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or linoar-lancpolate, glabrous or sparsely hairy beneath ; margins tliickened, 

 scHberulous; midrib and 3-5 pairs of principal nerves distinct, mouth of sheath 

 ciliate. Panicle 3-14 in. long, branches and pedicels capillary; gl. I and H obtn^e, 

 gabroasor sparsely setulose, usually pale green, faintly many-nerved; III and IV 

 glabrous or pubescent, both often bisexual. 



Var. hirsuta; leaves broad, sheaths hirsute.— Isacbne, JFalL Cat n. 8857, 

 c»uh^*t, de Silva. Cachar, Keenan. 



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-) Q . '■ scabrosa, Hook. /. ; leaves suberect, sheaths scabrid, panicle 



2-J m. pyramidal, spikelets -^—^q in. 



Khasia Hills, alt. 4500-5000 ft. Clarice. 

 ^_^^^^^ '^^^'^^^y\n^hi}\o\^^t\x^^ suberect, 1-3 ft., stiff, sparmgly branched. Leaves 



-" '^y i-5 in., linear-lanceolate, scabrid on bor-h surfaces, pale and stronglj'-nerved 

 ^eneath, margin thickened; mouth of sheath sparingly ciliate. Panicle very 

 sportly peduncled ; branches erecto-patent, 1-1^ in. long ; pedicels capillary, smooth, 

 t'ps not swollen. Spikelets sparsely setulose, tips rounded; gl. I and it glabrous 



r sparsely setose, many-nerved. — Easily distinguished from P. aliens and huna'aica 

 oy the scabrid leaf-sheaths : but most nearly allied to the latter. 



sf • f'^' ^^Imalalca* Hook./,; erect, leaves linear or linear-lanceolata 



strict scaberuloas above, margins slightly thickened, sheaths smooth, 

 panicle pyramidal, spikelets ^V-yV in. globose, pedicels loug capillary tips 

 ^araiy thickened, gl. I and iJ faintlv manv-ner^ed. I. aiistralis, Ailchis. 

 X^^P^mh. PI 761; Herh, Ind/Or. Hf, & T. (the Khasian plant) : 

 r''^^'^ Orass, N,W Ind. 2, Fodd, Grass N. Lid. 3. I. muvicata, Mitnro 

 It^^^' Slrach. & Winterb. No. 2. PPanicum montanum, DiUkie Grass, 

 ^'^y.lnd. 4.— Isachne, Wall. Gat. n. 8606, D E. 



tofionrfJ^^^ TEMPERATE and subteopical Himalaya ; in wet places, ascending 

 ^ouuutt; KuiiAON, StmcA. & Winterb, Nepal, WallicL Ph sn aw vk, Aitdu^ 



r\ro^^^^^^^^ d'acqiiemonL Khasia Hills, in marshes, alt. 4-5 00 fc. co:nuion. 

 ^ISTRIB. Aflghanistan. 



Leates nlwavs narrow 

 strong, marghis thickened ; 



(1 1 5^^ ^"2 ft., erect from the base, stout or slender, stiff. 



>nouth of ''^^\^^^]^^^^^ > nerves 9-11 pair, UbUally very str.^j^, ...«.fcw.o .^......... , 



^pikeltt stiffly ciliate. Panicle with erecto-patfut branches 1-1^ in. long. 



l">neer*^ *f^fl^" ^^ purplish ; gl. I and II glabrous scabrous or bristly, III sometimes 

 plant ^"f. ^f *^^ <Jhan IV.— Very like /. aiistralis, but a larger and more rigid 



In n ^ ^^ ^^^ ^^^ usually equal, and both hemispheric. 



In ri^?^^, ^^ Mvmro's herbarium this is referred to the J 



(Min pi T 1 ^^^^>^ro s herbarium this is referred to the Javan 7, vtrgata, ISees 

 aaeinef r .'^'*^' ^"' ^62^ Panicum rkabdinum, Steud.), but that is described 

 doselv r ^^^1*^^® spikelets, and glumes with narrowed obtuse mucronate points. It 

 :f resembles a Sumatran plant from Beccari (n. 198). 



le-vp ^n^ff^?^®' Dalzell mss.; erect, tufted, flaccid, glabrous or nearly 



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on both surfaces 

 sessile contracted, 



leaves O-fT- f ^^vt^c.c yf^^tf. ; ereci, Luitca, uiicciu, ^ 



scabenl ^^' ^^^^ ^^^rrowly linear acute soft smooth 

 ^rancheq ^ 1^ above, margins thickened, panicle subsessile contracted, 

 ^^^y^nlxllt ^^^^^^^^^ I'^-iV in. pedicels short, tips rounded, gl. I and il 



^(>nt(n i<iQ^^?ir'^^^^'^^^» SlocJcSy in wet places between Poonah and Carii, Jacque- 



^^^ on eacl ^^a' ^^^"sely tufted, soft. Leaves i-i in. broad, principal nerves or 

 ^tattered br' m I "margins thickened, smooth or serrulate, rarely with a few 

 S^ strong • bran >f ^f ^^*\*^* 5 sheath quite smooth, mouth ciliate. Panicle 3-5 in., 

 "^^ hiapi*(i trr ^~~^ ^°'' smooth ; pedicels rarely longer than the spikelets, which 



^^'migpheric bm^iT ^^^^'^^^^ RIs. Ill and IV pubescent, usually equal and both 

 *«>like I aJ./ 7- 1.^^™^^^°"^® longer and flatter.— The tufted flaccid habit is quite 

 ,^ ^ • ^fra/w, but may be due to local conditions. 



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