Arundo. triaxduia digynia. 



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three to five-flowered ; g/wwes unequal, the largest shorter than the 

 exterior vaive of the corol. — Corol, exterior valve tluee-nerved, taper- 

 ing into long line subulate wints, inner valve scarcely half so Ion"-. 

 — Stamens often only two, and the pistil is iVequeiitly wanting. 



Obs. it does noL agree with Retzius's description of A. Karka in 

 the number of flowers in the calyx. Pipes are made of the culms, 

 particularly those used by the people who carry about the dancing 

 snakes. 



In Bengal it is more luxuriant than on the Coast. The common 

 Durma mats of that place are made of the stalks split open. Vessels 

 from the port of Calcutta are generally dunnaged with them. 



3. A. hengaJeima. Linn. Sp. PL ed. JVilld. i. 455. Retz. Obs. v. 20. 



Culms from six to ten feet high, flstulous. Leaves bifarious, 

 sword-shaped, drooping. Panicle lax ; valvelets of the calyx equal, 

 from two to three-flowered; exterior valve of the corol woolly, dag- 

 gered, and three-nerved. 



Seng- Gaba-nul, 



This elegant species is found growing in ditches, &c. low places 

 in the vicinity of Calcutta, where it blossoms during the month of 

 October and November. 



Culms erect, from six to ten feet high, fistulous.— Lcores very 

 numerous, approximate, bifarious, drooping, sword-shaped, from one 

 to two inches broad at the base, from thence taper to a line point; 

 smooth on both sides, and in the margins. — Sheaths also smooth, 

 with a long membranaceous margin round the mouth. — Panicle oval, 

 lax, from one to two feet long, erect; ram>Jicatio}is alternate, ramous, 

 drooping a little. — Floicers pedicelled, scattered. — Calyx two or 

 ihree-flowered ; valves nearly equal, and of the length of the flow- 

 ers. — Corol, exterior valve three-nerved, and woolly on the back, 

 with a very fine, long, taper point. LwiCJ' valve small and smooth. 

 -^Nectanj two, cunei-form scales embrace the germ on the two sides. 



Obs. The wool which girds the base of the corol, in most of tha 

 species, is in this species, found growing on the back of its exterior 

 valve. 



