94 OLxxiii. GRAMiNE^ (J. D. Hooker.) [Oryza. 



nerve faint, two intermediate very stout, lateral more slender. Lodkules large, 

 membranoas, subquadrate or trapeziform. Anthers very long and slender. Ovary 

 narrow, elongate. Grain not seen. — A very remarkable species. In Geu. Plant (iii. 

 1117) this is by oversight stated to be Himalayan. 



19. ZiSEHSZA, Sw. 



Characters of Orzya, but empty gls. ; fl. gls. thinner not awned, 

 keel and margin ciliate; stamens 6, 3 or fewer. — Species 7, chiefly 

 American. 



1. Im. hexandra, Sw. Prodr. Veg, Ind. Occ. 21, Fl. Ind. Occ, i. 131 



panicle contracted, stamens 6. Fl. Dan, t. 1744; Kunth Enum. PL i. 6 

 Host Gram, Austr. t. 35 ; Engl. Bot, t. 2908 ; ReicJib,Ic.FL Germ, i. t. 52 

 T. Nees Gen. PlGemi. Monocot. i. n. 1 ; Wall, Cat, n. 8637 ; Thw, Emm 

 356 ; Trim. Gat. Ceyh PL 106 ; Duthie Grass. N.W. Lid. 12 ; Miq. Fl. Ind 

 5a«. iii. 367; Benth. Fl. Austral, vii. 549. L. australis, 5r. Prorfr. 210 

 Kunth I. c. 6. L. ciliata, Boxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 207 ; Aitchis. Cat. Panjab. PI 

 157 ; Diithie l. c, Fodd. Grass. N, Ind. 21. L. ciliaris, Griff. Notid. iii. 2 

 L. glaberrima, Trin. Oryz. 7 ; Miqucl I. c. 368. L. mexicana, H. B. & K 

 Nov. Gen. & Sp. i. 195 ; Kunth L c. 6, & ii. 2, SuppL 2; Bevis. Gram. 178 

 t. 1. Zizania ciliata, Sprcng, Syst. ii. 136; Kunth Bevis. Gram. i. 8 

 Griff. Notul. iii, 1. Oryza ciliata, Kerb, Ham. ex Wall. Gat. n. 8637 B 



0. hexandra, Doell in Mart. FL Bras, ii. II, 10. Pharus ciliatas, Betz 

 Ohs. V. 23. Pseudoryza ciliata, Griff, Ic. PI. Asiat. t. 144, f. 1. Turraya 

 napalensis, Wall. Cat. 8637 D. Blepharochloa ciliata, Endl. Gen. 1352 

 Steud. I. c. 4. 



Low£B Himalaya ; in marshes, from Nepal eastward to Assam and Burma, and 

 southward to the Malay Peninsula and Cbylon. — Distbib. Trop. Afric, Amer., and 

 Austral. 



Stem 2-4 ft., weak, base rooting; nodes villous. Leaves erect, 8-12 in. by J'i 1°'' 

 flat ; ligule truncate. Panicle 2-4 in., oblong, branches suberect or spreading 

 flexuous, few-fld. Spikelets ^ in., dimidiate- oblong, smooth or scaberulous, p^** 

 green ; keel of gl. and palea rigidly ciliate. 



2. Xi. oryzoides, Sw. Prodr. Veg. Ind. Occ. 21, FL Ind. Occ, i. 132; 

 panicle effuse, stamens 3. Host Gram. Austr. i. t. 35 ; Kunth Enum- -P** 



1. 5, Suppl. 1 ; Beichb. Ic. Fl. Germ. i. t. 52. Oryza clandestina, A. Br. ^ 

 Aschers. FL Brandenb. 799. Asprella oryzoides, Lamk. Ill i. 167 ; Soem. 

 & Sck. Syst. ii. 266. Homalocenchrns oryzoides, Mieg, ex Poll. Hist. -Pi. 

 Palat. i. 52. Phalaris oryzoides, Linn. Sp. PL 55 {excl cit.) ; Schreb. 

 Beschr. Greese^ vi. t. 22. 



Kashmir, Falconer^ Thomson, — Disteib. Trop. and temp, regions. 



Stem 2-3 ft., nodes villous. Leaves glaucous, scaberulous ; sheath compressea; 



ligule lacerate. Panicle 3-7 in., base embraced by the upper leaf -sheath. jSpi^^^^" 



few, remote, ^ in. loug. 



20. BTO&O&HZZA, Nees. 



grass. Leaves short, broad, flat. SpiJcelets if^f 



articnlate 



gls. 0), flg. membranous, lanceolate, narrowed into a long awn, 5 nerveflt 

 keel and nerves ciliate ; palea acuminate, 3-nerved, keel scabrid. Lodi^ul^ 

 2, gibbous. Stamens 6, anthers very long. Styles short, free, stigii^^^ 



