Anthisliria. triandria digynia. 251 



never saw it, nor, so far as I can find, is it known so low down as 

 Bengal, utlitiwise I might have thought it Kbnig's S. ben^aleme.' 



1 I. S. ca)ialmdatum. R. 



Pereiuiial, erect, (from eight to twelve feet high.) Leaves subu- 

 late, deeply channelled, very long. Panicles linear-oblong, rannjica~ 

 tioits simple, and verticelled ; calycine valves with thick callous 

 base and fringed margins, corol one-valved. 



A most beautiful stately species, a native of Bengal in most thick- 

 est, i>Lc. v\ here the soil is rich, flowering in August and September. 



i alms about as thick as a common ratan, incrusted with awhile 

 suusiance under the sheaths ; tilled with pith. — Leaves from five to 

 seven feet long, semi-cvlnidric, no vviiere thicker than a packthread 

 tne whole benig only a perfect channel ; their sheaths simply beard- 

 ed at the moulh. — Paui.le sub-c}lindric, about two feet Ion o^, wav- 

 ing uiih its immense quantity of silver-coloured long, soft hair, to 

 ever^r breeze. — F/uzcers paired, one sessile, the other pedicelled. Ca- 

 Ii/ciue voices are remarkable on account of their large thick smooth 

 callous base. 



ANTIIISTIRIA. Sc/ucb. Gen. N. 1567 . 



Polyg-amous. Involucre one-valved, seven-flowered, hermaphro- 

 dite, solitary, with atvvo-valved, one-flowered calyx, and corol of one 

 valve and an awn. Accessary Jlorets male or neuter, six ; four ses- 

 sile, resembling a calyx, and t^vo pedicelled, their structure various, 



1. A. cilia!a. IJnn. Sp. PL ed. iVilM. iv. 899- 



Erect. ie</ It's taper from the ciliute base. Accessary Jlorets two 

 or thrte-valved, neuter, exterior valve of the sessile flower papillose, 

 ciliate near the apex. 



A. ciliata. Gaert. Corp. ii, p. 46 J. t. 75. 



An erect annual species, a native of various parts of India, ap- 

 pears about the close of the rains, in October and November, and 

 continues during the cool season. 



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