MboelUa.] clxxiii. oramine^. (J. D. Hooker.) 157- 



12, a. nigrescens, Tkw. Enum. PL Zeyl. 364; leaf -base cordate, 

 ^ike fragile, gl. I of sessile spikelet ovate-oblong very obtuse or 3-lobulate 

 ajjrsally tessellately foveolate obscurely 2-winged in the upper third or tip. 

 ^o^k. Monogr, Androp. 296 ; Trim. Cat OeyL PI 107. 



CETioy ; Central Province, alt. 40C0 ft., Thwaites. 

 ^^ ctfeni tall, suberect, slender, glabrous. Leases 4-8 in,, linear-lanceolate, glabrous 



sparsely hairy, margins scabrid, base ciliate; sheath glabrous or sparsely hirsute; 

 . fUle rounded, ciliate. Svlkfis 2-,^ in.. snlit:ftrv nr S-nnfP .flYinarv and terminal: 



obtme, 



ong, obtuse, paleate, nerveless ; IV elliptic 



"•«S emarginate. Tedicellei spikelets; gl. I smooth, striate, winged above on 

 K.«--il '•/, ^"^'^J II5-nerve(i, keel excentric, winged; III and IV as in the 

 f^sJe spikelet ; pedicel adnate to t!he joint. 



gpi ■ -^' .**'*ata, Nees ex Steud. 8yn. Oram. 361; leaf-base narrowed, 

 KncPAi /°^°i ' ^^^^^ "^ "^^^y ^°^& peduncles, gl. I of sessile spikelet oblong- 

 intfn. !^ '^'■*'^y winged below the tip dorsally smooth with 4-6 often 

 r<i//T! ^"o^es below the middle. Each. Monogr. Androp. 301.— 

 ''w. Gat. n. 8876, 8877. 



HiLM^M^;?^.^^'^^^*' *'*• 1-*000 ft., J.D.H., &c. Silhet and the Khasia 

 ■ Stem Td ft BU'iMA and Singapore, Wallich, &c. 



^atts 2-i t! \^^^^^^'^' tliickened under the spikes, smooth, branched above, 

 liroiid . gj,p%, ,y ^~^ ^°-' linear-lanceolate, setaceously acureinate, flat, midrib 

 i-2 in ": , "* glabrous, upper spathiform ; ligule very short, membranous. Spikes 

 *»nn8anri , ^^''' terete, glabrous. Sessile spikdets as long as the joints; 

 n chartarw^*""' ^ """"^ ' ^^' ^ obtuse, convex, many-nerved within, keels smooth; 

 ifrvelesa. !™^,*' °^**^^' ^"^^ute, acutely keeled, l-ncrved; III ovate, acute, hyaline. 



Mttened fr "i' ^' "'"^''» laiutiy i-nt-rvca. Pedicel of upper spikelet linear, 

 fi»ckel h'a.T °'' ^ ^^ wliolly adnate to the joint, tip hollowed, circular or compressed. 



g^^^nas two subspecies, . 



^f'^ih^h^'T' '^"^«8 1-2 ft. by i-| in., spikes in a simple la.t panicle, joints 

 ^"^ win^prf " ' ^^^'^''^ spikelets a in., pedicellcd spikelets of one long obtuse 

 "■^eesofl^ °" °"^ side.— Of this there are two vars., o. glahrior, stems and 

 •""l Tavov- ^^*'"^*** glabrous, margin of leaves and sheaths ciliate.- Singapore 

 JSliHaia Hik ^' P^escens, stem above and surfaces of leaves pubescent.— 



I-hId ^n*^*^''" 5 ^*«m very tall much branched, leaves 3-4 ft. by 1-2 in., spikei 

 '''""dly winL 1°"^°?°'^ panicle; joints smooth, sessile spikelets | in., gl. I more 

 Sikkio a»d the kh •*'^"^'* spiktiet i in., oblong. R. khasiana, Mwiro mss.— 



^' ptef^^^^^l""^^^ ^'"^'^ «'» Mem. Acad. Petersl. Ser. 6 iL (1833) 

 »»arrowlv!^„ *'; ^P'^^es fragile, sessile spikelets ovate-lanceolate, gl. i 

 *.'^^ ou 3'^.]^ ^^'^ ^PPer third, dorsally scabernlous, margins below 

 i"^^op. o^T ^^^ ^-'^ upcurved ^ucros or tubercles. Ilack. Momgr. 

 iK<»r ir \^^- ^'^'^- -»af. iii. 408. Coelorachis muricata Brongn. 

 %. fe^- .7^- 5o^. i. 65,t.l4 Ophiurus mnricatulus, S/^wi. m Zoll. 

 -^^'^' ^^"^ »»'«'». 36a-Rottboellia ?, Wall. Cat. n. 8887 B. 

 f''^^KinJ»fn^\ Maiat Peninsula; Singapore, TfaWcA ; Malacca, Orifith', 



r 8<.,« 34 ft °",f <<"• 5 Pahang, i?,d%._DiSTRlB. Java, Philippines. 

 J ^-1 in. lin! ' '^°"*' branched, nodes pubescent or bearded. Leaves 2-3 tt. 

 ^l^^^^l sh^r^ *^"^"*e-acuminate, base usually fimbriate, margm scabndly 

 ^l^ < S^ ^^^'^"^ ^* the mouth; ligule densely hairy. Spikes r»^v,y, 

 ^'"^^ ^Ctt-JT"^' P'^Ie or violet. SeJle spikelets i~l in.. 1-8^,, rather 



""* glabrous joints ; gl. I flat, obtuse, dorsally scaberulous; II charta- 



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