^antcum,'] 



CLxxiii. GRAMiNE-s:. (J. D, Hooker.) 53 



^ranches subsolitary naked below, and long spreading few-fld. naked 

 branchlet3 capillary, spikelets -^-^ in. long-pedicelled ovate-oblong acute 

 glabrous or sparsely puberulous, gl. I = ^ III ovate obtuse l-nerved, II 

 andlllsubequal subacute 6-nerv^^d, III epaleate, IV elliptic-oblong sub- 

 acute palea quite smooth. Miq. Prolus. Fl Jap, 16a : Franch. Sf Sav. En. 



Upper Assam; Mishmi Hills, ffri^a.— Distrtb. China, Japan. 

 3-5 h^^^^i i*. S^^'^2-3 ft,, erect, not or rarely branched; nodes plabrous. Leaves 

 p . J v^ in., thin, flat, glabrous, as are the sheaths; ligule a few hairs, 

 CTfenl •/"' ^*^°^ ^"^ broad, very lax, open, with few scattered brownish or 

 IIU k^ ^'^^ branches branchlets and pedicels perfectly smooth, gl. I II A 

 ofJ^^*^'?"^^8;IVthlnlyconaceous. sessile.— I find no trace of a palea in ffl. Ill 



eicent ^^'^*^^^' No other species of this group has sparsely pubescent spikelets, 

 ^ Tar, (i of P. maximum. 



L I 



e J: Spikelet3 obtuse or subacute. 



U*3 UI. epaleate. 



f 



44. P. 



montanum 



^fl firm 1 "*""p^^™J -^oxb. Fl, Ind. i. 313 [exci. descr. gl. I F.) ; stem 



We raeli^^^i!^ ^^^ lanceolate base broad deeply cordate, panicle large 



' X.' ^s branches and pedicels very long capillary smooth, spikelets 



I and TTT i^ oblong obtuse or subacute, gl. I = ^ III ovate 5-nerved, 



mooth i^^^^^q^al obtuse 5-nerved, III epaleate. IV ovate subacute 



Hongk. 412 ; 

 'hatulum. Wi 



saiooth. 



W^^^^^^^^ "~ ^ 



(iym 83 S i!^* ^^ Wight Cat n. 2342, Herb. 1362, 3049 ; Steud. Syn. 

 ^kU Cnf lo^o *^^^' 'S'^moJ. /. c. 98. ? P. notatum (montanum, Roxh,), 

 ^miA T> . ^"^'^ ^^^-)' P- trinapalium, Hb. Ham. ex Wall Cat. 

 V jj ^-^-^^^icum. Wall. Cat n. 8719, 8722, 8739. 



?^i Bulm.^ ^^^^TT^^ ?^^'*' ^''^°* *^^ ^^^^'®^ Himalaya in Garwbal, JDutUe.io 

 ^^h\ China***t3UM. *^®'^ H^l^s» and southward to Penangand CfirLON.— Distbib. 

 . - Perenni 1 ^"^PP*"^^' 



r~^l»yJ^uL .VP' ^"^ ^^- or more, smooth, hard, sparingly branched. Leaves 

 ^^ filiate mid "w^' glabrous or pilose, smooth or scaberulous beneath, striate, 

 ^'® obscure P ^^l^'^^^^'^es exceutric ; sheath glabrous or pubescent, inouch hairy ; 

 *?"^etiine9 eia^H 1 . ^"^^ ^^ 8-10 in.; brunches whorled or alternate, axils 

 ^'^'^rotisorfoinH !!'• ^^®'' ®^^^^^ ^"*J unbranched from 1-3 in. Spikelets terete, 

 !J ^^^cribed and fi ^^^^ ' ^^' ^^ fugacious.— I do not find gl. IV to have 3 stripes 

 fr® plant I havp l*^*"^^ ^^ Roxburgh, nor is it as broad as in his figure; but that 

 P *'*^- P mLf^^^^"^ ^^ Roxburgh's is confirmed by a specimen so named hy 

 ^^? (Obs. iv, 18?7^ ^^^^ ^^^" referred by Wight to the Sumatran P. notatum, 

 J!^'^K parple J'\ » ^ ^^^^^ plant is described as having scabrid branches of the 

 ^^^^^^ Sfceu in T. 7^^^' a^^d acute glumes. The black spots at the axils of the 

 ^^tiou. WallicV' specimens of both species, are probably due to a glandular 

 (fy ^^'"oaderel Tv^ ?' ^^^' from Ava, has very long pedicels and broad glumes, 

 ^^8s. N.W. Ind =^ .^^*® ^"^*^^^ '^^ narrower than in Roxburgh's figure. Duthie 

 ; ^"^ near PegK ' ^ f?*^'^8 Stewart as authority for this grass being found in 



^^^^> ^ut I suspect that hachne'himalaica was taken for it. 



^P linea^fa**^******^"^' ^'^'^' ^"^ ^^'^- ^^^- ^' ^'^^^ ' *^^^' slender, 

 *l^(^^ther svf*^ ^<^»rowly cordate, panicle large Joose, rachis branches 

 ftc^^ gUbronl / Pe-^icels capillary smooth, spikelets ^ in. ellipsoid 

 ''Mll& I = f III obtuse\3-ne>'ved, II and lU obscurely 6- 

 : ^ ^^^^«» IV ovate or oblong smooth. 





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