31(j TRIANDRIA DiGYNiA. iranicum^ 



nicle appears to be a compound, interrupted spike. — FlowersX&ncQ- 



olate Cah/x, glumes lanceolate, very acute, the two inner ones 



somewhat hispid on the back. — Co7ol single, hermaphrodite. — Seed 

 oblong, smooth, white. 



43. P. pahulosiim. R. 



Culms erect, from two to three feet high. Panicle erect, ovate, 

 thin; ramifications few, three-sided, with sharp hispid angles; pe- 

 dicel two-flowered ; valvelets of the calyces cuspidate. Coral three- 

 valved. Seed oblong, smooth. 

 heng. Boruii, and Ktdws-nar. 

 Teling. Soda. 



It grows generally in sweet water amongst the Circar mountains. 

 Culms erect, from two to three feet high, swelled under the water, 

 and there emitting roots from the joints. — Leaves erect, acute, re- 

 trorso-hispid ; sheaths longer than the joints, with a thick bearded 

 mouth.— Pa//u7e oval, diffuse, thin, composed of scattered, sub-al- 

 ternate, ramous branches ; all nearly triangular, the angles sharp, 

 and armed with tine points. — Flozoeis oblong, pointed, in pairs on 

 a common pedicel with unequal partial pedicels. — Calyv, exterior 

 valve short, broad, involving the bottoms of the others. — Ccuo/, with 

 a small neuter glume, always without stamens. — Seed oblong, smooth, 

 brown. 



Obs. This grass is of a cnarse nature ; cattle are not therefore fond 

 of it. When it grows on dry ground, the grass is much smaller ; but 

 the panicle larger. 



44. P. vliginosum. R. 



Culms erect, from two to four feet high. Panicle thin; ramifica- 

 tions four-sided, smooth -Jowers polygamous, solitary ; spec? oblong, 



smooth. 



Beng. BurMnda. > 



Teling. Gwndrw. 



A native of the moist borders of rice fields, in wet ground. 



