Ckamae^'aphis.] Chxxiiu gbaminej;. (J. D. Hooker.) 63 



branches slenaer; internodes 1-2 in. Leaves 1-1^ by ^i in., spreading, strict, 

 linear, acute, striate, base rounded, glabrous or sparsely hairy ; sheaths broad, loose, 

 Membranous, compressed, 2-auricle(i, glabrous; ligule sliort, hyaline, toothed. 

 ranicle shortly erserted beyond the upper sheath, 1-2 in. long, raohis and erecto- 

 putent subsimple branches capillary, smooth. SpikeUts very shortly pedicelled, 

 g^jii or brownish; gl, I truncute ; II straight, sometimes long-acuminate or almost 

 ■Wked, glabrous or obscurely sparsely huiry, nerves close, strong; III i-J shorter 

 Jiiau II, subacute; IV about ^ III.— Very near the Australian C. a6or^ira, Poir. 



It. 5/>taeAce/i5 Tar, parvispicula, Beuth.) which has a lax panicle with few branches 

 aad spikelets, ^ ^ > j t 



8. 



Linn. 



inv 1 "t^*^' M^^*^' ^"^^7' polygamo-dioecious grasses. Leaves long, rigid, 

 SDik V,- u^^ spiKBLETS 2 -tld., siibsessile, articulate on rigid peduncled 

 pues, which are collected ia umbels surrounded by spathaceous leafy 

 ZV ? • "^^ *• "membranous, not awned ; I and II empty; lit and IV 

 Lll ri "^° ^^'^^- ^^^- SPIKELETS collected in large globose heads of 

 sC f Pf^^'ii^g very long rigid rod-like rachides, surrounded by 

 ksA P^" *^ bracts; each spikelet solitary, and articulate at the very 

 larL frr^^^^^' lanceolate, 2-fld. Glumes I, II. HI, as in the male, but 

 neS' ct P^^eate, empty or triandrou^ ; IV fern. Lodicules 2, large, 

 i)i6 UrA -^ ^^ ^^^S, iree ; stigmas shortly feathery. Grain free within 

 laraeaed glumes.— Species 4 ; au Indian and 3 Australasian. 



nn^lr,^**^*,"**®"*' ^^'^'^- ^^'^>^*- "• 300; glabrous, glaucous, leaves 

 r tu?u-°^. ^P^'^es 2-3 in., spikeleis distant, fem, spikelets concealed 



Cat] Ce!P\;\ ^;?/- i^'^: Gram. 113 ; T 



Kimth Enum. PL i. 17r.; Wall. 



Pp„/'" d; "r""" '^^'^- ^ram. iV6; T/iiv. Enum. PL Zeyl. 3G2; Trim 

 Siil ¥ ,\ ^^^'' -Elliott Fl. Adrh. 163; Lishoa '« -T^urn Tiomb. Nat 



fi. i % ^^- I^d. Bat. 



N. W. Ind. 1 1 ; Benth. Fl. Ei 



1058. 



m 



Sand 



Mai 



1-74. 8. dioicus. Ham. ex Pntz. Icon, j 

 f. Fl. Ind. 29. S. spinifex, Linn. Mant. 



A 8q"^nfrT**°^''°*^^^^^^^^^^s, Burma, and Cbilon. 



•*• SQaarp " * ^iiii'ouiiAa, ourua, ana yjuxuun. — DiSTBiB. Java,L'nina. 



•Wths of tPn • u^ •^^'''''°"* ''"^^» several feet high and broad. Leaves 4-6 in.; 

 •caWruloiw \""°"?'^"? J l'g"'e very short, hirsute. Peduncles of male 2-3 in. ; 



Male spikelets i-^in.; gls. tliiu, all glabrous. 



1 and il ' K P' T^*^^. Pungent 



^H rather \l^^^^^^ oblong. lanceolate, acuminate, 7-9-nerved, nerves scaberuloiis ; 

 •*rved. nftl?^*'; .^;«erved, paleate ; IV shorter, ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, 5- 

 *="•, tiarroiv'l l' ^""^ ^^- "^rrowly lauceolatc, keels ciliate. J^"- ^mkelets 



'«^', nerves« k ,*®' gls. all glabrous, I obloug-lanceolate, a( 



herv 

 IV 



Fmn. spikelets 

 acuminate, man^- 



"*^rvej ..p-y^; ^ ^-r — \'^^i gis. au guorous, 1 obloug-ianceoiate, ucuiii.n^t/v, j 



^^<>vateIS.w ^'^^^^ • ^^ ^*^ther shorter, acute, T-nerved; III like 11,5-nervcd; 

 P*^^ shorter W^*^^^!*^^)' narrowed above the middle and acuminate, 5-uerved ; 

 '"'^g) brauchea slead''''''''''' ^^'*''' ^^^ gl., acute, 2.nerved, keels smooth, style rery 



AXONOPUS, Beam. 



'' 'ttbS^^f^T'-, -S-Me/e^s 2.fld., articulate with the pedicel, sessile 

 ''^'^te. aoumii^**^*^"^^^*^ '^'^ digitate spikes, awned. Glumea 4, 1 shortest, 

 •^^lainate or .t:® ^"^ cuspidate, glabrous, 3-nerved ; II ovate-lanceolate, 

 *<^^^. 5-uerv«S ^^?' 5-nerved, lateral nerves marginal villous ; HJ oblong. 

 ., ,.. ''<^' paleate, male, paleu very short 2-fid or 2-partite; IV = 11, 



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