S52 TuiANDRiA DittYNiA. Manlsuris. 



1. M. Mijurus. Linn. Sp. VI. ed. JVilld. iv. 945. Corom. PI. 'Z. 



N. 117. 



Culms creeping, smooth, from nine to eigliteen inches high. Spikes 

 soliiarv ; exterior vulve of the hermaphrodite calyx pandurifoini and 

 emarginate ; male calyx two-flowered. • 



Teling. Nalltt-p/aiookoo. 



Is a native of diy elevated sandy ground. 



Culms several, ramous, diffuse near the base, rooting at the joints, 

 extremities ascending, from nine to eighteen inches long, as thick 

 as a ciow quill, compressed, smooth, not piped. — Leaven small and 

 smooth; mouths of tlie sheaths increased by a lacerated membra- 

 naceous border or stipule.— .S;n7ves solitary, termmai, and from the 

 exterior arils pedimcled, secund, jointed, smooth, a little compress- 

 ed, from one to two inches long. — Peduncles articulated, and bract- 

 ed at the middle. — Flowers, the hermaphrodite ones occupy a wav- 

 ed row of pits on the four sides of the spike, while the male ones 

 possess two sides, the back is naked. 



Hermaviirodite flowers. Ca/yjTtwo-valved, one-flowered; 

 the exterior valvelet has a broad coloured margin, which is emargi- 

 nate, and deeply indented at the sides, like a fiddle ; inner valvelet 

 oblong, lodged in a pit of the rachis. — Carol two-valved, membra- 

 naceous. Nectary two obcordate, crenulated scales embrace the 

 germ. — Stamens three. Styles two. 



Male flowers. Calyx two-flowered, two-valved, valvelets 

 nearly equal, boat-shaped. — Corol with two membranaceous valves. 

 ■ — Stamens three. — Pistil none. 



2. M. granularis. Linn. Sp. PL ed. JVilld. iv. 945. Corom. PL 2. 

 N. 118. 



Ramous, sub-erect, hairy, from one to two feet high ; spikes fas- 

 cicled. Hermaphrodite calyx oval, and rugose ; male or )teuter one- 

 flowered. 



Grows among bushes. 



Culms very ramous, nearly erect; filiform, hairy, from one to two. 



