Andrbpogon. thiaxdria digynia. 1fiS9, 



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3. A. tenellus. R. 



Filiibrm, spikes paired, Jiozcers paired, the sessile ones herma- 

 phrodite, and a%vned; tlie pedicelltd ones neuter, and uunless ; ex- 

 terior valves of both calyces oblong, striate, hairy, and three-toothed, 

 neuter corol of one minute valve. 



A most delicate tall grass, a native of Bengal, where it appears 

 in hedges, &,c. during the cool season. 



Cuhm from two to three feet long ; at the base resting on the 

 ground, ramous, scarcely so thick ;is a pack thread ;jo/«t6' villous. — - 

 he-aves slender, a few hairs toward the base. — Spikes paired, erect, 

 shoit-pedicelled ; outside imbricated with two rows of sessile, awn- 

 ed, hermaphrodite flowers ; inside with rows of pedicelled, awu- 

 less, neuter ones. — i^ac/t?.s jointed and hairy. — Ca/i/ces two-valved; 

 exterior oblong;, three-toothed, striated, hairy; zwfe;/o/' acute, three- 

 nerved, that of the neuter flower shorter. — Corol of the hermaphro- 

 dite flower one-valved, with a long brown awn on the opposite, 

 or inner side, that of the neuter flov.er single, and very minule. 



4. A. hinatus. Linn. Sp. Pled. Willd. iv.913. J?cfz. Obs. v.C4. 

 Slender, towards the base creeping ; spikes paired, incurved,_/?oti:;- 



ers paired, the sessile ones hermaphrodite, and awned, the pedicel- 

 led ones male, with an awnless, two-valved corol. 



A native of Bengal, appears during the cool season. 



Culms very slender, toward the base ramous, and creeping ; joints 

 ^vitU a scanty short beard. — Leaves slender, somewhat hairy toward the 

 base. — Spikes paired, on a long filiform peduncle, short pedicelled, 

 somewhat incur-vate ; outside imbricated with tw o rows of sessile^ 

 awned, hermaphrodite flowers, inside \\ii\\ two veiy distinct (for they 

 are separated by a deep groove) rows of pedicelled, awnless, male 

 ones. i^acA/s jointed, and hairy. — Caij/ces of both two-valved; exte- 

 rior oblong, hairy, ciiiate, five to seveu-nerved, edges thin, apex of 

 the male tridentate, of the hermaphrodite obtuse. Liner takes 

 acute, tiiree-nerved. — Corol of the hermaphrodite flower of one hya- 

 line valve on the outside and an arista for the other : of the male one 



