OpUsmenus.] clxxiii. gramine.e. (J. D. Hooker.) 67 



f'^- II "• 220. 0. pratensis, Schuli. Manf. ii. 597. 0. sylraticn^ 

 ^em. gf Sch. I.e. 481; Kunth Bevis. i. 44, Enum. i. 139, Suj)2)L 101. 

 Urthopogon compositus, Br. Prodr. 194; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. iii. 

 Wh. Junghuhnii, Nees ex Miq. I.e. 444. Orth. longeracemosus & sylvaticus, 

 t'^" ^^' V''*^^- pratensis, & loliaceus, Spreng. Syst. i. 306. Orth. remotus, 

 im. jiund. Agrost. 181. Panlcum aristatum, Betz. Ohs. v. 17. P. biden- 

 mnm & certificandum, Steud. I. c. 44, 45. P. compositum, Linn. Sp. PL 57 ; 



R !// n ^^^9^- 411 ; ^a/ter Fl. Maurit. 439. P. composito-proximuin, 

 % 7 ia; ^'^«^'*'/. i^r. lYewe Sclirift. iv. (1801) 224. P. elatius, Linn.f. 

 Sd 7 ■^* ^=^^<^^olatum, Retz. Ohs. v. 17 ; Boxb. FL Ind. I 294 ; 

 S/JV 7 \ ^^' ■^' ^ongeracemGsum, Steud. he. 45. P. peninsulanum, 

 t iQn A ''' o • !*• ^ylvaticum, Lamk. Fncyd. iv. 733 ; Trin. Sp. Gram. Ic. 

 nnm- ' ^^'"^- ^•''•4''*- -P- undatum. Steud. Nom. Ed. II. li. 264. P. 

 Jii» i*^ o*?' '^^'■^- -S«»^'* e.r i?oa;5. Fl Ind. i. 294. Bchinocliloa lanceolata, 

 Sw Dx /•'■• ^7^- PE. hirta, Schult. MauL ii. 270. Hekaterosachue 

 Anl ''^'^^'''^- ^- «• 118. Digitaria composita, Willd. Enum. Berol i. 91. 

 ^^^loropogon undatus, Jacq. CoU. iii. 237, t. 631.-Ortliopogon sp. Griff. 



'^P t» °Rjon p*^ India, from Kashmir to Upper Assam, Munnepore, and Burma 

 Kauffani p ^^ ^il^kim) and southward to the Andaman and Nicobar IskU., 



S«eml-^f!^^^^*~^^^^^'®- ™*^^^ *^^*^P- regions (except Australia). 

 leat€3 ver •' ^^^^ ^^ slender, hranched from the base and sometimes upward?, 

 in Y ^^ ' '^h-H in. broad ; sheaths ghibrous, pilose or hirsute. Sacemes 



.or«n;.^.°"^ slender; rachis glabrous, pilose or hispid; spikes i-3 in. 



2-^ 



«rect 



'"therdistMnf • ' ^^^^° ^^ purplish. Splkelets ^-J in. (excl. awns) solitary or in 

 *^th few or ^^^^1 ^^ fascicles, appressod to the rachis or spreading, glabrous or 

 S^«- pale Jp -^ bristles longer than the glumes at the base, rarely softly hniry ; 

 8Mer flev„ °^ reddish purple, I short, 3-Jierved, ciliate, awn \ in. to nearly f ui., 

 »Wl 5^7^ 'j*^^® yellowish or dark stouter and stiff; II longer or shorter 

 than IT . t"®**^^^* acute, awn much shorter than of I or ; III longer and broader 



narrow or 



I am 



"'^Psnicle aorp i ^''^ ^""^ ^"^ ^lieaths glabrous or hirsute, spikes uiul stout raclns 



"'^•f*"* 867R°'n o '*"*^'' '''t^ long cilia, stout dark purplisli awns often black. 



"'"«. -S'eM i„ r7 • I • ^- Wt-hand specimen). Pan. elatius, Sf^/zje cj* P. deconipo- 



Assam 0:1,' ".r"*'™- ^iffAi i. 5>90! ir-,i A„^,.«„no-nn iiiiil:it,iis. Jaca.— SikkiiD, 



V 2- Dwarf hf""}'^ ■''"'^ th*^ Deccan. 

 "Wtha h;l"'. "^""^'''es short stout deo, 



Andropogon undatus, Jacci. — Sikkiin, 



'^«atli8~h'irsn(.g^''"^'l'^^ short stout decumbent, leaves J-1 in. ovate green or purplish, 

 ^^^ or pnrnlp P'*"''^^*^ erect, spikes erect stout glabrous or pubescent, and si-ikelets 

 , 3- Slender 1'''''"' '*'°''*^ «-» '"• stout.-Oudh forests, Assam. Ciuttagong. 

 ?*J^rdrooni'„ „'■''?. 2-3 in., ovate-lanceolate, sheaths hirsute, panicle long very 

 "'''•"^y, awns V y'^ ""'^ ^^'•v slender spikes finely pubescent, spikelets distant 

 »i "^ Tall, stonf""^ sleuder.^Sikkim alt. 1-3000 ft. Munrepore 4750 ft. 

 ^*t«>n8, spikM l!" 'V"'''' branched, or slender, leaves 4-7 in. lanceolate, sheaths 

 «'^'''«'» rather^""/ "°^ ^^«^i<^ o"" slender erect or drooping, rarely da.k-colid., 

 w "^slender a I'*^ '"'''y nianv glabrous or sparingly setose at the base, awn 

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 fer, ' Same as'i 1 ~7 , comtuo.iest form. 

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