Ischcemmu] clxxiii. graminej;. (J. D. Hooker.) 129 



§§ Pedicel of upper spikelet ^ the length of the lotver spihelet or mover 



5.1- diplopogron, IIook,f.\ anmial, branching upwards, leaves 

 lanceolate from a narrow base, upper sheaths spathiform, spikes 2 pale, 

 peduncle flexnous, joints dorsally ciliate, sessile spikelets ^-^ in., gl. I 

 oblong 2-cu8pidate glabrous shining, II awned 3-nerved lateral nerves 

 pectinately ciliate with stiff hairs above the middle, lY very short 2-fid 

 lobes acute eciliate awned in the cleft. 



Bombay; near Bhorkus, Woodrow. 



mems 12-18 in. or more, branched from the base and upwards, smooth, stout or 

 Slender, internodes long, nodes glabrous. Leaves 4-6 by i-| in., acumiuate, 



green 



^rgms smooth, nerves 3-4 pairs and midrib very slender ; sheath glabrous, of upper 



«>il!l^^^ ' '^^"'^ ^^^^ short, glabrous. Fedxtncles many from the upper spathiform 

 fiD^ths, solitary, filiform ; spathes 1-3 in., compressed, lanceolate. Spikes 1-1 J in., 



'^pik^mI*"""'"' °b'o"g- Pedicelled spikelets oftea imperfect, not i 

 " "'P"iat€, green, margins white; II acuminate. 



r 



awned ; gl. I elliptic 



.- M'^ineii, -ffoo-?;./.; annual, leaves ovate-lanceolate base rounded 



r BUbcordate hairy beneath, sheaths of uppermost spathiform, spikes 2 



J«-^ P^'« villous, joints and pedicels very stout densely ciliate tops 3-lobed, 



2 S ?'}^]^^ *-* ^^•' Sl- I oblong or oblong-lanceolate 2-cuspidate or 



. UU !t i^ dorsally glabrous shining, sides bulging at about the lower 5 



lairs ! !J^ *^**^^' II aw'ied dorsally rounded with a broad pencil of stiff 



" on the upper third, IV 2-fid lobes stoutly awned between the lobea. 



iy^°«TANA ; Mt. Aboo, King. 

 tMn ZrJ~ "!•' ascending, glabrous. Leaves 1-2 by ^-h in-, acuminate, rather 



"1 uiaririna Kpahu«.-,i ri -i -. . 1 _i i.t.~ 1»^ 'inper open, 



up to the 



bearded r^iT"' * "Z"'^"*-'' ^ in. ; joints shining. Sessile spikelets witn a short rounded 

 Weolafp 1 ' ''•'^'sofgl. I minutely scaberulous ; II scabrid, tip 2.toothed; HI 

 palea abnnf °^^ ' ^^ ""^'> shorter, 3-nerved, lobes triangular-ovate, eciliate ; 

 ^(dicelU^ ** ^°°g> ovate-lanceolate, 2-nerved, eciliate; awn about 1 in. long. 

 »»rRim nnf^ ^^**' variable, much smaller ; gl. I elliptic, acute, many-nerved, flat, 



not incurved ; II shortly awned, dorsally nearly naked. 



VLxa, Hack. Monogr. Androp. 241 



TOW riorirl anLT-viinrro-nf snilcftS 2—4 



•sally 



-^ X 



; -1 



t^ 



" lanceoSfr^ 7^tli ^ ^^^^ of hairs strongly 3-nerved margins not inflexed, 

 "wned 0/ ^-^.^^'^thed aristulate, IV lilear entire or 2-toothed shortly 

 «P*neum^i'^ ^'^ ^ooL Ic. PI. \. 1773; Km Bulletin, 1888 157 I. 

 !" ^«^ iS'^p'^ ^^^l- Gat. n. 8845. Spodiopogon augustifo hus Tr, «. 

 l^^i^er S: ?^*Z'^- -^^^ ^'- "• (1833) 300, Sp. Gram. /c. t. 33b. b. 

 ?-"^topofr at'' ^""y^' ^'^- -ffi'""^- -P^. 416 Steud. Syn. Gram. 373 

 i'- (iSeR^'q-^""' '"-^ -S^ettd. I c. Pollinia eriopoda, Hance m Jo urn. Bot. 

 '^'atus Li Az,^-''"^ '"^ '^^"'•«- Linn. Soc. xx. (1883) 409. Andropogon 

 "^riaath^ '-flP^*- ^- 21- A. involutus, notopogon & obvallatns. Stead. I. c. 

 .. W „*®^«' ^«^^. Ca^. n. 8845. ' ^^ 



^"^Aie. The P^A''*''* ' ^™™ Kashmir to Sikkini, ascending to 7000 ft. in Garwhal.. 



^01. VII ^^^' ^"POOTAKA, on Mt. Aboo. The Satpuba Hills. Beha^ 



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