22 CLXXiii. GRAMiXE3^-. (J. D. Hooker.) [Isachne. 



hispid or bristly ; III and IV subpqual or III rather the largest, glabrous or 

 puberulous. — T. Neesiana, is rather inore glabrous, and has rather more unequal 

 gls. Ill and IV, but these characters are too variable to found a distinct variety 



upon. 



Var. latifoUa; stem 12-16 in. stouter, leaves 2-3 by ^-| in. and^ sheaths 



sparsely hairy, midrib and 2-3 pairs of priucipal nerves distiuct. — Nilghiri Hills* 

 alt. 6000 ft,, Law.wn; Anam allay Hills, Beddome, —Almost intermediate between 

 J, Kunthiana and elatior, 



2. X. elatior, HooTc.f.i nearly glabrous, stem 2-4 ft., Dodes tomen- 

 tose, leaves 3-4 in. ovate-lanceolate acuminate thin scabrid above, panicle 

 6-7 in., branchea many sleader, gl. I and II subcaspidate 6-9-nerved. 



Ceylon, Gardner; Newera Kllia, Thwaites (CP. 314). 



Inclufled by Thwaites under J. Kunthiana, possibly correctly, but; a very different 

 looking plant, from its great size, thin leaves and much larger many-fld. panicle, 

 •with longer branchea. 



3. Z* XiisboeBy Ilook.f. ; glabrous, stem creepinf^, branches ascending, 

 leaves thin oblong-lanceolate, panicle with few horizontal stout hispidly | 

 setnlose branches, gl. I and II 6-nerved hispid, III and IV equal. 



The CoNCATT ; Mahableshwar, Lishoa. 



Stem creeping for seveial inches with long wiry roots, then ascending, and 6 in, 

 high, rather stout. Leaves 1-2 iti. by § in., recurved, thin, acute or obtuse, finely 

 striate; hase rounded, margins eiliate ; slieaths loose; lignle 0. Panicle with the 

 rachis quite smooth. Spikeltts -^^ in. diam., secund on the lower surface of the 

 branclus, sessile or shortly pedicelled ; gl. I and II hemispheric, 5-ribhed, tip 

 obtusely cuspidate, a little larger than III which is glabrous. — I have seen but one 

 specimen of this species, which probably varies like its congeners in the Binoothness 

 or Lispidity of the spikelets. The 5-rihs of gl. I and II are good characters- 



tt Glumes I and II much shorter than IV. 



4. X. multiflora. Trim. Cat CeyL PL 104 I. anstralis, var. multi- 

 flora, Thw. Enum. PI, Zeyl. 361. 



CETtON ; Oova district, alt. 5000 ft., Thwaites, 



Stem 1-2 ft. or more, branched, and sheaths smooth. Leaves 4-6 by J-J in., 

 smooth, deeply striate, margins hardly thickened, nerves obscure. Panicle 4-7 in. 5 

 branches many, long, suberect, and very short pedicels subcapillary. Spikelets 

 -^\^ in., glabrous, glistening:, purplish; gl. I oblong-ovate, 7 -nerved ; II as longr* 

 glabrous; III oblong-lanceolate, empty ; I Y much shorter, broadly oblong, obtuse, 

 glabrous, 



ttt Glumes T and II about equalling IV. 



and 



coriaceous. 



5. Z- albens, Trin, Sp. Gram.Tc. t. 25 ; tall, erect, leaves and sheaths 

 smooth, panicle large pyramidal effuse, spikelets ^\-y\ in. rather shortly 

 pedicelled, globose. Kunth Enum, PL i. 137; Miq, FL Ind. Bat. iii. 459. 

 Duihie Grass. N. W. Tnd. 2 (excL Syn.), Fodd. Grass. N. Ind. 3. Panicnm 

 albens, saxatile & Zollingeri, Steud. Syn. Gram. 96, 97.— Isachne. WalL 

 Ca^D.8658. 



Tr. 



Temp£Katk and subtropical Himalaya and theKnAsiA Hills, alt, 2-6000 ft. 

 from Simla enstward; ascending to 9000 ft. in Sikkim. BuBKA, Griffith, PeeaK, 

 alt. 4600 ft. TlVay,— DiSTRiB. China, Malaya. 



Stem 1-if ft., branched. Leaves 2-S in., very variable (i-1 in.) in width, linear 



