226 CLxxiii. GiiA^MiNEiB. (J. D. Hooker.) [ArisHda. 



pis. I and IT. finely acuminate or awned, awn of III not articulate witli 

 the gl. branches very loner rigridly flexuous middle one 1-2 in, Trhi. Diss.h 

 187, in Act. Petrop. (1829) 83, (18^6) 47 ; Kunlh Emim. PL i. 350, Suppl 

 147 ; lioxh. Fl Inch i. 350 ; Wall Cat, n. 3784 ; Grah. Cat. Bomb. PI 335 ; 

 Dalz, ^ G'lhs. Bomb, Fl. 295; Sten^, Syn. Gram. 141. A. tripilis, Thmh. 

 FL CeyLDis8.% e;^ Tr!n. & Rup)\ in Mem. Acad. Petersb, Ser.YLnh 

 (1849) 147. Chaetaria Hystrix, Beauv. Agrost. 30. 



The Deccan Penixstjla, from the Concan and Central Provinces southward. 

 CETr.ON {Tk-iinherg). 



Stem 6 in.-2 ft., as thick as a crow-quill or less, stiff, stout and erect or long 

 inclined or prostrate and proliferously hrauched with open sheaths at the ramifica- 

 tions. Leaves 2-4 in., narrow, couvohite, ghiucou^. Panicle 4-6 in. ; rachis stout 

 flexuous and angular, branches and branchlets smooth. Spikelets stvaw-colrd. ; g's. j 

 and II membranous or subchartaceous, keel-* smooth ; II most minutely toothed at 

 the base of the awn ; III smooth, callus naked, awns most minutely scaberulous.-- 

 I have seen no Ceylon specimens, for which habitat Thunberg (fid, Trinius) is toe 

 authority. 



6. A. mutabilis, Trin. & Bupr. hi Mem.. Acad. Petersh. Ser. VL vii. 

 (1849) 150 (excl. var. vequilonga) \ annual, panicle very narrow subcylmdnc, 

 branches very short crowded, spikelets (excl. awns) \ in., gls. I ana 

 shortly awned, awn of III obscurely articulate with the gl., column long, 

 branches rather short, middle one about i in. Steud. Syn- Gram. Hi- 

 A. articulata, Edgew. in Journ. Linn. Soc. vi. (1862) 209; Aitch L<^- 

 Fanjab PLl6i; Dathie Grass. N.W. Ind. 26, Fodd. Grass. N. Ind.^i' 

 A. Kunthiana & meccaua, Trin. & Bupr. l c. 151 {ex descr.) 152; StendA*^' 

 14]. A. Schweinfnrthii, Boiss. Fl Orient, v. 493. A. spicata, BottLnis'- 

 A. tenuis, Ilochst in Flora, xxviii. (1855) 200. 



Tlje Panjab & Rajpootana ; Mnltan, EtZ^eu^orf/i; Jodhpore, Bn^. SoUTHBa^ 

 India, Hej/ne, ^^^A^, &c. — Distrib. Arabia, Africa trop. ,^ 



Stems 6-12 in., mauy ascending from the root, simple or proliferously branc ; 

 slender. Leaves 1-3 in., very slender, curved, convolute, rigid, smooth. "^'^J^^j 

 3-6 in., branches all very short and crowded, or with sometimes a few remote lo^^ 

 down or the stem ascending from a naked base and bearing a dense o^^^°^,. *^|gj; 

 of spikelets, rachis smooth, branches scaberulous. Spihelets very shortly pedic^^^^ 

 pale green or straw-colrd. ; gl. I i in., keel scaberulous; II i in., tip ^ |^j, 

 below the awn; III scaberulous, callus shortly bearded; column of awn "^^J^- ^j 

 long as the gl., slender, smooth, branches capillary. — King's specimens from Jod r 

 are in a starved state and mixed with A. Adscenscionis. 



Sect. II. AiiTURATHEiirK. Column of awn long, twisted, articula e 

 the glume (obscurely in A. redacta), branches glabrous, rarely 0. 



&' Rupr. in Mem. Acad. P^^^^^'^^' ^^^\^^ 

 fender, panicle lax narrow, branches ^^^^^ 



7. A. funiculata, Trin. 



vii, (1849) 159 ; annual, very s_ 



short, gls. I and II ^-1 in. subequal awned, column of awn 1 in- ^^^^-J) 

 branches capillary 1-3 in. Steud. Sr/n. Gram. 142 ; Aitchis. Cat. s . ^ 

 PL 164; Boiss, Fl. Orient v. 492 (in part) ; Duthie Fodd. ^''^^i,\ ^. «» 

 47. A, funicularia, Trin, ex Steud. Nomencl. Ed. II. i. 131; -^^. jj^, 

 Journ. As. Soc. Beng. xxi. (1852) 160, 163 (foenicularis). >• -^^J fl 

 ITochst. €x Steud. Syn. Gram. 142. A. macrathera, A, Rich. -^ jjj^^ 

 Abyss, ii. 393 ; Steud. I c. 142; Boiss. I. c. 493 (macranthera). A- J^. / 1 

 Edgew. in Journ. Linn. Soc. vi. (1862) 209; Aitch. Lc.\ -^"^''^'ir. 

 c.c. A. muriua, Aitchis. I.e. 164 {non Cav.); Duthie Grass. j^ 

 Ind. 26. A. paradoxa. Schmidt Fl. Cap. Verd. 140. A. P^^^]\.tersi' 

 Het/ne {non LabilL). A. Royleana, Trin. & Ritpr. in Mem. Acad, r 



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