Pcmiciim. TRIANDRIA BTftTNlA. 203 



held sacred to Giiuesha, (the Janus of the ancients,) under the name 

 oi Duo; Wall. 



13. P. a?gi/ptiacum. Linn. Sp. TL ed. JVilld. i. 343. 

 Creeping at the base. Spikes from four to eight ; cor\ nibed, smooth. 



Flozoen paired on unequiil pedicels; accessary valve of the calyx 

 minute or wanting, the other two very unequal, nerved, and ciliale 

 on the margins only. 



Obs. Is rather a scarce grass in India, and grows in tufts. Cattle 

 do not seem fond of it, whereas all are fond of P. dactylon. 



14. P. ciliare. Linn. Sp. PL ed. JVilld. i. 344. 



Culms creeping at the base. Spikes sub-digitate. Flowers paired, 

 one sessdc the other pedicelled ; inner two valves of the calyces 

 equally lung, and bearded wiih four woolly ridges ; third minute. 



Hi fid. Makwr-jalee. 



Teli/ig. Shaiijiali-gadd?. 



It dejights most in newly laid down pasture ground. 



Calms creeping, with one or two feet of the extremities erect, these 

 famous, round and smooth. — Leaves sheathing, short for the size of 

 the grass ; margins ciliate near the base ; sheaths sometimes a little 

 hairy, shorter than the joints of the culm, their mouths rise above 

 the insertion of the leaf, stipule-like, as in Dr. Smith's Erharta 

 calt/cina, but here it is entire. — Spikes or rather spiked-racemes, 

 from four to ten, digitate, expanding, secund. — Flowers paired, one 

 sessile, one peduncled. — Rachis three-sided, waved. — Calyx, exterior 

 valve most minute. Lnterior two many-nerved, four of the nerves are 

 clothed with very long, white, soft hairs. 



Obs. Small plants on a poor soil, have much the appearance of 

 Agrostis radiata. Cattle are very fond of this grass. 



15. V.Jiliforme. Linn. Sp. Fl. ed. Willd. i. 343. 



Creeping, filiform, smooth. Spikes, from two to four, aub-digi- 



