284 CLXXiii. GUAMiNE^:. (J. D. Hooker.) {Graciha. 



Proc. Linn. Soc. I (1841) 95; Wight Cat n. 1768 ; Dalz. iSf Gibs. Bomh. Fl 

 297. M. Perrottetii, Jaub. & Sp. Ill PL Or. IV. 39, t. 326. Pommerenlla 

 moaoeca, Bottl. I. c. ; Both, Nov. Sp. 33 (monoica) ; Kunth Enum. PI i. 

 321 ; Wall. Cat n. 8905 excL D. 



Mysore and the Caenatic, Reyne, &c. Cexlok ; Mannar district, Trimen. 



Stems 6-8 in., stout and decumbent below, erect or geniculately ascencling. 

 Leaves f-1 in., narrowed from the subcordate base to the acute tip, rigid, margins 

 setosely serrulate ; ligule of short hairs. Spikes and clusters of spikelets as m 

 G. Royleana, but tip of gl. III entire, IV bicuspidate. 



2. G. Royleana, B'oofc./. ; annual, leaves filiform. Melanocenchns 

 Eoyleana, Nees in Proc^ Linn Sac. i. (1841) 95; Aitchis. Cat. Panjab f'J. 

 168 (exrl Spi.) ; Duthie Grass. N.W. Ind. 33, Fodd, Gross. N. Iwrf. 5J, 

 t. 67 ; Lishoa in Journ. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Sac. viii. (1893) 370. m^ 

 Jacquemontii, Jaub. & Sp. Ill PI. Or. iv. 36. Pommereulla monoica, 

 Wall. Cat. n. 8905 D. P. Royleana, Steud. Norn. Ed. II. ii. 379. Ampbi- 

 pogon bumilia, Herb. Ham. ex Wall. Cat. I. ^.— Roylea, Nees ex Steud. LC. 



475. 



The Paxjab Plain, Hamilton, Royle, &c., eastwd. to Delhi, Clarke. Raj- 

 pooTANA, Central India, the Concan, Canara, and Scind.— Disxeib. Socotra, 



Nubia. 



Stems 3-8 in., densely tufted, very slender. Leaves 1-2 in., flat or convoHUe. 

 ghibrous or margins below and sheaths setulose ; ligule a ridge of bair.-. "•^. 

 filiform, 1-2 in., flexuous, often reclined or recurved; rachis 3-gonou8, snioo , 

 clusters of spikelets i-l in. long including the awns, green or purple; awus ot g. 

 I and II longer than the gls., of III very short. i « 



Var, plumosa; clusters of spikelets -^ in. includins: the awns. M. plumo. , 

 Jaub. ^ Sp. I.e. 37; Hochst. in Flora (1855) 273, 417. Pennisetum P^!i"^^'^^^^^^^^ 

 Hochst. ex Steud. Syn. Oram. 201. Ptih)nema plumosum, Steud. L c J'fJ^^ 

 abyssinica, Br. eoj Fresen. in Mns. Senkenh. ii. (1837) 112.— The Panjab, J neia 

 River, Aitchison, Scind, Stocks. Arabia, Abyssinia. 



86. SNTSaOPOGOM, Nees, 



Slender perennial grasses. Leaves long, very narrow. Spikelets very 

 narrow, 1-2-fld. (lower fl. perfect upper if present male or ^^^^^'^^^ ^gg. 

 lateral in a solitary terminal slender spike, not jointed at the oa ' 

 rachilla jointed at the base. Glumes Z or 4; I and II unequal, narro. 

 hyaline, l-nerved, persistent; III much larger, linear, "g^\ ^^^.^ect 

 dorsally rounded, 3-uerved, tip entire, or acutely 2-fid with a ^'^^ Lgig 

 awn in the cleft; callus bearded; palea lanceolate, 2;to^*^^ ' /j^^/rt 

 scabrid, Lodicules 2. Anthers very long. Stj^les distinct. ^ . 

 narrow, free within the hardened gls. — Species, 'an African, a^ 

 following. 



E. melicoides, Nees in Lindl Introd. Nat. Syst. Ed. U. ^^^'.J;^.. 

 Cat. n. b893; Wight Cat. n. 1757 ; Trim. Cat. Ctyl. PL 109. E"tTi%^ 

 enteropogon, Sleud. Syn. Gram. 216. Ischaemum melicoides, ^^ l^\. 

 Bottl. in Ges. Naturf. Neue Fr. 8_chrift. iv. (1803) 211. Ctennim^ep ^ 

 lense, Baker PI Maurit. 452. 



Festuca mysorensis, J^^^^^,^^^ ^^Thsh 

 .riacantha, Roth. Nov. Sp. 43. -K- F 



Sch. Syd. ii. 600. PRottboellia triaca 

 Both, in Boem. Sf Sch. I. c. 785. 



Mysore, Heyne, Wight. Burma ; Shan Hills, Collett. CetloK, ^^nff^^l* 



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