 417. 



Iliiid. Mal.-dukiiti. 



TelinZ' Kuror, viz. wild soloo. 



A common coarse species, found growing in large tufts on pas- 

 ture ground, road sides, &c. 



Cubiis ascending at the base, ramous, a little compressed, smooth, 

 from one to two feet liigli — Leaven bifarious, large, with a few long 

 Avhite hairs scattered over the insides and sheaths. — Spikes termi- 

 nal, from three to six, expanding ; one generally standing single 

 a little below the rest, linear, secund, from two to four inches long; 

 insertions glandular and haiiy, spikelets in two rows on the under- 

 side.— Ca/yr from three to iive-tlowered ; glumes equal, as long as 

 the flowers, smooth and rather obtuse — Corol, valves sraiooth^ ob- 

 tuse. — Seed obtusely three-sided, rugose, arilled. 



Obs. Cattle are not fond of it. 



5. E. verticillata. R. 



Erect, smooth, from one to four feet high. Leaves bifarious. 

 Spikelets numerous, panicled. Calyces from eight to twelve-flower- 

 ed ; glumes daggered ; seed oblong, wrinkled. 



It is a native of moist pasture ground. 



Culms erect, round, smooth, from one to four feet high. — Leaves 

 as in the last described.— Faiiicle erect, oblong, composed of many 



