286 CLXxiii. graminej:. (J. D. Hooker.) [Tripogon. 



much longer than the spike, acute ; sheaths striate, lower lax ; ligule ovate, ol*tu?e. 

 Spikelets 1-3, remote, l-4.fld. ; gl. I and II l-nerved, gl. I shorter than II ; ^-^ 

 1-4 with 1-2 empty above them, linear-oblong, 3-nerved ; lateral lobes with capillary 

 awns ; median awn twisted at the base ; palea oblong, keels ciliolate. Anthm 

 minute, subglobose. Grain narrowly linear, cylindric. 



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3. T. trifidus, Munro, ex Stapfin Kew Bulletin (1892) p. 85 ; spikelets 

 i-i in., gl. I lobed on one side, II narrowly lanceolate acuminate entire or 

 notched below the tip, III villous at the base, awn twice as long as tnegl. 

 or longer. 



SiKKiM Himalaya, alt. 5-6000 ft., J.B.E. Mishmi Htlls, Griflth.^^^^^^^ 

 Hills, alt. 4r-5500 ft., Gr'tffith, {Kew Bistrih. n. 6633, 6634). — Distbib. Tonkin. 



Stem 8^18 in. Leaves 6-10 in. Spikes 2-12 in., stout or slender. SptfceleU^^ 

 close or distant, 4-10-fld. ; gl. I lanceolate, acuminate or aristate, broadly lobed on 

 one side, the lobe sometimes detached ; II much longer, lanceolate, ^^^""'"f^^^ 

 2-toothed with a short awn; III and following bearded at the base ; lateral lows 

 simple, lanceolate, and awned or irregularly toothed in the inner margins, or rareij 

 with a small tooth at its inner base ; awn usually twice or thrice as long as the 8^^"^ ' 

 erect and flexuons, or recurved ; palea elliptic-oblong, obtuse, keels scabrid.— 1» 

 Sikkim specimens gl. I and II are sometimes very long lanceolate aristately ftcu 

 nate with the lobe of I placed lower down, in others gl. I is much shorter t^^^Vj 

 with a broad lateral lobe towards its base; in others again gl. I is ^^^^P^^ g " 

 on one side towards the tip only; gl. II is 2-toothed below the tip and has & cotj 

 tiguous strands on the thickened disk ; gl. Ill and its palea are longer and narw ^^ 

 than in any Khasia form, where, however, the plant is so variable that I hesita 

 regard the Sikkim one as a different species. 



4. T. Wierhtli, Hook. /.; spikelets 1-1^ in. 10-30-flcl., gl. I a^*J^ 

 Bubequal linear-oblong tip 2.toothed and mucronate, awn recurved as ioji 

 or twice as long as its gl. 



Mysore ; at Bellary (1834) Wijht (n. 1793 ?). , .i in 



Spikes 6-8 in., rachis as stout as a sparrow's quill. Spikelets 10-12, from Yled 

 apart; gl. I and II linear-oblong, membranous, hyaline, with a ^^'''^^'^ ^^lea 

 midrib ; III rather narrow, base bearded, lateral lobes lanceolate not awned; p 

 oblong, keels obscurely scabrid.— A very distinct species, of which there are 

 spikes in Wight's Herbarium. Bellary is a botanically unexplored district. 



tt ^^■«' sliorter than its gl, 



5. T- Ziisboae, Stapf in Kew Bulletin (1892) 86; spikelets i a"^' 



Nat. Bist 



-ff./. & T. Ti 



(1893) 370. - - * - 



Rajputana; Ut, Ahxi, ButMe. The Concan, Canaba, and MysobB,/^^ 

 mont, Ac. .^|, ^ss 



Stem stout or slender, in Jacquemont's specimen 3 ft. high and as V^ j^tf. 

 duck's quill below. Leaves 1-2 ft. by ^-i in., quite smooth, flat or ^ ^j^- 

 Spikes 6-10 in.; rachis stout or slender, strict. Spikelets usually ^^^^^'^ ^ ghortlj 

 glumes coriaceous; lobes of III short membranous not awned, base *^^ jQti«.-- 

 bearded ; awn a the length of its gl. or shorter; palea oblong, keels scaW ^^^. 

 The difference in stoutness of stem and spike, and of size of the spikelets is . , 

 able. 



6. T. Jacquemontii, Stapf in Kew Bulletin (1892) 85 ; spV^^^^ 

 f-l in. 10-20-fld., jrl. I lanceolate lobed on one side, II 5 ^^nget 



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