CLXxin. gramixej:, (J. D. Hooker,) 151 



Cent.i\.7; Schreb. Beschr. Grms. 93. Lamh. III. t. 841, f. 1 ; Steud. 8un. 

 Orow.403; Boxh. FL Ind. i. 324; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. FL 303; Thw. 

 fnum^l Zed. 364 ; Trim. Cat. Ceyl. PI. 108 ; Aiichis. Cat. Panjab PL 



Wi)-?"^'''^^ ^°'^<^- ^''as8- ^' Ind. 4i, t. 29. A. Gryllus, Beauv. Agrost. 

 iw [cf. corrigend. in Sup^pl.) t. 23, f. 5. 



bnlhi"" l^''^^^^'^ P>'oper i spathe rather shorter than its spike, sessile spikelet J-A in., 

 niDous base -i-jj in., gi. j glabrous nerves scabrid, terminal spikelet = sessile, 

 Faieelled spikelet minute. A. microstach^-a, Nees in Nov. Act. Nat. Cur. xix. 

 oFn '■ '^*3) 194- A. scabra, Anderss. I. c. 179. Ischseinum involucratuin, 

 ab.Russ.m Wall. Cat. n. 8794 A. 



it) Iwi " " ' *"^'' ro^"st, fig, spathes glabrous or hairy, spathe half as long as 

 spise, sessile spikelet i-i w., bulbous base ^\-^\ in., gl. 1 aud rachis pulierulous, 

 »i»iDe glabrous or with tubercle-based hairs. A. ciliata, Anderss. I. c 177-179.- 



let J i!!' "li'"''''* ^^P'''^^ strongly incurved far exserted beyond the spathe, spike- 



Aplndfl' wn H '"• ^- rostrata, Am. 3- Nees I. c. 194. Wight Cat. n. 1714. - 

 ^P'Wa, Wall. Cat. n. 8762. 



J . 45. VOSSIA, Wall. & Griff. 



Bate fS^^'^ floating grass. Spikes terminal, solitary or 2- (rarely 3-G-) 

 iabricatP J^''*^ narrow, compressed, fiexuous, jointed. Spihelets 2-ad., 

 Terr brn.^ "^'"i^*^' ^°^g<^^ than the subexcavate joints, one sessile by a 

 O'ateTH "'^^i''^ ' ^^® other smaller pedicelled. ^^ww^e^ *, I ^ery broad. 

 n cLrf. ' ^^'^"aceous, smooth, narrowed into a long rigid green tail ; 

 Valine 9 „^\ o^ate-lanceolate, acute, 3-nerved, keeled above; 111 

 Palea 2-7,1 T'^vP'^^^^te, male; IV hyaline, oblong, 3-nerved, tip ciliate, 

 *«act sti^r V ^""dicules large, toothed. Anthers 3, long. Styles dis- 



' '^'Smas short. Grain unknown. 



t-23^'&®/^^' ^•^^^- ^ (^riff in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. v. (1836) 573, 

 Sack in:: ^''^\^- 8878; Grant in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxix. 175, t. Ho; 

 ^'•Pi aZ?''^ i^'^'-^P- iJ70. V. cuspidata, Griff. Notul. in. Index p. xn., 

 ^i Km ^""'^•^ P- ^- *• 1S3. Ischiemum cntpidatum, Boxb. FL Ind.u 

 ^««. «e K/f n"*"- ^P^- i'^iS; Gr^/. iS^o^wZ. iii. 70. I. ensxforme, iT^^fi- 



Jhetls of ft 



- ^iem 6-12^ff^^^' ^'^^et and Assam.— DisTRiB. Afr. trop. 



r""" 1-2 tf ,■• *P°"&:>' 



^■"^•cLriuJf'" '*"' °f gl- I. green, callus annular.-tinrdly genencally d.tle.«ut 



(Emum. 



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^oicled ^l^f" *"' perennial grasses. iSpii-es few or many, subsolltary or 



^"^ excal J 'f cemose or panicled ; rachis usually fragile, joiuta 



- J-iplvate at the tip. Spikelets 2- rarely 3-nate, one (rarely two) 



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