580 



(45) P. CoiffiiAiXENSE. (Nees.) 



Ident. ITees et "Wall, in Steud. 1. c. p. 83.— "Wigtt Herb. 

 1011-13. 



Spec. Chab. Culm creeping at tie base and witb" the knots 

 glabrous : sbeatlis ciliated at the margia and mouth : leaves cordate- 

 lanceolate, ciliated : panicle capillary, erect : rachis and rays slightly 

 scabrous, divided nearly from the middle, pedicels long : spikelets 

 oval almost obovate when in fruit, with few scattered small bristles : 

 glumes mucronate below the apex, and with the florets nearly 

 equal, lower one somewhat 5-nerved, upper and the valvelet of the 

 neutral 1-valved floret 5-nerved. 



CourtaUum. 



(46) P. Iniicitm. (Linn.) 



Linn. Ma^t. 184.— Koxb. 1. c. 285. 



Engrav. Trin. Ic. 17, t. 197. 



Spec. Chae. Culm prostrate, thin, branched : sheaths glabrous : 

 leaves linear, glabrous or scattered above with a few hairs : thyrses 

 very narrow, rays simple, very short, shorter than the spikelet: 

 spikelets ovate, acute, glabrous : lower glume a half shorter than 

 the florets, 3-upper ones 7 — ll-nerved. 



Coromandel. 



(47) P. TEieoNTJir. (Ret%.) 



Ident. Eetz. obs. III. 9.— Eoxb. 1. o. p. 308. 



Syn. P. patens, Bwrm. Ind. t. \Q,fig. 2. 



Spec. Chae. Culm prostrate, rooting, leafy : leaves narrow, 

 glabrous : panicle small, erect, peduncles few, slightly flexuose, 

 2-flowered: glumes unequal, obtuse, hispid, 1 -flowered: seed 

 3-cornered. 



Pasture ground under the shade of trees. 



(48) P. MEGAIANTTTUM. (StevA.) 



t. Steudel 1. c. p. 93. 



Syn. Trioholoena Wightii, Nees MS. Herh. Wight JSfo. 1097. 



Spec. Chae. Culm erect from a base curved inwards : leaves 

 linear, sheaths and knots pubescent : panicle a little dense : spike- 

 lets large : upper glume and valvelet of the male flower bristly 

 below the 2-lobed apex, wooUy, middle wool longer, exceeding the 



