292 OLXXiii. GRAMiNE^. (J. D. Hooker.) [Chlorii. 



Rajpootana, and Upper and Lowbb Gangbtic Plains, and southward to 

 Behab, and Ckntrat- and Southern Inbia. Western Tibet, Thomson, Bubka, 

 WallicL—BiSTmB. Westward to Algeria ; China, MougoHa, Trop. and S. Africa and 

 America. 



Stem rather stout, flattened, 8-12 in. high, usually leafy, decumbent and mucli 

 proliferouslv branched below. Leaves rather broad, flat, acnte ; upper sbeatln niort 

 or It^ss inflated.— A uf^tralian specimen of this in Herb. Kew from Mueller, »re 

 ticketed C, harhata, MuelL, var. with one empty gl. The Western Tibet habitat i-^ 

 remarknble; there are two specimens collected by Tliomson, dated by bunseW 

 at a time he was in Ladak, at au elevation not less than 12,000 ft. 



' 8. C- barbata, Sw. FL Ind. Occ. i, 200; spikes 4-20, rachis scabera- 

 lons, spikelets 3-awned. Jacq, Eclog. Gram, 10, t. 8 ; Kunth £mm.rl'^ 

 264, Suppl. 209; Durand de CliloHd, 13, 22 ; Trin. Diss, i. 232, Sp.Gr^'^: 

 Ic, t. 306; Nees Agrost. Bras, 421 ; Steiid. Syn, Gram. 204; Boxh.FLm. 

 i. 331 ; Grah. Cat Bomb. PL 23 1 ; Wight Gat. n. 1764 ; Aitch. Cat. Fanjao 

 PL 167; Thw. Ennm. PI. Zeyl. 371; Trim. Cat, Ceyl. PL 109; ^w^jw 

 Grass, N.W. Ind. 33, Fodd Grass. N. Ind. 53, t. 34: Lhhoa m J^rt. 

 Bomh. Nat EisL Soc. vii. (1893) 367 ; Griseh. FL Brit W. Ind. r39 ; i^^^«"^- 

 FL HongJc. 429, FL ^w^/mL vii. 613 (ea;cZ. ^u, decora) ; I)oelI tn-W^' 

 FL Bras. \l III. 67. Andropo^on barbatus, Linn. PL Jam. Pw?*"- p 

 Mant ii. 302.— Chloris, WaU. Cat n. 3812.— Bheede Eort MaL xu. t. oi. 



Throughout the plains of India, Burma, and Ceylon.— Distrib. Tropin 

 generally. j 



Stem 1-3 ft., stout, erect from a geniculate or from a creeping F^^^^^j^^^gi 

 branched base, simple or branchinsr above, nodes with often large tufts ^^ * jj, 

 having comprisstd rquitant sheaths. Leaves 6-18 long, flat; mouth ^^ »" ^ 

 ciliMte; lignle obscure. Spikes 1-4 in., suberect, strict or flexuous. ^i^* jjj 



■ in., green or red-purple; gls. I and II acuminate, II much the K°^^' A^ or 

 ovate, more or less densely bearded above the middle and dorsally, tip ^^ ^^^ 

 notched; awn ^-J in, ; Ilicuneiform, at length globose, ciliate; IV iBUch sip 

 globose, awned.— Extremely variable in size and habit. 



9. C. polystachja, Boxh. FL Ind. i. 330; spikes ^^y^J^Ll 



plabronF, spikelets very minute 3-awned. Kiinth Enum. PL i. 265 ; 0^ ? 

 :^eu€ Entdeck. iii. 127; Grah. Gat Bomb. PL 23b; Wight Gat n.,^[\ 

 Duthie Grass, N,W. Ind. 33, 0, Roxburghiana, SchuU. Mant u. ^ 

 Steud, Syn. Gram, 206.— Chloris, WalL Cat n. 3811 {ex Wight Lc). 



Deccan Penjns0la, Roxburgh, Wight. „ j^, ]oo?j 



Stem 1-2 ft., ascending from a procumbent base. Spikes about 16,2- ^ ' ^os 

 gls. I and II lanceolate, acuminate; II much the loncrest ; III ovate, acute, ^^^^^^^ 

 ciliateaboveor nearly glabrous; awn flexnous, IV like III but very niucn .^.^ 

 glabrois; Va minute-awmd gl.-^W.ght's is the only specimen I have see , 

 very much smaller than in Roxburgh's drawing. 



10. C. montana, Boxb. FL Ind. i. 329 ; spikes 2-6, rachis ff^l^ll 



8pikelet8 4.awned. Kunth Enum. PL i. 205; Spreng. ^^^^J^fcgc^ 

 127; Steud. Syn. Gram. 204; Lishoa in Journ. Bomb. Nat -o'*^- ^ \gT. 

 (1893) 369. C. decora, Thw, Enum. 371 {exd. syn.). C ^%^^^.'^^r&. 

 decora, Trim. Cat. Ceyl. PL 109. Tetrapoijon tetra^tachys, ^ff'inel^^ 

 Duthie {in part) n. 7759. Andropogon tetra-aristatus, -ff^-"*- -'^; 

 882.— Chloris, WalL Cat n. 3810. ^^^,i 



Mountain districts of Coromandel, Box'bur^A. Upper and LoWBB ;^;, ^ : 

 Plains, and southward to Cevlon. '" ,c^ gitcpl^ 



btem erect or goniculately aacending from a creeping base, 4 in. to 2i •» 



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