2;94 TRiAXDRiA DiGYNiA. Pamcum. 



tate, filiform, secuncl ; flowers | aired, one sessile the other pedicel- 

 led. Cm't/r \vu!i tile accessa; v valve, minute ; inner one liatf the length 

 of llie corol or middle one ; these lust two are three-nerved, and vil- 

 lous on the margin. 



From China it was brought to tlie Botanic Garden, where it 

 thrives well, and blossoms tiie whole year, but chietly during the 

 rains. 



Culms ramous, creeping, very delicate, and smooth, a large por- 

 tion next the spikes erect, naked, coloured and tiliform. — Leaves 

 sofc and small, ciliate, with a few long hairs at the base. — !Spi/;cs ge- 

 nerally from two to four issuing from the same point, very slender, 

 secund. Rachis flexuose. — Flozc^ers, in a pair, one sessile. — Calj/x 

 one-ilowcred, tlower hermaphrodite ; accessary valve exceedingly 

 minute, but by careful observations may always be found ; second 

 valve as long as the coiol, the inner one only half iheir length, which 

 is one of the best specific marks ; these two hae three smooth nerves 

 on the back, and their margins are slightly bearded. — CoroZ two- 

 valved. 



16. P. lineare. Linn. Sp. PI. ed. Willd. i. 544. 



Sub-erect, smooth. Spikes from two to six, digitate, filiform. 

 Flowers all hermaphrodite, awnles-s, and pedicelled. Ca/j/cine valves^ 

 the accessary one minute ; the inner two equalling the corol, and 

 three-nerved. 



P. lineare. Burm. Iitd. p. 25. t. 10. f. 3, is a tolerable represen- 

 tation of this pretty delicate grass. 



A native of China, accidently introduced from thence into the 

 Botanic Garden, where it is in flower the whole year ; but like most 

 other grasses most luxuriant during the rains. It has a great re- 

 semblance to P. dacti/lon, ciliare, Jili/orme, and aegi/pticum, but 

 does not creep like them. Tlie iiowers are less regularly paired, more 

 minute, smooth, and obtuse, the two inner valves of the calyx equal, 

 and as long as the corol, 'ml ihs accessary one very minute, or not 

 to be found. 



