hchcemum.'l • 



CLXXiii. GRAMiNE^, (J. D, Hookftr.) 



127 



t 



lets fragile, Spikeleis i to nearly ^ in., pale or dark, glabrons to villous ; gl. I from . 



BTOdW oblong with a rounded tip to cblong-lnnceolate, symmetrical or slightly 



cnrved or »nl,^;,.;^;„^„ „i-, , ^j, i ygy,,]]^ herbaceous nerved and with a 



I 



w.„gu. ui me spiKeJet; upper spikclet not awned, pedicel rerv s 

 {r^ZlT'^^'^^Jl^^ ^''^- ''^avgaloricum gl. IV is cleft f way down. 

 LThi • ^^^°'"^''y) Jacqnemout n. 374, the keel of gl. II is i 

 U ' r,?^'- ^""^ serrulate thence to the t p. 



In a small form 

 ., T „.-. „..>. „^^. „. ^.. ^^ .„ notched about the 



U ' T^^^■ ^'"^ serrulate thence to the 

 WriaUe 1 7"^ '» Hackel's grouping of some of the more distinct forms of this 

 intnun "^ Y' }^ lias the advantage of bringing the authorities and synonyms 

 two •- ' * ^°^s not include all the definable forms, of which I have added 



tum^fe '^"V^^' ^'^''^- ^- ^- 203 ; spikelets glabrous, except the callus. I. arista- 

 Var',W • ■ 4 '^- *• 2^' ^- ^ C'^d)- Meoschium aristatum, £ea«v. Agrost. Ill— 



oneachlH f ' ^^°"*' ^''''^'^' ^'-"^^ '"''tlier long, gl. I of sessile spikelet 2.nodnled 

 Wfon ,-,.1 \? Pedicelled smooth. Meoschium imbricatnm, Munro mss. Andro- 

 P^onj^berb.s, S«.u<J. Syn. Gram. 378. ^ ' ^ " — " ~ ' '"" 



«P'Wet J; '"''"^"i""'^""^. ^aefc. ;. c. 204 



cleft I " '"?""*''« ^y « broad scarious claw 3-4-noduled"on each side, IV deeply 

 cMum Arnl?-''" "'"' -^"cAs/. »•» i/oAen. PL Ind. Or. n. 184 (nnn Roxb.) Meos- 

 PORon oen;™i'?""'c,-^''' '''' -^'"'- ^<^*- A«'- C«r xix. S«pi>?. i. (1843) 198. Andro- 

 «ein slendpr 1^ ' , *"'^- ^- ''•-The Concan and Malabar.-Var. /aHaa^, Had. I. c. ; 

 "le-Hchsidl M "f'^""'^*'"*. lipule minute, gl. I of lower spikelets 3-4-noduled 

 ''tjs, Tf"* /^^°f "''^'"/••nottianum, Nee.^ in Herh. Wight, n. 3077. M. mono- 



^^^^^^^^^^ monostachyus, Steud. I.e. 



Bengal, the Khasia Hills, Cejion (CP. 

 stout, erect, lignle short, gl. I of lower 



rtachji 



Snb.i^ ] 'w ^^'^'^^'^ ''*"^ Ceylon. 



i"!l^' -^^c^*- ^- c. 204 ; spikelets more or less villous, gl. I of lower 



r^^ee. I ho i;". ^ ^^ ^"^^^ «^^Q> the opposite nodules sometimes united by a low 



^25j ThwaZ i^"^' ^'^^' Ohs. vi. 35 ; Kuntk Enum. PL u 513. Benth. Fl. BoyK 



" -r^. - - Meosc'bium bar- 



6. — Var. elaivm 



rMge rJ-'^^^^^^ on each side, the 



— . K, c, zn.s .foil 1 , - - -^ ^^.. ^..^^.^v.. „.-, ^-^ 



^«'*S<eud 7 'o^'^'^''''^*^' ''heaths hirsute, ligule i-i in. 

 ^"Wkii nri'^V. '^- *^- Neesianmn, .^rn. ex Steud. I.e. 

 . Sobsn V?i..'^.'J^"!' Si^^d- I. c. 375, 376. 



elatns, ^tewd. /.c. 375,376. 



rWrn. Cai. Ce^yL PL 107. 



Meoscbium elatuni, 

 375. Andropogou, 



Sabsp kn • " T ' '^'^^^'^- '-c. 375, 376. 

 ,'~^1 io: bro.H '^ M ''^' ^' ' ^"'^' ^'^'•y ^-ol^u^t, stem as thick as a swan's quill, leaves 

 Veolate aon/ '^itr^ ,^ ^^''^ ^^^^^ 4 in. long, spikelets i in., gl. I of lower oblong- 

 DecpflTi !>„...' '^ sbortlv 2-fid Inhpc n^rm™^ T. foa^imilfltum. fiofWer m**.— 



'T - ■ 

 .'I 



^^nowir'^^^^"^ 



1 ; annnal, erect, leaves 



-••"«Daseen..f .-^a^tsi. Ic Stirp. Bar. i. t. . 



•?'''ex. coria.? 1^^?' ^Pi^es 1-2. gl. I subdimidiately oblong obtuse very 



*W, IV 'wt^'^^^flow and closely transversely ridged membranous 



»aii» 1 ,*'''' '0 below t.bft Tn;,qriu ..^^ „„^,-„^in+oW insfirted at the cleit 



f . 



*»8al'l 



3^ 



f^- 31 ; i2enX-- ^l- 10^ 5 ^^^^«e Gra.*. 



-in 



t^^-^yS^ 



iii. 498 



Ham. in Wall 



206 ; Thtcattes Enum. PI Zeyl. J64 ; 



iV. IT. Ind. 18, FotZi. G'ras5. iV. 



103. I. Colladoa, Spreng. Syst. 



Cat. n. 8864 B. I. Royleanum, 



(1838) 



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