Anthistina.] clxxiii. geamine^. (J. D. Hooker.) 211 



male or neuter, inTolucriform, awnless, in superposed pairs or whorled round 

 a jointed rachis which bears one or more sessile bisexual or fern, usually 

 awned spikelets, each witli one or if more than one then the uppermost 

 Wt pedicelled male or neuter awnless spikelets inserted on its 

 £ 1'. 1 f ^""^^ (<^^ /«'»•) spikelets linear-oblong ; callus long or 

 ii] ^i"k ^^^®^®' or dorsally compressed or channelled, coriaceous, 

 "length hardened, margins incurved not keeled; II aa long, 

 11??^' ^'^^y^^^^' keeled, keel broad, margins thin incurved; 

 It 1 v' ^^^^°®' 1-nerved ; IV the very slender sometimes narrowly 

 jaiine base of an awn, rarely awnless ; palea 0. Lodkules cuneate. 



S'"/ 1 ^^^^^^ ^'■®®' ^^^ stigmas long. Grain oblong. Pedicelled 

 L ^ q lanceolate, dorsally compressed ; pedicels slender, compressed ; 

 L*.,! T 1 ?^^^y-iierved, margins inflexed, keels often winged; 11 as 

 "g as 1, i-a-nerved, hyaline, or 0; III smaller or 0.— Species about 10; 

 »arm regions of the Old World. 



proof i! Tif^'-^^ °^ *^'® ^^""^ ^'■^ ™ost difficult of discrimination, of which the best 

 Order J n '""'"^.'^o^cUable conclusions of two excellent botanists, both experts in the 

 (Jfonojr! J[Xo T"*"°'^^''*^°'* (*■» ^ov. Act. Upsal III. ii. (1856), and Hackel 

 of DrSfl^^^f ^^^""^^ Forskahl's name of Themeda because of its having four years 



«l»im of n ^^\ ■ ^'""^'^s' description of Antkistiria bein^ very inaccurate 

 *ould inval-Tl ^u" °^'''°"«' l^»t if that of inaccurate description is admitted, it 

 'laims iUr^Tl / recognition of a host of the genera of old authors. Against both 

 ^1 all botanic 1 -f*' *^*' Antkistiria had for upwards of a century been adopted 



•olitaJj^?T^'^* spikelets inserted on a level, all sessile; glumes 3, 



""J iQ A. arguens. 



^g" hta^!'^^®***' ^^"^^^^ ^P- ^^- iv. 901 ; annual, spikes in lax nod- 

 bl in in T spathes 3-5 in. very narrow base hirsute, proper spathes 

 ^«K»r py • °°Jo ^P^^^^®^^ 2-4 i-i m. unequal, glume solitary. Xunth 

 200; BeS \nV ^^^^^- ^y^- G'''«»»- 401. A. frondosa, Br, Prodr. 

 *<*<• Gesch -^\f"^*^"i- vii. 542. A. arundinacea, Massk. in Tijd^ckr. 

 ^n-in. T-^/'n ^^°^ Roxb.). A. ciliata var. Junehuhniana, Buse ex 

 ^y^- PI Gr„' An '''• ^^^- ^' Pilifera, Steud. in Zoll. Syst. Verz. 58. 

 ^^^- Act n to ^- J^nghuhniana, JSTees in Jung. Jav. ex Anderss. tn 

 Jat. Gei'ch"' St- ^^^- "• 233. Aristaria barbata, Ju,igh. in Tijdschr 

 ^^"Paar?np"„„ f. ^^- Themeda arguens, Hack. Monogr. Androp. 6o7. 



^^«»is tall n*^^'*' -Andaman Islds., Prain.— Disteib. Malaya, Australia. 

 ^ •^ °' narrow/r ^'^°'J*' sometimes 10 ft. high, stout or slender. Leaves 10-16 by 

 •pikes flabellifo!^ ^T ^''*'^"»* glabrous or sparsely hairy ; ligule rounded. Heads of 

 ?;«W spikeW,"' '?°g-Peduucled ; spikes with often imperfect scattered linear 

 iv^'-lanceolal T i^^ Peduncle. Invol. spikelets very irregular, often only 2, 

 T^ * lonir Dnt'o. •^'f T^' ^-'^"""^ed. Bisexual spikelets i-i in., solitary, cyl.ndr.c, 

 J"^^, »Qiooth i^?^'^°''S''i'ly brown-bearded callus, brown when ripe, obscurely 

 In?'' "f^^n 3 in ) ^^^'^ ^^^°'''' ^'^"brid and hispid towards the tip. Awn very 

 "• 'leaker than th •^' ^^^^ brown.— The Malaccan specimens are small (1-2 ft.}, 



J'^-s^apedTa^S'?**®' ^^'«- Ohs. iii. 11 ; perennial, spikes in globose or 

 rP?' about >;t?^?' spathes glabrous or sparsely hairy, outer 1-2 in., 

 ^^ Wg „1 -A ^"iyol- spikelets i-i in. glabrous or ciliate with tubercle- 



B'3. 6, bisexual spikelets solitary \-l in. with 2 pedicelled 



p 2 





