132 CLXxni. GRAMiNK^. (J. D. Hookei.) [Ischcemum, 



bearded ; gl, I coriaceons, keels glabrous narrowl j winged above ; II ovate-lanceolate, 

 keel obtuse amootb; III lanceolate, 3-nervod. paleate ; IV shorter, oblong, ^labrooj, 

 awn \-'l in., palea minute. Fedicelled spikelets smaller, awnless; gl. I 5-7-nerveO, 

 winged on one side. 



12. Z. ImpreBSum, Eack, Monogr. Androp. 210; slender, prostrate 

 below, leaves ovate- or oblong-lanceolate cordate lower narrower petioled, 

 spikes 2 villous, gl. I of sessile spikelets linear-oblong flat dorsally broadlj 

 irregiilarly depressed with shallow subsemilnnar pits in the lower | above 

 it winged and 2-cu8pidate, II dorsally rounded with a median gibbosity 

 and an anricle-like wing above it, I v cleft to above the middle, awn short 

 genicnlately inserted at the cleft. 



India, Euegeh The Concan ? Herh. Dalzell. 



Si^w 4-8 in., quite glabrous, branching upwards. Leaves 2-3 in., upper * 1°' 

 broad, sparsely hairy beneath, margins thickened, scaberulous, sometimes crenulate; 

 sheath compressed, glabrous ; ligule oblong. Spikes yellow ; joints and pedicels 

 stout, clavate, ciliate with rigid hairs, forked at the top. Sessile spikelets ^-i i^ 

 shining; callus short, broad, bearded; gl. I narrowed and margins subnoduloae a* 

 the base, wings eroae ; II obtuse, chartaceous, ciliate; III oblong-lanceolate, hyaline, 

 8-nerved, ciliate; IV much shorter, glabrous ; awn 1-1} in., with very stout column 

 and golden tip; palea oblong, obtuse, glabrous. Fedicelled spikelets smaller tm 

 the sessile; gl. I obtuse, glabrous, many-nerved, winged on one margin ; II 7-nerv , 

 IV mucronate. — I have seen only a fragmentary specimen in Dalzell's Herbarium. 

 The sculpturing of gl. I probably varies. 



13. I. reildlngrianum, Bendle in Journ. Bot. xsii. (1894) 101 ; stem 

 robust branched above, leaves lanceolate cordate, spikes 2 appressea 

 silkily hairy of gl. I, sessile spikelets broadly oblanceolate flat coriaceous ana 

 glabrous below the middle hairy above with 6-8 nerves anastomosmg a 

 their tips, keels scaberulous, II 6-nerved keeled aristulate, IV deeply 2-n<i» 

 awn inserted between the broad obtuse lobes. 



Malay Peninsttxa ; Mt. Ophir, Feilding, .. 



Upper leaves 4-5 by f-J in., narrowed from the base to the acuminate tipt 

 rigid, pubescent beneath, 16-20.nerved ; sheath pubescent; ligule short, truncal^ 

 Spikes 3-3i in., erect, fragile, peduncle villous towards the tip ; joints an 

 pedicels stout, trigonous, about i-i shorter than the spikelet, angles and excis^ 

 hollow tips long-ciliate. Sessile spikelets i in., narrowed to the base; can 

 cuneiform, densely bearded ; gl. I obtuse or 2-toothed, keels very narrowly wing 

 towards the tip ; II rather longer than I, scabrid above and narrowed into the suo 

 recurved awn; III ovate-oblong, obtuse, hyaline, faintly 3-nerved; palea as 1od«» 

 lanceolate, subchartaceous, with broad rounded hyaline wings ; IV hyaline, s^ 

 scaberulous, awn about I in.; palea as long as the gl., lanceolate, 2-nerv 

 Fedicelled spikelets smaller, keels of gl, I winged on one side; IV not awned. 



** Margins of gl. I of sessile spikelet broadly incurved below 

 middle. 



t Xeel of gl. II winged above the middle (see also I. murinum). 



the 





14. X. mutlcum, Linn. 8p. PL 1049 ; glabrous, creeping, bf^^^, 

 erect leafy, leaves ovate to lanceolate rigid, spikes 2 short stout g'a^''°^ 

 gl. I of sessile spikelet oblong 2-toothed smooth keels narrowly ^^^ 

 aooye, II acuminate keel winged above the middle, IV oblong ehonj; 

 2-fid shortly awned between the acute ciliate lobes. Gserln. / J'^^.n' 

 Suppl.l, t. 181 ; Kunth Enum. PI. i. 612 ; Hack. Monoqr. Androp. -' / 

 Wall. Cat. n. 8865 ; Wight Cat. n. 1716. Herb. n. 3078 ; Thto. EnuW. -^ 



