StenotapTirum.'] clxxiii. GEAMiNEiB. (J. D. Hooker.) 91 



B. dimidiata, Thunh. Prodr. Fl. Gap. 23. R. paleacea, Steud. ex Boell in 

 Mart. Fl. Bras. ii. II. 301 . R. tripsacoides, Lamk. Illustr. i. 205, t. 48, f. 1. 

 Pamcnm dimidiatum, Linn. Si/st. Hd. xiii. 90; Willd. 8p. PI. i. 339; 

 ifefe. Ohs. vi. ; Roxb. Fl. Ind. i. 287. P. pofeforme, Bojer Hort. Maurit. 

 ^0. Diastemanthe platystachys, Steud. I. c. 360. Ischsemum secundatum, 

 Walt. Fl. Carol. 249.— Stenotaphrum, Wall. Cat. 8673. 



Plains throughout Inbia.^Disteib. Tropics generally. 



Stem Stont nfaa^i.^^ U^t . 1 1 o:_ i._ O Ct. Ui^U T.annoa S-ft in. hv 4- 



BpxkeleU 1 in. long ; gl. I about i II, orbicular ; II thin, ovate, acuminate, 7-nerved ; 

 iii lanceolate, acuminate, margins thickened obscurely incurved.— Very variable 

 '"e number and arrangement of the spikelets. 



Munro in Cat. PI. Griff. Falc, 8f 



flU ?^^ ^^ ^^^ ovate-oblong strongly 

 tlutuai, Eeyne in Rerb. Rottl. 



Tbnassebim, S^eZ/er. Malay Pbninsfla ; Plus river, Wray ; Quedah, Z^'s 

 Tonkin Hengeiturei, Feb. 12th, 1796," Reyne-i in Herb. Bottler.— J) isims. 



lJlT(^^^ ,^' "^ ^-^'^^ as a crow-quill or thicker, base decumbent geniculate, 

 •heath K? I ^~^ '°-> strap-shaped, upper acuminate, lower obtuse apiculate; 

 «tSd,t 0°"^' ^'"^ ' ^'^°'^ * ""g «f short hairs. Rachis of spikes 3-6 by i-| in., 



"PecimpnjT ' ;^ * cnartaceous, dorsally flattened ovate, beakea, emooiu.— x^s?"- ° 

 «accom J P!;°^*% from the Malay Peninsula, from whence he received plants j it 

 iiccompamed by one of 8. glabrum. 



17. TKVAaxSA, Pers. 



flat S' 5»^cb-branched prostrate leafy littoral grass. Leaves stort, 

 ^ase at t ,r ^^^al, included in a leaf-sheath ; rachis flat, herbaceous, 

 lA.Vi. , ^^g^Q accrescent atkI f,r,Tra\r.T.;-ncr ♦!,« ar^i'lrp .<?m/te^e^.y nnisenate, 



3 face of the rachis, 4-6 



i«me* 3-4.! T orr,ol1 v.„„i 



3-4; I small, hyaline, or in males 0; II empty ; III and 



drous in the males ; IV of the lower spikelets ngid, thm, 



Anthers linear. Stvles distinct. Grain free within the 



with 



P^e int -It- Anthers line&r. Styles diBtinct. 



5*fdened hJ t *i® ^^^^ °^ ^^^ spikelets closely 



^ee deflprA^ °\'''^e rachis, which forms an obconi 



«aexed and incurved beak. 



^A^' S^v^^""^^' ^'''- ^y^' i- 110; Kunth Bevis. Gram i. 247, 

 i^^-GraTuk '' 1?4' ^"PPl- 128 ; Beauv; Agrost. 127. t. 22 f. 9 ; Steud. 

 Smh. m'n^'', ^^''"- ^««'«- I'l- Zeyl. 3631 Trim. Cat. PL Ceyl. 106; 

 ^roir. Tq7 .-n^^S'*: 415. Fl. Austral, vii. 502. T. latifolia and media, Br. 



H iii 47'/''"^^ ^'^^^^^ I- c. 173, 174. T. involuta, Br. L c. ; Mtq. 1 1. Ind 

 "• (1875) 332 "?^;thocephalochloa arenicola, Kurz in Trim Journ. Bot. 



CjYLoN Ischasmum involutum, Forst. Prodr. 73. 



^ar, Austral!! ^*,ccadive and Nicobar Isids.— Distbib. Malay Islds., Mada- 

 P ^avsi 19.' Polynesia. , .„ 



5f' «of hairT '°-'. linear-oblong, acute, glabrous or silky; sheaths broad, silky; 

 ^ °^ate.obW l^'^"' *-^ •°- SpiheleU | in. (?/ume* obtuse, ciliate. I mmute ; 



^' ^-nerved j HI much broader, 5-nerved; IV oblong-lanceolate, Up 



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