Paiiicum. triandria oigynia. 295 



17. P. ci mid num. Linn. Sp. Tl. ed. Willd. i. 344. 



Cidni^ eicCt, hairy, from one to two feet high. Racemes pe- 

 duncled, corynibed; Jiotcers polygamous, in pairs; exterior valvelets 

 of the calyces fringed; carol awiied. 



Miliiun cimiciiiuin. JMant. 184. 



A rare plant, uuiive of ground that has been lately in cultiva- 

 tion. 



Culms from one to two feet high, sub-erect, hairy. — Leaves short 

 and broaJ. hairy, and finged lound the niaigin; aheaths also hairv. 

 — Racemes from four to ten; when more than four or five, the rest 

 are elevated on a common peduncle above the point from v* hence 

 the first four or tive issue; all are pedicelled, bowing, stcund. — 

 i'luzcers in two rows and m pairs, scarcely ever single. — Caltjx^ bor- 

 der of the inner valve fringed, with i ed hairs. — Cotvl, the arista is 

 sometimes wantnig, and its valves three-nerved ; in mine there is a 

 second, or male floret as in many species of Tanuum. 



18. P. cori/mbosum. R. 



Sheaths of the leaves bristly. Spikes numerous^ corynibed. Ctz- 

 Ij/ces tv»o-\alved. Seeds oblong, smooth. 



Tel'iig. Clieepa-bora-gaddi. ' 



T;:is species 1 have found only in the vallies aiiiongst the Circar 

 mountains ; it grows to a great size in stand ng sweet water. 



Culms of great extent, creepinp", or floating, with their extremi- 

 ties erected above the water ; on dry ground 1 Lave also foi'.nd it, 

 Mhere it is in general from one to four feet high. — L-:cves as in other 

 grisses; sheaths coveredjwith still white hairs. — Spikes covymhed, 

 numerous; from four to eigiit inches long, iililbiin, sub-erect, se- 

 cund, level-toped. Rachis, common striated ; partial three-sided. 

 — Flozcers oblong, in two rows, paired; one very siiort pediceiled, 

 the odier longer. — Cah/x two-valved ; the exterior valve sir/ail, the 

 other as large as tlie corol, and striated, but no iniidur muer 

 valve. — Corol as iu the familv. — Sted oblong, smootii w'.nit. 



