i;/Wn.] .oLxxni. (jramine^. (J. D. Hooker.) 145 



7-ner7ea nerves more or less muriculate, II acute teel ciliate, IV with 

 Wir ^"<'^"i^e<i l>asal awn or 0. A. ciliaris, Subsp. 6, submuticus, 

 nm Monogr. Androp. 356. Batratherum submuticum, Nees ex Steud. 

 0|». (rfam. 382 ; Dathie Grass. N.W. Lid. 17. Andropogoa submuticuB. 



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^Westerx Himalaya; from Garwhal to Central Nepal, alt. 2-6000 ft., Wallich, 



Ann r* J^"'^^ -T^JSTEiB. China, Loochoo Islds. 

 « a 8D ' • ^ ^^ ~^ ^^'^ slender, much-branched and rooting below, as thick 

 AeaihlTK"" ^ ^"^^^' -^^^^^s j-lj in., broadly ovate-cordate, acuminate, and 

 »Qd nak I T^•^^^ ^^^^^' margins strongly ciliate. Peduncle filiform, usually long 

 SdibhfT^'' -P , ^~^> 2-1 in. long, very slender; rachis quite glabrous, flexuous. 

 plant anH '"''•?? ' ^^^ ^^^^'^^ (male?). Stamens as long as gl. IV.— A puzzling 

 itdiffers" ^u^^ ^^ ^^^ ™^'^ ^^ ^" unreco^rnized form of ciliaris from which species 

 ^aaljv th" : stamens as long as gl. IV, as well as in the minute flowers, and 

 W L^^ ^^^'t? ^^^ ^^°' though a very short one is sometimes present. One very 

 «bortrrfk®^/ .*'^' S. Lace) has besides the terminal naked peduncle, very 

 "^ sneathed lateral ones. 



mthtr *P**^aceus, Hook. f. ; slender, paaicles (always ?) in long 

 »«8sile s,Vlr"f7^T ^^^^^^^> spil^es few, spikelets oblong-Ianceolate, gl. I of 

 '''eir Ipti fv .T^<^^^"^'^°''^°^^^'' 5-7-uerved, nerves covered throughout 

 BatratCn ^^ , ^ ^^"^ o^ acute tubercles, awn of gl. IV dorsal, 

 "atherum, Serb. TFigkt n. 3257. 



sS\ 2^,*"*^^^'^ ; Gunde Cottah Hill fort, Cuddapah, 

 "''Wlanp 1 * "'^'^ thicker than a sparrow's quill, bninched. Leaves 1-^ m., 

 ^^h termTn 1 ' ^^"^i'l'ite. flaccid, ciliate and sheaths sparsely hairy ; floral 

 Hping tCT'- ?'"'''^' ^i-2 in. by i-} broad, membranous, green, usually ove.-- 

 ^PP^%ik.lfff' ^^**^* 3-i in., very pale; pedicels and joints sparsely ha.ry. 

 ■""f* than huif ^ ' ^^- ^ ^"•''^ smooth, striate ; II hyaline ; IV awnless. Stamens 

 '"''ercles of ^ ?' a^ '^ ^^- ^^•' hnetir.— A well-marked species by the spnthe uud 

 ^"nbles thl» • .f specimen from Belgaum (Ritchie, n. 796 in Herb. Muuro) closely 

 ^^'^ "0 Pedicelled s L ["^^'^'^^^'^ ^^- ^ '» '^ has only 2 very small imperfect anthers 



'•"'^eolate *^?'?**?' ^'"'^- /• 5 spikelets solitary (pedicelled 0) oblong- 

 ^^■ginafni- dorsally convex obtuse strongly 7-9-nerved unarmed 

 i p ^''"^ ^^^'^rved) and nerves scabrid. 



*?Plfiicaul o!, i'*!^''' """'^^^ geniculately branched. Xearcs 1-2 in., ovate, broadly 



"'"'« withVn^i. •^■''''"°''"''*«. t'Ps setaceous, glabrous or puberuloas above, 



^''' irreenl "i ""' ^^^neath, margins smooth ; sheath hairy. Spikes few, short, 



.^^'' ciliokfy t'","?'y ''^^^'^«<i i peduncle slender, naked, branches i in., very 



■^^J II a«,- ^^''^*^*«« Vo in., all sessile, rather distant; gls. th.n, I strongly 



^Qliite, 3-n J # .^' ^' obovate-obloug when spread out, obtuse, emarg.nate, 



t ^I. lanceoW ' ^"'"^ ^'^^-''^'J. nearly smooth ; III (or palea of V) shorter 



*''^. glaCs ^' 7° ^"^''l' t^i<^<^ as long ;« the spikelet ; palea oblong, 



^ "8- Anthers very large. 



^wen* 2 or 3 ; anthem not half the length of gl. IV. 



\'i' tC*"?!,'*®' -Seawr. Agrost. 3, t. xi. f. b ; peduncles glabrous 



Jf'^elets ia Z.f ' spikes many |-3 in. subflexuous, joints = \ the 



W ^r^ea 8caK?-7 °'' ^°"g«^ glabrous or shortly ciliate, gl. I entire at the 



1'^- ^oS^ "^ °^, echinate above the middle, II acute or acummate. 



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