Jtottbcellia. triandria digtnia. 



S5ft 



Spikes solitary, secund. Polygamous flowers on the front with neuter 

 ones on the sides. 



Meng. iiMifl-swooate. 



Teling. Konda panookoo. 



A native of mountains. 



Root consisting of strong woody fibres. — Culms erect, ramous, a 

 little compressed, inwardly of a spongy nature, from six to ten feet 

 high, and as thick as the little finger near the base, were they are 

 armed with strong and short, white hairs. — Xeares large and numer- 

 ous, smootli on the outside, and hairy on the inside ; marginsVu^id, 

 sheaths very hairy ; hairs elevated on glandular points, very stiff and 

 sharp. — Spikes terminal, and from the exterior axills, generally soli- 

 tary, cylindric, &c. — t'lowers of three sorts, hermaphrodite, male, 

 and neuter, the first and second occupy altesnate pits or one side of 

 tlie spike, while the neuter stand on each side of them, so that the 

 spike may be called secund. — Calyx of the iiermaphrodite and 

 male floret two-valved. — Corol ViS in the last. — Stamens, Sec. as in 

 the genus. — Cali/x of the neuter flower two-valved, valvelets oblong. 

 — Corol, glumes two, membranaceous. 



4. R. corymhosa. Linn. Sp. PL ed. Willd. i. 446. Coram. Fl. ii. 

 JV. 181. " 



Polygamous, erect, smooth, from three to five feet high. Spikes 

 fascicled, terminal and axillary; rachis jointed; Jlowers alternate, ou 

 opposite sides of the spike. Calyces generally two-flowered. 



Teling, Pedda-panookoo. 



R. punctata. Relz. Obs. iii. 12. 



Aegilops eraltata. Retz. Obs. ii. 27. 



A native of low rich pasture ground, grows In erect tufts. 



Culms many, straight, mostly naked, the sheaths of the leaves be- 

 ing short and covering but a small part of them ; round and smooth, 

 from three to five feet high, and like those of the last species, 

 very firm, and not piped. — Leaves a few, from six to twelve inches 

 long ; margins sometimes fringed with a few hairs ; sheaths short 



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