244 CLXxiii. GRAMiNE^. (J. D. Hooker.) [GarnoUa. 



Jin. broad at the base; sheath villous at the top; llgule very short, pubescent. 

 Panicle flexuous, branches and capillary pedicels scaberulous. Spikelets pale, base 

 sparsely hairy ; awns variable in length, median very slender, not twisted. 



9. O. rergrussonii, Trim, in Journ. Bot. xxvii. (1889) 170; stem 

 1-3 ft., leaves linear densely bearded at the base, panicle 4-6 in. oblong, 

 brancbes at length spreading, spikelets often in dimorphic pairs, upper 

 i-\ in. base obscurely bearded, gl. I and II entire awned or not, III entire 

 or tip 2-fid, awn twisted at the base at length deflexed. G. patala, iftw. 

 77155. (O.P. 3947) ; Trim. Gat GeyL PL 106. Andropogon Beckettu, i/i«- 



mss. 



Cetlon; Matale district, BeclceU ; Knuckle's Mts., alt. 5-6000 ft., Ferptsson. 



Stems smooth, branched. Leaves 4-8 by |-i in., and sheath glabrous or sparsely 

 hairy; ligule short, truncate. Panicle pale green or purplish, branches smooui. 

 Spikelets in pairs, the upper often reduced to a glume; gl. I and II oblong- 

 lanceolate, awn short or ; III with a single awn about ^ in. long. 



10. G. courtallensis, Thwaites Emcm. PI Zeyl. 363 ; stem 8-18 in^ 

 slender, leaves linear not densely bearded at the very narrow base, P^°^^. 

 1-3 iu. lax, branches at length spreading, spikelets sometimes in dimorpni 

 pairs \ in. base obscurely hairy, gl. I and II lanceolate awnless ^^"^v^^^g" 

 nate, III entire or tip notched, awn geniculate twisted below the k^ • 

 Trim. Cat. Ccyh PI. 106. Miquelia courtallensis, Am. ex Kees in J^oi- 

 Act. Nat Cur, xix. SuppL i. (1843) 179; Steud.Syn. ^^.^^j^^^' ^^^^ 



n. 2376. 



Miq 



NiLGHiRi and Teavancoee Hixls, Wight, Ac, alt. 6000 ft.| ^^^ 

 Cetlon ; Adam's Peak, alt. 4000 ft., Gardner, &c. j^^te, 



Stems simple or branched. Leaves rarely 3 in. long, lanceolate, ^^^"" v^j^t! 

 spreading, membranous, more or less hairy, as are the sheaths; ligule very * 



Panicle pale; branches smooth or slightly scaberulous. Spikelets few, ^^^^ J^ Lm, 

 celled ; gl. I and II broader than usual in the genus, I thin, ^-nerved.— Batratu ^^^'^ 

 Wall, Cat. n. 8827, Andropogon minufissimus, Herb. Heyne, referred here by oi 



is a totally different plant (see p. 147). 



11. O-. mlcrantha. TJi 



stem 



1-3 ft. 



1 



T2 



branched and often creeping below, leaves linear-lanceolate from a ^^ , ^ 

 base, panicle 2-10 in. contracted lax-tid., branches capillary, ^P^^ q. 



iV ID. snbsolitary, gl. I and II acuminate, III shortly awned or mu 

 nate. Trim, Cat GeyL PL 106, 



Ceylon; Central Province, alt. 2-4000 ft., Thwaites (C.P. 945). ^^ 



Stems elongate, branched, tufted and ascending, or creeping below. X/^^^^ ^.^^y 

 ^y 3- J hi., sparsely hairy beneath ; sheath glabrous except at the ^^P » , ^^^ Jq^s, at 

 short, truncate. Panicle pale green, at first contracted; branches scaberu ^^^.^^^ 

 kugth spreading. Spikelets obscurely hairy at the base; awn about ^ iD-> 

 not twisted. ^^.^ed 



Van nana, Stapf ; stem short very slender, panicle 1^-2 in., gh lH ^^ 

 Berghausia mntica, var, nana, Munro mss. Ceylon (C.P. 944). 



12. O. fuscata, Thwaites Enum. PI. Zeyl 363 ; stems short tu ^e^^ 

 and creeping, base leafy, leaves short linear, panicle narrow ^^^'^fr' ftb » 

 lets I in. base shortly bearded, gl. I and II with setaceous ^^V^* %^i pl 

 long awn compressed and once twisted at the base. Trim. C<^t. ^ if ' 



^^^H J''~^ J^^M 



106. 



Saffragi 



