574 



fascicled, ovate-lanceolate, glabrous : glumes almost equal, obtuse, 

 twice exceeding tbe florets, larger one 2-valved, lower valvelet 

 deeply plaited introrsely in ■ the middle, upper one broad with, 

 inflexed margins : hermaphrodite floret smaller, lanceolate acumi- 

 nate, transversely wrinkled, rough. 



Peninsula. (?) 



(25) P. Heloptts. (Trin.-) 

 Trin. lo. t. 183.— Steudel 1. c. p. 57. 



P. hirsutum, Roxb. — P. Koenigii, Spreng. — Urochloa 

 pubescens, Kunih En. I. 74. 



Spec. Ceae. Culm 1 — 2-feet, decumbent, rooting, ascending, 

 knots bearded : sheaths hairy : racemes alternate, much longer 

 than the interstices : spikelets somewhat solitary, loosely imbri- 

 cated, ovate, acute, densely pubescent hairy : lower glume 4-times 

 shorter than the florets, hermaphrodite one acuminate, wrinkled. 



Pastures and borders of cultivated ground. 



(26) P. GEOssAETiTM. (lAnu.) 



IdenL Linn. Sp. I. 349.— Eoxb. 1. c. p. 297.— Griff. Not. p. 36. 



Syn. P. Careyanum, Nees ah. Esenl. in Mart. Bras. II. 118. 

 adnot. Kunth. I. c. p. 89. 



Spec. Chab. Spike compound: common ones (6 — 12) secund- 

 flowered, alternate : spikelets solitary, ovate, glabrous, sub-sessile : 

 neuter floret 2-valved : caryopsis oblong, transversely wrinkled : 

 culm creeping : leaves ovate-lanceolate, softly pubescent. 



Bengal, ia rice fields and fresh pastures. 



(27) P. Canau^. (Steudel.J 



Ident. Steudel 1. c. p. 58. 



Spec. Chab. Culms rooting at the base, many or solitary, 

 ascending, erect, thin, glabrous : leaves ovate or oblong-lanceolate, 

 acute, nerved, ciUated, and with the sheaths hairy : raceme com- 

 pound, racemules solitary or twin, alternate, 1-sided, 1 — 2-serial : 

 spikelets ovate, hairy : glumes costately 3 — 5-nerved, almost equal, 

 tiie length of the hermaphrodite one, the latter orbiculate-conipresBed, 

 very thinly silver-dotted. 



Canara. 



