r 



Dimeria.] clxxiii. geamine^. (J. D. Hooker.) 105 



III oblong. D. ornitliopoda, Thto. Enum. 369. Ptervgfostacliynm Leh- 

 fflaum. Jf^ees ex Steud. Norn. Ed. II. ii. 412, S^/n. Gram. 413. 



Ceylon. Macrae, Walker, Thwaites. 



Annual, branched, 8-10 in. high. Leaves erect, flat, acuminate. 



Var. a; glabrous, rachis of spike ciliate, spikelets awned. (C.P. 952.) 



>ar, ^ ; rachis of spike scaberulous, spikelets not awned. (C.P. 955.) 



*^_^ 



_ 8.]>.pube8cens, Each. Monogr. Androp. 83 ; spikes stout spreading, 



rnrnTi, ii *^ straight rachis ciliate, spikelets | in. sessile silky, gl. I 

 na 11 shortly acuminate, I narrowly linear with membranous margins | 

 wnger than III. D. ornithopoda, var. y, Thw. Enum. PI. Zeyl. 369. 



Racemes 2-2^ in., 



X 7 -^^_..-- 



Pm'^°^'i 1"""^"^'' Pasdoon Corle, Thwaites (C.P. 956). 

 ofUn ^vt "^^^'^^^^ f'oaJ the base, glabrous to villously hairy. jx,uvc,i„co m-^^ ■-, 

 bricalT T ^i "^ J 'Dclined ; rachis flat, J_ in. broad or less. Spikelets densely im- 

 >*. ?i. 1 and II silky all over; awn twice as long as the spikelet or longer. 



Aiscegc 



Mem 



JDikpa at 7~~~*'*'^"«»j J-rin. m Mem. Acad, reierso. aer. v a. u. vio^^y """» 

 roibU , . spreading, rachis undulate margins smooth or scaberulous, 

 acumt!+H'°- ^^^^^1®' callus minute or 0, gl. I and II acute or 

 IroadW ' 1 narrowly linear much longer than III, margins of li 

 107 r • ?"®°^.'^ranou8. Sack. Monoqr. Androp. 84 ; Trim. Cat. Geyl. Pi. 



Poda tr , Z '^"V:''- ^'"'^- -^«^- 'Sist. Soc. vi. (1891) 1S9. D. ornitho- 

 r . . mr. ^, Thw. Enum. PI. Zevl. 369.— Dimeria. Wall 



8841. 



StlM\Tn^^^' Khasia Hills, alt. 4-5000 ft., Griffith, &c. Tbnassbeim, 



Perennial 9 f ^"^^ -'^'*^^^«- Ceylon, (?ar(fn^r, Thtvaites (C.P. 3256). 

 8piJtw2-4in' I •" ^^^^^' ^*^^"*' s^^P^e or branched. Leaves glabrous 



or hairy. 



v, 



^ as theli ' ™r^u" compr/Bssed trigonous. Spikelets reddish-brown ; awn twice as 

 jQ "" Tenasserim specimens are small and in a poor state. 



ffWo?; ctfr**' ?'r^- ^- ' «P5^«« 2-3 rather stout, spikelets Jg j"- «««jj^« 

 ♦inged Ilr ^ "^-^^^^ g'- I scaberulous. II dimidiate-ovate keel broadly 

 («■« Jari^ ^^^""'y ^8 long as II, awn 0. D. ornithopoda 8 mutica, Thw. 



Annual ,<f/^ ^ *- —^ • ^°^ "^ i»d4;. 

 ?"ft, nai^owertT S:^^. '°'' *"f'^e^> slender, erect. Leaves. 6-12 by 

 ? '^ strict .^ ^ ® *^^^' ^^^ sheaths hirsute with long spreading 



dl„»'- ™''» spread Tiff , ,.o„i.:„ i • ^^.^ . -l,. _„__:„. =«»K. 



H — 

 \. r- 



pari). 



"tZ' '^r'''^ ("-P- 955 of 1864). 



• "*'• A'*-» c io . . . /" „ _ .~t -i_L in,, erect, 



hairs. Spilnef 

 *^arime"*' /f'f <i»ng J racMr^b^^Tt^utrsTralght.' marginTscaberulous. GL I 

 *'''»'«; III nKi^P""®*'^^ *o t^e rachis, broadly hyaline; wing opaq"e, strongly 

 l'*''^ons SDikpw"^' ^^''^t^' l-°erved ; IV obovate-oblong. ciliate.-The sma^I 

 ^>*cent. ^^^ and broadly winged gl. II distinguish this species from JJ. 



11 ^^^^^ ^^^ ^''^'■^ly ^) digitate or fascicled. 



^^''cted awf fif*'*J**' -^«^* ^^ Stend. 8yn. Oram. 413; leaves ^1'°°' 

 '^'^'''8 fiSol^' '^*.*^' spikes 3-10 long slender flexuous quite glabrous, 



^^■Bo\^r^-nt': vi. (1891) 190. D. laxiuscula, ^i^. e. Tr^m. tn 

 The Co * ^ ^^^' ^^2, Trim. Ca#. Cet/l. Pi. 107. 



(C-P.^ 3863)!''*'*' ^««'; on the Ghats, Lisboa. Cktlon, Macrae, Thivailes, &c. 



S„?>aSla? ?;.^i^'''r«^°"* ">' ^l^°der. S;>i>te. U-S in., pale ^6^-^;°-" '^f^;,; 

 ^''^nottsTa,!:. ^'^'«te 5 I scabrid above the middle or all over; II with narrowly 

 ]2 ■ gins; awn twice aa long as the spikelet. 



**• leptorhachis. Sack. Monogr. Androp. 89 ; leaves contracted 



