1186 BENGAL PLANTS. [Tragus, 
long as the glume; Jodicules minute, subquadrate ; stamens 3; 
anthers short, broad; styles 2, free, very long, exserted at apex of 
glume; stigmas long, oe cillate. Grain linear-oblong, free 
within the glume an ea, 
2572. Tracus raceMosus Scop.; F. B. I. vii. 97. Lappago 
biflora . 281. 
W. Bengal. 
A low, rigid, perennial grass. 
1062. Perotis Ait. 
A small, densely tufted, rigid grass, with wiry roots; stem erect 
or ascending ; leaves very short, ovate or ovate-lanceolate, pun- 
gently acuminate, ciliate. Spikelets minute, terete, 1-flowered, 
articulate on the very short pedicels of a spiciform raceme. 
Glumes 3; I. and II. empty, equal, linear-oblong, membranous, 
with a strong midrib produced into a very long capillary awn; 
III. minute, oe ovate-lanceolate, 1-veined; palea smaller, 
oblong, hyaline, veinless; lodicules 2, quadrate ; stamens 3; 
anthers short ; shyjtee very short, connate at the base, laterally 
exserted; stigmas very short, plumose. Grain terete, linear, 
subacute, as long as and free within the glumes. 
2573. Perortis tatiroiia Ait.; F. I. i. 233; F. B. I. vii. 98. 
In all the provinces. 
A slender grass, with leafy stem and crinite spike. 
1063. Zoysia Willd. 
A small, rigid, glabrous grass, with a long, wiry rootstock, 
emitting short, erect, cae branches, ending in solitary, 
peduncled, spiciform race leaves distichous, subulate, con- 
cave, pungent. Spikelets aera laterally compressed, 1- picinirs 
articulate on very short, stout pedicels, adpressed to a ri 
inarticulate ce with concave facets opposite the ssa. 
Glumes 2; I. empty, rigidly coriaceous, margins closely adpressed, 
tip EG veins 0; II. much smaller than and completely 
enclosed in I., ovate-lanceolate, hyaline, 1-veined; palea linear- 
tie cea lodicules 0; stamens 3; anthers long; styles 
g, connate below; stigmas plumose, exserted at top of 
wie ei. pie m oblong, free within the eg and palea. 
2574. Zoysia puncEens Willd.; F. B. I. vi 
Sundribuns, on the sea-face. 
A small, much-branched, rigid, glabrous grass. 
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