Coehchne,] clxxiii. gramine^. (J. U Hooker.) 271 



^ 8toi 6-.18 in. flaccid, decumbent or ascending, slender or rather stout, leafy up 

 txum-nT /^\ ^^^^^ uniform tliroughout the stem, ^-1 in., lanceolate, subulate, 



miQate, distant or subequitantly sheathing, ecostate, minutely scaberulous above, 

 ^« siriate; hgnle a few hairs. Panicle very various. Spikelets ^V"i^ »»!•' 

 manvn^^ FOicelled. globose or ovoid; gl. I and II suborbicuiar or hemispheric, 



jr-D^rved membranous or herbaceous; III hermaphrodite, coriaceous, dor- 

 IV Tn S fi! nerves or very obscure; palea coriaceous, margins incurved; 

 m\^^T f smallest, often imperfect, neuter or fern.— After a long study of a 

 there UK f specimens fr.om all the countries mentioned above, I conclude that 

 toinclud ^^^ ^^own species of this genus. If there are two, the second is one 



in»n».^/. ^!^^^^'3'^^cilUma ^udperpusilla, in which case the latter name would be rery 

 inappropriate for both. 



t*^L^^i^^^^? proper; stems filiform decumbent and ascending, leaves lanceolate 



fiat Tiat»* 1 • t""pc^ ; sLems nnrorm oecumoent ana ascenamg, leaves umc 

 KhiolJ} 1 1 ^'^^'^^t spreading filiform branches, spikelets ^VtV '" 

 C imlcMl ^ 7 '»®™ispberic. III broadly ovoid, IV faintly hairy or glau*...., 

 W i Q'71 <f^"^-^'' ^^di. leonoar. t 2 ; Kunth Bevis. Gram. ii. t. 143, J?M7m. 



snb- 



brous. 



Graniin, Wall. 



Cat n SoTto ^^ •^^^' ^^^^^' 2^-^; ^^^^^'' ^^- ^^stral. vi. 626. Gramin, 

 ' Var br A^ ™^' ^^"^^^ ^^ ^^^ Chappedong River, Wallich. Anstralia. 

 Panicle2 I • ^^^' Munro in Herb. Kew ; stem stout or slender suberect or ascending, 

 ^JkethoseTf^"'?^"^' branches shorter than \n putchella proper, spikelets ^^-iV ^o. 

 ^» 626 r '^,!^^^^^ proper but sessile. C. braehiata, Munro ex Benth. FL Austral. 



Var ;^'' j!'')-^'^^«i»sserim, Griffith {Kew BMrih. 6675) Reljer. 

 •^t Pani f^ f ^^^^"^^ ; s^em suberect or creeping and^^ting rather stout, leaves 

 crowded 1!^%^*^^^^^ narrow, branches short stiff, spikelets ^^^ in. ovoid sessile 



Ukt. S„f ■■■ ~" "• v'l- oao. u. inarma, Jiiuese fi^. Jungn. i. oo\j-, ju.i<i. ^w 



'^chiata' T-J^- P"Jchella. Tkw. Enum. 273; £^nth. FL Hongk. 430. C. 

 ^'"n So'e //"non *• ^'^y^- -P^- 108. C. nmdagascailensis, Baker, in Joum. 

 ^ (nam \ ■ -D ^ ^^- Isacline brachyglutnis, Hoclist. in Hohen. PI. Nilgh. n. 

 ^.-Kha,?» ■ r?'<^»'» simpliciusculum, Wight S,' Am. ex Steiid. S-yt>. Gram. 

 Bills, S/"/ N«S'^ Hills, alt. 4-5000 ft. J". 1 //. & T. T., Clarke. Nilgh.n 

 "•daeascarli ; ^^y^*'"' ^^^^er, Thn-nites (CP. 884).-Java, Tonkin, China, 



Var ,„,v /"tennediate between bracMata and s^^zcafa. 

 ^«n8e spicifo-!n" ' ^ -^^ ^^*^'"* «*o"* suberect, leaves flat, spikelets ^^-V '«• ovoid m 

 •woadly ovflt J?""'*^'*^^ subsessile, gl. I and II orbicular subequal membranons. 111 

 'f'Wl/ieri'^^T'' '^''^""*'^'' (Cat. n. 8908). Chota Nagpore, Clarke. S. India, 



Vai- ■.,?." ^3/6). — Cbina. 



f ''^■"««rh?^'??'. ^**™^ capillary densely tufted, lenves filiform, panicles as in 

 (f^-P. 450^^5'' f*'*^^ brancbes and spikelets. C. perpusilla, Thw. I.e. xnpart 

 K mi-i L .-''iRJ. 1. c. (in nfi^i^ To„„i„,„ =;i!.. tvinht Ji' Am. ex WigA( Cat. 



2043.^ Ce,.,""-^^- C^" P«»-<). Isacbuc perpusilla, IFi^A^ ^- ^m. ea; TTi^A^ Caf. 

 1 ^"- <?ar,/«?' "^'^«''. Adam's Peak, Thtcaites. . ^ , , , 



^■"^olate LIT' I '^'^'" 12-18 in. stout flexuons, clothed throughout with subulate- 

 'P'keleU I, flieathing leaves, panicle stiff with few short spreading brandies, 

 ("• 1018, ibYq? '"• *^^^'^^> gl- I and II subequal, HI ovate.-Ceylon, Gardner 



1019): 



79. TaZSTACKYA 



^*'«- or w/.?'«««- Leases various. .Spiyle/e^s 2-fld. (lower fl. male upper 

 ^T^ocei^W ^' Pa^icled, not jointed on their pedicels ; rachilla villous, 

 ^^«»ie; i.'i'^^^o.gl' II and III but not beyond IV, jointed at the base. 



•*. 1 and II unequal, not awned, persistent, empty, lanceolate, 



