242 cLxxui. aRAMiNE^. (J. D. Hooker.) [Oarnofia. 



and breadth, copiously effuse. Gl. I and II entire or notched with a short awn inlthe 

 notch ; III tip notched or entire, awn rarely twice as long us its gl.— bteudel refers 

 Koenig's Agrostis scoparia to Arinidlnella nervosa, Nees. A specimen so named m 

 l^ottler's Herbarium is a qrass 10 ft. high with flat loaves ^ in. broad and panicle 

 2.i ft. long, the spikelets have all fallen away. It is probably Tkysanolcsna. 



ft Awn not rejiexed from the twisted base, lent above, in G. tectorum. 



2. G. Schmidily Hook. f. ; stem 1-3 ft. simple or branched above, 

 leaves very narrow flexuous, panicle 6-10 in. narrow, spikelets ^ in. paje 

 or dark brown, base bearded, glumes I and II notched and awned, ili 

 nearly as long as I notched, awn tvrice as long as the glume. 



NiLGHiKi Hills, Schmid; Gondaloor Ghat, alt. 4500 ft., Lawson, ^ . 



Stems tufted, base with the distichous leaf-sheaths an inch broad. Leaves -i^^^- 

 broad, shorter than the peduncle. Panicle erect, branches 1-1^ in., erect.— bcLuna 

 specimens are small, 1 ft. high with a rather loose panicle and almost red-brown spik^ 

 lets. Lawson's is a very much larger plant with longer leaves and denser panicle an 

 paler spikelets. 



3, G. tenuigrlumis, Stapf, mss. ; stem tall stout, leaves very narrow, 

 panicle 2 ft. very narrow, spikelets | in., base nearly glabrous, glum^ 

 thin. II 1-nerved, awn of III short capillary base twice or thrice twistea. 

 Chrysopogon muricatus, Herh. Wight, n. 3247. 



AVestern Peninsula, Wight. , - .^^ 



Stem 3-4 ft,, as stout as a goose-quill, solid, upper internode 10-16 in. jt^ea 

 12-16 in., exceeding the stem, glabrous except towards the very base ; shcatbs s« - 

 compressed, margins above woolly ; ligule a ridge of hairs. Fanicle strict, rac ^ 

 stout, terete; brunches 2-3 in., filiform, in distant clusters, strict, erect, fPy 

 pale yellow-brown, appressed to the branchlcts; gl. I aristulate ; H subb^alin , 

 uwn of III rather longer than the spikelets. 



4. 6. Bcoparia, Stapf. mss. ; stem 3 ft., leaves very narrow plicate ^r 

 keeled, panicle 16-20 in. long narrow brandies very long, spikelets^ ^^ 

 base shortly bearded, glumes firm, II 3-nerved, awn of 111 about as long 

 as the spikelet, base twisted. Bergbausia scoparia, Munro in Serb. J" • 

 Or. Jl.f. Sr T. B. elata, Am. ex Miq. Analect. BoL ii. 20. Miquelia elaw, 

 Am, ex JSees in Wight Cat, n. 2600, ex Miq. I.e. Agrostis scoparia, A^.^^ 

 et Aristida arundmacea, ex Wall. Cat. n. 8912 A. A, laxa et Aristi 

 inontana, Ilerh. Rotil. ex Wall. 8912 B.— Gramin, Wall. Cat. n. 891'^ 



Mysore ; at Chitaldrug, Seyne; Mysore & Kurg, G. Thomson. ^^^j 



Stem ntarl^ as thick as a goose-quill below. Leaves erect, very narrow, ^., ^f 

 or ntargius towards the base hairy; sheath with woolly margins ; ^'g^^^ ? ^! n^w; 

 hairs. Fanicle very narrow, branches 6-8 in., filiform, erect. Spikelets F'^^'^ 

 gl. I and II subsimilar, I subaristately acuminate, III 2-dentate, awn geincula e. 



long I i;- 

 reaiiiug 



orum 



broad, panicle 1-2 ft. narrowly oblong branches lax-fld. at length spr^^^ J, 

 spikelets J in. base obscurely pubescent, gl. all subequal ^cuminii* . 

 mucronate not awned. G. stricta, Thw. Enum. Pl. Zeyl. 363 {excl- -y _y 

 Trim. Cat. Ceyl. PI. 106. Berghausia mutica, Munro in I'roc. ^" 

 Acad. iv. (1864) 362, 



Ceylon ; in elevated parts of the Island, Gardner, Ac. jjcuf. 



Stem 3-4 ft., as thick as a gooae-quill below, strict. Leaves 2 ft., linear, ^^^^ 

 base plicate, more or less hairy j sheatii hirsute above or glabrous ; ligule verj 



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