568 TRIAXBRIJ. Di&TwiA.. jlndropogofu 



two-ihirds of the spike are all male, and awnless, and, as usual, one 

 of them sessile, the olher short-pedicelled ; superior pairs, the ses- 

 sile one ot each of these is a slender female, amply bearded at the 

 base with much dark brow n hair, which is the more conspicuous ds 

 every other part of the spike is smooth ; the other short-pedicelled, 

 male, and awnless, like the inferior pairs. 



Male Flowers- Ca/yx two-valved.— Coro/ two.valved.— S^a- 



vima three. 



Female Flowers. Calyx of one linear, striated, hard, dark- 

 brown valve. — Carol one-valved with a very long, twisted awn on 

 the other side. — Stamina none. Styles two. 



Sect. 3d. Panicles naked, and terminal. 



17. A. aciculatus. Linn. Sp. PL cd. IVilld. iv. 906. 



Creeping Lcazes shorter than iheir sheaths. Faiiicle linear-ob» 

 long, eiecl, raniijicaU<jn.s tliree-Howered, one hermaphrodite, sessile, 

 and two male, pedunclcd, 



Granien uciculatum. Ruinph. Amb. G. t. o.f. 1. good. 



Kaphis tnvalvis. Lour. Cochinch. 076. 



Kudira-pullu. Rheed. Mai. 12. p. 97- t. 43. 



Sans. <{f5@[«ft» Shwukhinee, ^I^U^l", Chora-pooshpee, ^fj[«f^» 

 Keshzuee. 



Benn. Chora kanta. 



Grows on barren, moist, pasture ground ; its seeds are exceeding- 

 ly troublesome to those who walk where it grows, as they stick iu 

 the stockings and produce a disagreeable itching. 



C«/ms straight, simple, from one to two feet high, round and smooth. 

 ■^Leaves small, waved, with the margins prickle-ciliate. — Panicle 

 terminal, erect, linear-oblong, from two to three inches long. Ra- 

 mijications (or rather peduncles) verticelled, simple, three-flowered, 

 nearly erect ; apex armed with short stiff hairs. — Flotoersy one ses- 

 sile, hermaphrodite, and two pedicelled male ones on each peduncle. 



Hermaphkodite Flower. Calyx two-valved, nearly equal; 

 the inner one ejida iu a short arista, and has the keel scabrous ; ba»e 



