650 



(6) A. POLTSTACHTA. (Roxh.) 



Ident. Eoxb. 1. e. p. 248. 



Spec. Chae. Culms erect or ascending, 1 — 2-feet : leaves sub- 

 ciliated from an attenuated base : panicles slender, erect, branches 

 few, alternate, axillary : spathes exceeding the flowers, sub-aristate, 

 accessory florets 6, three valved males, outer glumes of the four 

 sessUe ones papillose, ciliated at the. apex : hermaphrodite flowers 

 bearded at the base : glumes hard, short-awned : awn of the 1- 

 valved coroUa long, thick, hairy. 



Bengal. 



(7) A. scANDBirs. fBoxh.J 



Ident. Eoxb. 1. c. p. 248. 



Spec. Char. Culms branched, scandent, geniculate, rooting 

 from the joints : leaves ensiform, floral ones ciliated at the base : 

 panicles copious, rays with many raylets : peduncle within a spathe : 

 spikelets incomplete, four lower ones sessile, bearing glandular 

 hairs at the margin, two pediceUed : hermaphrodite one slightly 

 hairy : awn long, straight, rusty. 



Bengal. ^ ■ 



(8) A. AEUITDINACEA. (Roxh.) 



Ident. Eoxb. 1. c. p. 251. 



Syn. Cymbopogon arundinaceus, Sohult. 



Spec. Chae. Cuhns erect, geniculate, glaucous, 6 — 12-feet : 

 leaves slender, channelled at the base, hispid at the margin : panicle 

 very long, branches numerous with many raylets : peduncle within 

 a spathe, pubescent : spikelets incomplete, four lower ones sessile 

 with 2 pedicelled, tawny villous : hermaphrodite one somewhat 

 silky-pubescent. 



Bengal. Peninsula. 



GENUS LII. APLTIDA. 



Trlandria Digrynla. Sex: Sy»t: 



Berw. A term signifying Chaff, in allusion to the appearance of 

 the involucres. 



GrEN. Char. Panicle compound, joint involucrated by a spathe 

 at the apex of the raylets, 3-flowered : lower spikelet sessile, 

 2-flowered, two lateral ones pedicelled, one or both withering or 



