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acutely hispid at the margins : panicle ovate or oblong, erect, large : 

 branches compressed, verticeUed, compound : inner glume ciliated: 

 coroUa 1-valved. 



Bengal, in damp places. 



(5) S. PEOCERUM. fRoxh.J 



Ident. Eoxb. 1. c. p. 243. 



Spec. Chae. Culm erect, 10— 20-feet, thick : leaves sword- 

 shaped, flat at the base, elongated into a thin point, ■vrhite-ribbed, 

 hispid at the margin : branches of the erect ovate panicle verti- 

 ceUed, compound and decompound : calyx purple : corolla of the 

 pediceUed flower 3-valved. 



Bengal. 



(6) S. EXLAXTATUM. fRoxh.J 



Idmt. Eoxb. 1. c. p. 245. 



Spec. Chae. Culm woody at the base, 10 — 16-feet: leaves flat, 

 firm, attenuated from the middle to the apex, aculeolate at the mar- 

 gin : sheaths villous at the mouth : panicle linear, packed together: 

 rays sub-verticeUed, short, branched : rhachis tapering, striated : 

 glumes acuminate, and with the pedicels covered with long yellowish- 

 white hairs : corolla of the sessUe floret 3-valved. 



Circar valleys. 



(7) S. Mtjnja. (Eoxb. J 



Ident. Eoxb. 1. c. p. 246. 



Spec. Chae. _ Culm straight, 8 — 10-feet, glabrous : leaves hispid, 

 marginate, long, linear, white-nerved, channelled at the inner base : 

 panicles large, oblong, spreading : branches verticeUed and supra- 

 decompound : all flowers hermaphrodite : corollas 2-valved. 



Near Benares. 



(8) S. CANALICTJIATUM. fRoxh.j 



Ident. Eoxb. 1. c. p. 246. 



Spec. Chae. Cuhn erect, 8 — 10-feet: leaves half-cylindric- 

 subulate, deeply channelled, very long : panicle Unear-oblong, 

 nearly 2-feet, hairs long silvery, numerous : ramifications simple 

 and verticeUed : glumes thick at the base, caUous, fimbriated at 

 the margin : corolla l-valved. 



Bengal. 



