280 TRIANDRIA DIGYNIA. Andioppgon. 



long, linear, erect^ or drooping, intercepted panicle, composed of 

 numerous, {many ot" them prolif'erou=i,) fascicles of slender, pedicei- 

 led, thin spikes of live joints; each fascicle is furnished with its 

 own proper, boat-shaped spathe, besides many chaft'y bractes \yiUi- 

 in it among the insertions of the pedicels ; and a proper spathe 

 to each pair of spikes. — Flowera on the body of the racliis paired ; 

 one avvned, hermaphrodite, and sessile ; the other awnless, male, and 

 pedicelled, the terminal Horets are three, one hermaphrodite, sessile, 

 and awned ; ihe other two male, pedicelled, and awniess. 



Heumaimjrodite. Caltjx one-flowered, two-valved, base girt 

 Avith wool, as is also the rachis, and proper pedicels. — Cowl two- 

 valved, and fringed ; inner valvelets two-parted, with a short aiidtu 

 in the fissure. Neciaiy two, minute, leaflets embracing the germ 

 laterally. — Stamens, pistil, and seed, as in the genus. 



Male. Calyx as in the hermaphrodite. Carol one-vatved, iiec- 

 tary and stamens as in the hermaphrodite, no pistil. 



Obs. This species comes remarkably near to A. Schaiianthus both 

 in habit and taste. 



For the virtues of the roots of this plant, see Dr. Blam 's account 

 thereof in the second part of the 80 volume of ihe Philosophical 

 Transactions of the Royal Society of London ; also Asiatic Re- 

 searches iv. p. 109. The virtues seem to reside almost entirely ih 

 the larger parts of the root, marked with annular cicatrices, the taste 

 is agreeably aromatic, with some degree of bitterness. 



36. A. Martini. R. 



Perennial, erect. Panicles linear, sub-secund ; spikelets paired, 

 three-jointed, with common spathes only ; hermaphrodite corols 

 of one valve, and an awn ; male awnless. 



A native of the high lands of Balla-ghat, General Martin collect- 

 ed the seeds while there with the army, during the last war with 

 Tippoo Sultan, and has reared abundance of it at Lucknow. 



It is also now plentiful in the Company's Botanic Garden, rais- 

 ed from seed sent from thence by that gentleman, whose name I have 

 applied as a specific one for this elegant plant. 



