Milium. TRIANDRIA DIGYNIA. 



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the mouth of the sheath. Racemes two or three, terrninal erect • 

 flowers alternate, solitary, awnless. 



Hind. Kanka juriya. 



Grows on pasture ground, is a small, delicate species, has much 

 the appearance of Agrostis linearis. 



Culms creeping, except a small tiower-bearing portion, which is 

 erect, round, smooth ; and from six to twelve inches high. — Leaves 

 small, smooth ; mouths of the sheaths stipuled. — Racemes two or 

 three, terminal, sessile, erect, secund. Rachis membranaceous, a 

 little waved. — Flozcers single, alternate, imbricated in two rows, awn- 

 less. — Calyx, glumes nearly equal, membranaceous, a little hairy. — 

 Coral, valves rigid, smooth. 



2. M. sarmiinale. R. 



Culms sub-erect, smooth. Racemes sub^digitate ; flowers three- 

 fold, on unequal pedicels. 



Panicum sanguinale. Burm. Flor. I/id. t. 10. f. f. 



Beng. Chiri-chira. 



A native of pasture ground. 



Culms sometimes creeping near the base, the rest erect, smooth, 

 and about a foot and a half high. — Leaves long, narrow, smooth in 

 every part. — Panicle racemed, sub-erect. Racemes from four to 

 eight, secund, erect, rachis three-sided. — Flozcers generally in threes, 

 though sometimes in pairs or in fours, all have pedicels of unequal 

 length. — Calyx and corol as in the last species. 



3. M. ramosum. Linn. Sp. PI. ed. Willd. i. 36l. 



Smooth ; culms sub-erect, from two to four feet high. Panicle 

 six or eisht, remote, with somewhat ramous branches ;flozuers pair- 

 ed on common pedicels. Calyces pointed, and very hairy. 



Found growing in large tufts, on moist, rich pasture ground. 



Root creeping. — Culms from one to four feet long, spreading near 

 the base, and striking root at the joints that rest on the ground. — 

 Leaves smooth. — Panicle oval, very ihiu, composed of a few, from 



