20 GRAMINE. 
Sp. distincta, ob glumam exteriorem enervem: ob nerva- 
tionem palearum floris hermaphrod. ob paleam interiorum 
floris masculi bifidam. Jumalpore: Sept. 24th, 1835. 
anicum — À Roxb. RH. Ind. 1-308? P. tri- 
choides | Kunth Agr. 1 
Gramen foliosum culmis basi repentibus radicantibus. Va- 
ginis ciliatis pubescentibusque, fol. lanceolat tenera repanda, 
margine subsimplicia denticulata, bases versus ciliata pilis 
paucis setosis e basi bulbosa ortis, ab ей demum secedentibus, 
subtus pubescentia. Ligula integra truncata. Panicula ob- 
longa ex axillo folia suprema semi-exserta. Pedicelli 1 flori, 
gracillimi minuto-denticulato ; floribus inferne ventricosis, sup. 
ne 2, in quoque ramulo panini infero brevius pedicellato, 
Gluma exterior ovata, acuta, mutica, vix carinata, 3 nervis, 
nervo centrale scabrello, inferior distans ob florem breve pedi- 
cellatum, naviculari-ventricosa, nec carinata, obtussime-sub- 
cucullata apice breve ciliato, 
Palea exterior floris neutrius ejusdem unica (an semper ?) 
consistentia, convexiuscula ; late ovata obtussima fere rotun- 
data apicem versus ciliata, 5 nervis, nervis lateralibus indis- 
tinctis, in nervo centrali infra apicem arcuatim confluentibus. 
Palea exterior floris hermaphr. membranacea, naviculari-ven- 
tricosa omnino ut in gluma interiore, 5 nervis, apice callo 
viride, sub cristata, interior minor navicularis, nec carinata, 2 
nervis. 
Lodicule 2, cuneate, emarginate. Stam. 3, Styli——,Stig- 
mata ratione styli, zqualia? plumos. 
P. brevifolium. Roxb. Fl. loc cit proximum 
Alternation and situation of parts, pi. CXXXIX. 
Fig. 196. 
а. Gluma exterior. 
b. ,, interior. 
с. Palea exterior floris neutrius. 
d. ,, E rm. . 
е. ;» interiorejusdem. Jumalpore: Sept. 23rd, 1835. 
