Jndfopogon. triawdria diotnia. l?l 



24. A. ghber. R. 



Erect, ranious, smooth. Panicle ovate, verticelled ; ramification 

 simple, two or three-cleft. Fiozcers paired, the hermaphrodite ones 

 awned, with the calyx pitted ; the male ones neither pitted nor awned, 

 with a t'Ao-valved corol. 



Seng. G«ndha goorana. 



Fomid thinly scattered on rather elevated spots oter Bengal. 



i^oof perennial. — Cm//;z5 sub-erect, very ramous, smooth, from three 

 to four feet high.. — Leaves glossy, smooth in every part. — Panicles 

 ovate, vet licelled; ramifications simple, and two-cleft, or even three- 

 cleft sometimes — Flozcei s paired ; the hermaphrodite ones sessile 

 and awned ; the vtale ones pedicelled, and awnless. 



Hermaphrodite Flowers. Calyx two-valved, smooth, pur- 

 ple-coloured ; exterior valve pitted on the back Corol one-valved, 



a long awn occupying the place of the second. 



Male Flowers nearly as large as the female.— Calyx not pitted. 

 — Corol two-valved. 



25. A. montanus. R. 



Shrubby near the base, creeping. Leaves long and slender. 

 Panicle sub-verticelled ; ramifications ramous ; flowers paired, the 

 hermaphrodite ones awned, the neuter awnless, with a corol of 

 one valve. 



Teling. Auroots hangale. 



A native of mountainous countries. 



Culms many, below resting on the ground and rooting, round, 

 smooth, from three to four feet high, and as thick as a large crow- 

 quill. — Leaves long and narrow, a little hairy on the upper side near 

 the base only ; mouths of the sheaths bearded. — Panicle terminal, 

 conical, from four to eight inches long, composed of many, ramous, 

 sub-verticilled jipikes, or rather spiked-racemes ; rachis winding, 

 jomted, a little hairy. — Flowers as usual, in pairs, an hermaphrodite 

 one sessile ; and a neuter one pedicelled. 



Hermaphbodjts Flowers. Cal^x two-valved, the exterior 



