26 CLxxii. GRAMiNEiE. (J. D. Hooker.) llsachne. 



Zeyl. 110, t. 47, f. 3, is not an Isachne, but resembles an Eragrostis ; and that 

 Plukenet's Pliyt t. 300, f, 2. (in Herb, Sloane) is E. ciliaris from the Malabar 

 Coast. Trimen has pointed out {Journ. B d. xxxiii. (1885) 271) that the ** Mene- 

 ritana of the Cingalese is not an Isachne, but is applied to Panicum miliare and 



psllofodiam, 



14. Z. dispary Trin. Sp. Gram, Ic. t. 6 ; stem short ascending from a 

 branched creeping base, leaves ^-1 in. ovate-cordate to lanceolate acumi- 

 nate scaberulons margins thickened, panicle obloner at length pyramidal, 

 8pikelet« -yV~T2 ^^-j pedicels short tips thickened. Kiinth Enum. PL i. 136 ; 

 But/lie Grass, N.W. IncL 2 ; Miq, FL Ind. Sat. iii. 460. I. muricata, ^ees 

 in Wight. Gat, {ex Miq, I.e.). Panicum dispar, Steud. Syn. Gram. 96. 

 PP. muricatum, Retz. Obs. v. 18. 



Nepal, Wallich. Sikkim Tkrai, Clarke. Rajpootana, on Mt. Aboo, King, 

 Duthie. NiLGHiRi Hills, alt. 5000 ft. Clarice. 



Stems 2-6 in. Leaves spreading, rather rigid, striated ; midrib slender, SpifcS" 

 lets as in I. australu; pedicels smooth or rough ; gl. I and II scabrid or setulose, 

 nerves many, faint; 111 glabrous ; IV pubescent. — This again is perhaps a var. of 

 I. audralis, of lower stature with more rigid scaberulons strongly margined leaves, 

 sometimes ciliate at the base, and smaller panicles with shorter pedicels. 



** Spikelets ^-J in. long. 



15. Z. Walkerl, Wight & Am. ex Thiv. Enum. PI. Zeyl. 361 ; tall, 

 slender, leaves linear-lanceolate acuminate margins thickened, panicle 

 very lax branches and pedicels very long capillary, gls. I and II subeqnal 

 7-9-nerved. I. nila^rica, Horhst. Fl. Hohenack.u. 1280; Trim. Cat, CeyL 

 PL 104. Panicum Walkeri, Steud, Syn. Gram. 97. 



NiLGRXRt Hills ; Khoondah Ghat, Wight-, Conoor, alt, 6000 ft., Clarke, &c. 

 Ceylon ; forests of the Central Province, Walker^ Thwaites (C.P. 282). 



Stem 2-3 ft., as thick as a crow-quill, decumbent below. Leaves 4-6 by \-\ in., 

 rigid, smooth aboye, hairy beneath with a distinct midrib and 3-5 pairs of primary 

 nerves, base narrow rounded ; sheath smooth, margins above and mouth bearde**. 

 Panicle 8-12 in.; branches lJ-3 in., sparingly divided- Spikelets i-^ in., few, 

 very distant; gl, I and II persistent, oblong, obtuse; III and IV oblong, obtuse, 

 glabrous. 



16. Z. Gardnerl, Benth. in Gen. PL iii. 1100 ; tail, slender, leaves 

 lanceolate acuminate margins hardly thickened, panicle very lax, 

 branches and pedicels very long filiform, gl. I much shorter than 11 

 3-nerved, II 5-uerved. I, nilagirica, Trim. Gat. PI. GeyL 104. {non 

 llochsf.). Panicum Gardneri, Thiv. Enum. PL Zeyl. 359. 



NiLGHiKi IIiLLS; Madawnttan, alt. 6O0O ft., Laxvfion. Anamallay Hills, 

 Beddome. Cetlox ; Central Provinces, alt. 4-6000 ft., Gardner, Tkicaitesy &c. 



Stem 2-3 ft., sleniler, quite smooth, decumbent below. Leaves 2-3 by \~\ in., 

 thin, glabrous or sparsely hairy beneath, base broad cordate, principal nerves 3-4 

 piiirs, very slender ; mouth of sheath ciliate. Panicle with widely spreading 

 ppMringly divided branches; tip of pedicel thickened. Spikelets ^-^ in., few, distant, 

 oblong ; gl. I and II obtuse glabrous or sparsely setose, I ovate ; II ovate-oblong ; 111 

 and IV elliptic-oblong, acute, quite smooth. 



4. PAKZCUim, Linn. 



Annual or perennial grasses. Leaves various, Spikelets small, 1-2-fld,, 

 terete or doraally or laterally compressed, articulate on their pedicels, very 

 ratv^dy awned, never ailkily villous ; glumes 4, I and II empty, epaleate; 



