571 

 (15) P. Cktts Galli. (Linn.) 



lAent. Linn. sp. 83, 84. 



Syn. P. Crus Corvi, Roxb. — Ecliinoohloa 0. gaUi, et E. C. 

 Corvi, Roem. and Schdt. — Oplismenus C. galli, Beawv. 



Mtgrav. Beauv. Agr. t. xi. fig. 2. — ^Engl. Bot. t. 876. — Curt, 

 flor. Lond. t. 8. — Host. gram. II. t. 19 and t. 51. 



Spec. Chae. Culms filiform, creepiag at tiie base, above nearly- 

 erect : leaves soft, downy : spikes compound, alternate, secund : 

 flowers imbricated in two rows : glumes and outer paleae of tbe 

 neuter floret hispid, awned or mucronate. 



Surat. Bengal. 



(16) P. STAeNnnnn. (Ret%.) 



Ident. Betz. obs. v. 17. — ^Eoxb. 1. c. p. 295. 



Syn. Oplismenus stagninus, Kunth. — Echinochloa stagnina, 

 Roem. a/nd Sehult.. 



Spec. Chae. Culms 1 — 4-feet, ascending : leaves soft and 

 smootb : mouth of the sheaths cUiated : spike compound, erect : 

 partial ones alternate : spikelets ovate-oblong, tubercled, bristly and 

 ciliated : lower glume ovate-elliptic, acute, a half shorter than the 

 flower, upper one awned- 



In wet cultivated ground, flowering in the rainy season. 



(17) P. HisprDTOinir. f Rets. J 



Ident. Eetz. in Nees flor. Austr. Afr. 67. — Eoxb. 1. c. 303. 



8t/n. P. crus corvi, Th/wmh. flor. Jap. 



Spec. Chae. Culm ascending, branched: sheaths and linear- 

 acuminate leaves glabrous: ligula none : raceme compound, erect : 

 rays alternate, bearded at the base and insertion of the spikelets : 

 spikelets quadrifarious, packed together, ovate, hispidulous, sub- 

 sessile : lower glume three times shorter than the spikelet, broadly 

 cordate, acute, 3 -nerved, upper one short-mucronate or bristly 5- 

 nerved,. caudate-bristly : hermaphrodite, oval, very smooth, rostel- 

 late. 



Bengal, flowering in the rainy season. Eoxburgh suggests this 

 may be P. frumentaoeum in a wild state. 



(18) P. LiUCEOLATIJM. (Ret%.) 



Ident. Betz. obs. v. 17. — Eoxb. 1. c. p. 294. 



Syn. Oplismenus lanceolatus, Eimth. — Echinochloa lanceolata, 

 Roem. and Sehult. — P. aristatum, Ret%. 



