24 CLXXiii. graminkj:. (J. D. Hooker.) [Zsachne. 



9. Z. Javana, Nees ex Miq. FL JungJt.Zl% & FL Ind. Bat iii. 462; 

 stout, erect, leaves 2-3 in. acute or obtuse stiff glaucous beneath, margins 

 much thickened, panicle lax, branches and pedicels very long and slender 

 tips obconic, spikelets obovoid iV'xV i^* ^oxig. Panicnm batavicum, Steud. 

 Sj/n. Gram. 96. 



Uppbr Burma, Herh. Eort. Calcutt Malacca. Maingay ; Mt. Oph^r, T. 

 Lohhy Hullett, Perak ; on Gunong Bubu, alt. 5000 ft. Wrav.— Distrib. Java, 

 Borneo, 



Habit of I. himalaica* Stem 2-3 ft., quite smooth, stiff; nodes ciliolate. Leaves 

 erect or erecto-patent, etrict, nearly smooth on both surfaces, or sparsely hairy 

 beneath, with 9-11 pairs of often very obscure nerves, margin smooth or serrulate ; 

 sheaths quite smooth, margins glabrous or ciliate, mouth bearded. Panicle 

 2-4 in., glabrous, lower branches 2-3 in. ; pedicels more thickened at the tip than 

 lu most other species. Spikelets broad, smooth ; gl. I and II often polished ; nerves 

 many, obscure ; III and IV usually equal and both hemispheric; III rarely larger 

 and flattened, usually male; IV fem. or bisexual; sometimes both III. and IV. are 

 triandrous or hexandrous, in one spikelet III was triandrous and IV tetrandrous. 

 — A much larger plant than J, australis. 



10. 1. Clarkei^ Eook.f.; stem short very slender, leaves 1-2 in. 

 ovate-lanceolate acute very thin, margins thickened serrulate, panicle 

 2-3 in. pyramidal, branches horizontal and pedicels capillary tips slightly 

 thickened, spikelets ^^-^ in. 



SiKKiM Himalaya; meadows in the Lachoong valley, alt. 8-11,000 ft.— 



J. Z>. H. MUNNIPORE; on Kohima, alt. 5800 ft. Clarke, 



Stejyis 6-12 in., almost filiform, base prostrate. Leaves spreading, almost mem- 

 branous, nerves many faint, midrib obscure ; sheath and its mouth often strongly 

 ciliate. Panicle long-pednncled, branches 1 in. and less. Spikelets scattered, 

 hispid, green or purplish ; gl. IV. hispidly pubescent. — Apparently a distinct little 

 species with very small spikelets, but possibly a small state of I. albens* 



11. Z. rig'ida, Nees ex Steud, Syn, Gram, 95; stems rigid much 

 branched from the base, leaves ^-1 in, rigid spreading and recurved ovate 

 to ovate-lanceolate almost pungent scahrid base cordate margins thickened, 

 panicle small pyramidal glandular, spikelets few ^u in., pedicels long slender 

 tip subclavate. Miq. FL Ind. Bat, iii. 461. I. Myosotis, Benth. Ft. Hongk. 

 415 {not of Nees), Panicnm rhignon, Steud. Lc. P. piluliferam, Nees ex 

 Sleud. 1, c. 24 {fide Herb. Munro). 



Tknassekim, Eelfer. Nicobar Islds., Kurz. — Distrib. Java, Borneo, China, 

 Stems 6-16 in., generally very long decumbent and naked below, inteniodes 1-1^ 

 in., naked. Leaves deeply striate, with finely acuminate acicular tips, margins 

 fmooth ciliolate or serrulate ; shtaths \ in., smooth scabrid or bristly. Panicle 1 in., 

 peduncle stout ; branches horizontal. Spikelets few, hispid ; gl. I and II many- 

 Tifrvrd, III and IV glabro.is. — I take this to be the Javan I, rigida^ Nees, from 

 Steudel's description, It further agrees well enough with the descriptions of /• 

 jlrmnla and 7. monticolay Buese. 



§§ Gluvie III usually flatter and thinner, and often longer than IV. 



12. Z. australis, Br, Prodr, 196; stems tufted ascending, leavea 

 short lanceolate or linear-lanceolate acute margins not or very slightly 

 thickened, sheath smooth, panicle ovoid or pyramidal, spikelets globose 

 t\-i\ i°- glabrous or setose, tips of pedicels hardly thickened. Kunth 

 Enum, PL i. 136; Thw, Enum. PL Zeyl o61 (in part, excL Syn,) ; Tm/i. 

 Cat. Ceyl, PL 104; Mi/^uel FL Ind, Bat. iii. 461 ; BentJi. Fl. Honqk, 414, 

 FL Austral. y\\.^2b\ Hook.f Handl. N. Zeal, FL'i2A; Buchan.' Grasses 



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