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Anihisliria,'} clxxiii. graminb^. (J. D. Hooker.) 215 



ImL spikelets i in.; gis. 3, ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, margins witli narro\v 

 !^?.'^"l«'ing3, dorsally copiously ciliate with tubercle-based hairs ; lias Jong, lanceo- 

 2 ' *^^"*'^^te, membranous, 3-nerved ; III as long, hyaline, lanceolate, acuminate, 

 z-ner?ed. BwearuaZ spikelets ym, , usually 2, lower with one pedicelled spikelet, 

 ^per with two ; callus hairs rusty. Pedicelled spihelets lanceolate, gls. 3 ; I lan- 

 ceoiate. dorsally ciliate with long hairs and one margin winged ; II and III as in 

 .the lavolucrant spikelets. o 5 



7. A. Thwaitesii, Hook. /. ; tall, very stout, nodes glaucous, 



S 1 01 -^P^^^^ ^^ ^^^^^ Bubflabelliform fascicles l-lj in. broad, outer 

 iYjj 2iin., bisexual spikelets 2 hispidulous dorsally channelled, awn 



1-2 hhiL -"^ probably 5-6 ft., thicker than a goose-quill, polished. Leaves 

 membra D "■' ^'^^^y acuminate, tips setaceous; ligule a ciliolate narrow 

 ludrUt .5""^^ 12 in. or more; rachia stout, leafy; leaves 6-10 in. long. 

 «cw ot apikes as in A. tremula. but larger and less hairy. 



m^' ^y™^ar*a? Roxh. Fl. Ind. i. 251 {exd. Syn.) ; tall, stout, panicle 

 in smTlfT^""*^ thyraiform, spikes innumerable glabrous densely crowded 

 1.J ^^ /ong peduncled narrow fascicles \-\ in. long, proper spathea 

 Jls 4 V ™°ceolate, invol. spikelets ^-^ in. acuminate glabrous 

 soft-ii+r^ spikelets solitary (rarely 2j awned, callus hairs white 

 ^tfuA r^^P^^^^®*- -^""^^ Enum. PI. i. 482, excl. Syn., Suppl 396; 

 tl m T^ ^""'' ^99 ; Grah. Gat. Bomb. PL 219 ; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. 

 poeri. r/ ,^"*""' -P^- ^^y^- 436 ; Trim. Cat. Geyl. PI 108. Andro- 

 %k ^'^^"olius, Herb. Heyne ejt Wall. Gat. n. 8771 B. Themeda Cymbana, 

 ^^ • -^onoar. Androjp. 668.— Anthistiria. Wall. Cat. n. 8771. 



*^!!?.^v\^f^';^ ^'^^*' Schmid. Mysore or the CABlfATic, Herb. Q. Thomson. 

 yereinSo/'^l' J'*"'«*'^^^ (C.P. 3257, 3803}. , , t. f,, 



fte nodes ; ^**"' ^~^ **- ''^ t^^'ck as a swan's quill below, puberulous beneath 

 K'^ocous benp^r' ^'^f^' ^^ H in., not overtopping the panicle, scaberulous above 

 Panicle tall i l' T^S^""^ '^^^^"^ 5 sheaths sub com pressed, keeled ; ligule very short. 

 H in lon^' r ,' '''•'inches smooth or scaberulous ; spikes in oblong tascicks 

 W-oblon^ 1? • ^P'^e^^i^, red or blueish, keels scabrid. Bisexual spikelets 



6 5 gl. I shming below, scaberulous above ; awn i-| in., slender. 



leaves erPn^^**^^.''*' ^^^^ «» ^oyle III. Bat. Simal. 417 (name); upper 

 ««lled Wi?*'^-^*^'°S the elongate subsimple panicle, spikes few m pedi- 

 ^''WT-bS' u'^y^^'^"- spikelets i-i in., glumes 4, keels of gl. I with 

 ^«ela of cS T -r i'^' bisexual spikelets 2-3 linear-lanceolate not awned, 

 ^'3; Di ^'^'"'^^'e- -^^c"^- Syn. Gram. 402; J*Vc?/i. Cat. Panjah PI 

 ^««<.v 460 T".- ^•^^- ^«^- '^3. Fodd. Grass. N. Ind. ^i-Bom.FL 

 ^^- "• (i8?fi; oAa'^'^'^^Pi^anathera, ^nrfer*^. in Nov. Act. So. ^P^'^l-S''- 

 ^tHiBtiria IT ,7 • Themeda anathera, Haclc. Monogr. Androp. 669.- 

 ^ •*' ^aLl, Gat. n. 8773. 



^^ufi «!--"^-A ; 



*b'^ l'iiid.Vi°'A'':^?°'=^?l'^te. acute'. 5p (it« glabrou^! /n™^"'^^- '/t^.!^l' 077!^ 



'"ispid ft;; 7' ""*"'=eoute, acute. -Spiite* glabrous, invoou,.,. ''t");'''^-- ■■■-- 



g»'. nearer n^°*' P^^-- «l'««-tly stipitate.-Wallich'B habitat for his n. 87/4 



• from cur S'*'^"^^^ Bot. Gardeu," is either an error or the plant was .m 



■ >"'^'vation. Audersson has two varieties, a. A/rsufa, luvol. sptkelet^ 



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