ELEUSINE. 53 
2a. Eleusine indica, Pl. CL. Fig. I. 
Ceespitosa ; culmis valde compressis. fol. distichis linearibus 
conduplicatis, supra pilis longis albis parce pilosa ut vagine, 
collis pilosis, ligulis brevibus sublaceris, spicis digitatis, 
uno superaddita, infimo solitaria, fere sessilis, insertionibus 
glandulosis, rachi З angulari, locustis unilateralibus, compres- ' 
sis, distichis, 4 floris, fl. sumos tabescente. Gluma inferior, 
interior quoad axim minor, атра тиісе, carnis scabris. Paleis 
muticis inferiore 1 longiore, muticis carinis scabris. Caryop- 
se oblonga, hinc gibba pale: exteriori opposite. 
Ad ripas Brahmaputra: March, 31st, 1836. 
Eodem cum, Eleusine numo 2 p. 52. Cute utriaque 
stomatosa. : 
M 
AIRA. 
1. Aira, Sp. Pl. CXLI. Fig. 11. 
Spiculæ inferiores ternatæ, reliquæ geminate, inæqualiter 
pedicellatæ terminali solitaria, bifloræ, flosculis sessilibus. 
Glume ; chartaceo-coriaceæ, concavo-carinate, тийсе; 
inferiori minori 3-venia, carina scabra, superiori 5-venia, ca- 
rine levi. 
Flosculus exterior czeterum hermaphrod. in panicu- 
læ inferiore parte. Palez 2, exterior glumacea, membranacea 
mutica; concavo-navicularis, 5-venia, venis lateralibus ap- 
proximatis, venulz 2 incomplete, interject supra medium 
intervenium centralem et laterales intermedias, margines. In- 
terior subciliata plana membranacea bicarinata hirta, carinis 
apices versus scabrellis, marginibus ciliatis. 
Lodicule 2. Stamina 3. 
Ovarium styli stigmataque rudimentaria, perfalave. Flos- 
culus ut in flosculo superiori, interior hermaphroditus, ratione 
exterioris duplo 3 plove minor, basi pilis. Palea obsitus ex- 
terior chartacea convoluta navicularis scabrida fusca, l-venia 
apice longe aristata, arista fusca basi plana glabrata cæterum 
teres scabra palea 2-3 plo longior, 
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