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ojt>. Ini^rocZ. Hist. Nat. 73 ; De*/. 



Monoc. {. n. 25 : Trimen Clnt. (If 



;^a«. jv fr. ind. 13, Indiff. Fodd. Qh-ass. t. 14, Fodd. Grass. N. Ind. 22. 

 i. mnncatus, Moench Meth. 53. T. aliemis. biflonis, & Berteronianos, 

 OMUK. Mant. 1]. 205. T. brfiviVanlis 7?n;A-.o n;«Y7« .c^^r T Yn'i- 44.. T. 



44. T. 



wxiaentalis & onentalis, A^ee* Agrost. Bras. 286 ; Zioe^Z in Mart. Fl. Bras. 



CaMftfii ' r ^^- ^- Halleri, X>oe/; I. c. 122. T. b-florus, Nee^ ex Wight 

 ,..:.. '■■^^PP^^o racemosa. HoncJc. S!>jn. PL Germ. i. 440: Host Gram. 



Av^rnl " tn. ^^y- -^^^5 Aitchis. Cat. Panjab. PI. 163; Benth. Ft. 

 m (LT^T' ^^'i- ^^- ^«'^- ^«^- iii- 473. L. biflora, Eoa;i. i?-;. 7«i. i. 

 ftj ^ • -.V?^- ^^'w*- -P^. 234. L. alieua. Svrena. Neue Fntdeck. iii. 15. 



iii 631 P ' ^'^'''^- ^'''^''- G^'oe^- 45, t. 4. 



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Cenclirus racemosus, LiTin, 

 J. linearis, Lam. Fl. Franc. 

 I. c. A. Phalaris rauricata, 



Herb. Ham, ex Wall 



^^TiHA yi^f;1^ ^^^^'^^ ' ^*'^"^ Kashmir to Upper Bengal, and southward toCEYiON. 



^'^««s7r ct t^^^ ^^^^^ ^^g5^"« generally,^ 



^m the base rr^f ^^"^^^ ^^ ^"' ^'^S^^' '^^^^ "^«^^^^ *^ *^® ^P"^^®' *^^" sending 



•^^ ■«it>eruloas ? f ^ a ^®*^^"& A^- stolons all round. Leaves very variable, smooth 

 °^^Qsaudmnnfv; /u ^ ^°- ^^"&' ^^ narrower and 1-1^ in, long, acuminate, 



P^^cent SdT; / 1 **^^ ^^*^^^®- '^^^^^^ 1-* ^"-^ ''^^^^^s ""** ^®^^ ^*^°^'^ pedicels 

 r''*2eqnal sninA , ^ ^°'' ^''^wded, in pairs face to face, simulating one spikelet 

 l^^Il Indian sw S^^^es. Gl. II with broad hyaline margins towards the tip.— 

 ^** fascicled SDlW f"^^ ^^^ ^^^ spikeletg in pairs, each with 2gL I have not seen 

 ^^^^^ present ^ ^^scnbed in Gen. Plant. A small lower gl, is described as 



^h and 5 spikelets as occurring on a single pedicel. 



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^ 24. Z.ATXPBS, Kunth. 



'■^^■> in?mnir*^f'^ '"'S^*^ 8^a8S. Leaves subulate, convolute. SpiheUts 

 f ^tent on it, ^i^'^^Piciform racemes, biseriate (one usually imperfect) 

 "•auoua. Qi^Z,^ nattened truncate spreading articulate pedicels ; rachis 

 u^°». recurvp^* q ^^^ ^^ empty, thickly coriaceous, I usually longest, 

 l"^^^^^, anin^' r^erved, subspinously pectinate, dorsally smooth ; II 

 ?>■ ob£ '^y tubercled, embracing III (flg.), which is shorter, 

 oKr'"'^«« 2. hvfl; ^'^'^^^A "l^^te ; palea minute, linear-oblong, nerveless. 

 '''I'^ely ovaSanceol ^"""^"^ ^' ^^^^^" oblong. aS^^/c^ free. Grain free, 



fe^^-^SfiS^f **«» ^««<^ Bevis. Gram. i. 261, t. 42, Enum. PI. i. 171, 

 ?. P**' «^e J ? ^'■«**- -^- Tf^. Ind. ly, i-'odrf. Grass. iV^. Ind. 22. Lappago 

 ^»»»i.U. '*• ^''- Gram. 112. T. senegalensis, J. Gay ex Kunth 



HuL ' "^frachee, S«ocis. Beluchistan. i'rere. -Disteib. Arabia, Abyssiui:., 



^j^emes. Ze;^"'''^' ^feeping with many erect or spreading branches, leafy up to 

 ' J^^^l'is claKr *"• ' 'ower sheaths short, mouth hairy ; Hgule 0. Racemes 

 -M,ce,, ^P^^^lets I I "* • pedicels distant, narrowly cuneiform, margins winged 

 'J* ot^ '' flattened^ '^l '■^^^'^^-^'•own.— The Indian specimens are small. T .e 

 Vnon., ""perfect „",. , "" °ormallv 2 spikelets, one well developed and fertile, 

 ^^'nubercWa ^'- ^ »n*i 11 narrower of equal length and irregularly 



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