1212 BENGAL PLANTS. [Polypogon. 
Panicle spiciform, oblong or cylindric ; awns more than twice as long as 
the glumes ......... monspeliensis. 
Panicle lobed ; awns lees than twice as long as glumes 
littoralis var. Higegawert. 
crinitum F, I. i. 
epee ore fo cpa N. Bengal. 
An ual, tufted 
2661. aus LITTORALIS Pee var. HigeGawer! Hook. f.; 
F. B. I. vii. 246 
2660. Pacrnoson MONSPELIENSIS Desf.; F. B. I. vii. 245. Phlewm 
1 We a 
. Bengal, rare; on sandbanks and in gravelly river- 
beds: grain probably ee down from the hills. 
An annual, tufted gras 
1089. Agrostis Linn. 
Perennial, rarely annual grasses; leaves usually flat. Spikelets 
small, 1-flowered, in effuse or contracted panicles, with capillary, 
whorled branches, not articulate on their pedicels; rachilla no 
produced beyond the flowering glume. Glwmes 3; I. and IL. 
equal or unequal, keeled, 1-. rarely 3-nerved; III. membranous, 
5-nerved, truncate, glabrous, pure or not, awn dorsal; callus 
sien or with a few minute s; palea nearly as long as its 
glume or shorter or 0, 2-nerved or Re. 28) ; lodicules 2; stamens 
3. Grain free within the glume. 
2662. Acrostis BRacHIATA Munro; F. B. I. vii. 256. 
Behar, 
A tall, slender grass. 
1090. Sporobolus R. Br. 
Perennial, less often annual, glabrous grasses, erect or prostrate 
or creeping ; Jeaves narrow, flat or convolute. Spikelets 1- flowered, 
small or minute, in effuse or contracted panicles, articulate on 
their pedicels ; rachilla not produced beyond the palea. Glwmes 
3, usually membranous, 1-veined or veinless; I. and II. empty; 
unequal, separately caducous; III. not articulate at the base, 
ovate or oblong, obtuse or acute; callus very short, glabrous; 
ne, Wi 
vein-like, ventral ridge along which the palea splits ; lodicules 
very minute or 0; stamens 2-3; anthers short or Welle’: styles 
