Lepioehloa.] clxxiil GRAMiNEiE. (J. D. Hooker.) 299 



Amongst other grasses referred to fiVformis, but which from want of materials or 



cescnptions or both I refrain from citiiig. is L. (enerrima, R. & S., which is described 



wflaving a 2.1obed tip of gl. Ill, a character which is approached only in L. obtusu 



^a, outwheh ]b easily produced in the very concave glume by a slight force in 



a^zinvf that organ, Bentiiam Fl. Hongk. and Fl. Austral, refers it to L, chinensu, 



wnicn Its few (2-3.) fid. spikelets is opposed. It is probably a weak state of 



.^ryofTnw Wuh regard to Aira filiformis, Koen., in Roxb. Fl. Ind., Mr. Rendlfe 



kitta^f ^i *^^^'® ^^*® ^*^ ^^^^ British Museum a specimen so named by Koenig 

 L m * * ^^^ther authenticated by Roxburgh, and that both are the Indian 



thpr r:^ ' ^^^''burgh's characters of" leaves ensiform " and '* calyx large " are 

 luertfore erroneous. j . t» 



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Btemf^i" ^'^^'^ensis, Xees in SyU. Batish. i. (1824) 4, Agrost. Bras. 432; 

 Mia V tJ' ^^^^^'^ 2-4 in.; spikelets 4-6-fld., gl. Hi. obtuse and apicalate; 

 Beitk pfir- ■^'^^ ■ "i- 3«9 (e^cf. Syn. Barm.). Steud. Syn. Gram. 209;. 

 Trim n : J!""^^ ■ *3^' ^^- Austral, vii. 617; Thw. Enun. PL Zei/l. 371 ; 

 Grl ^•S'y'- -P'- 109 ; '^M. Cat. n. 8896 ; Wight Cat. n. 1755 ; Duthie 



w Jov>-^ T> 1 \. ^''*"- ^y^-)' -foaa. ijrass. jy. xna. .r.i, i- / 1 ; ^..oL-yu. 

 J dpp • ^^*- -^'*^- ^"''- ^"- (1893) 372 {exd. Sya. teaernma). 



Tiulir^'^ * iTbecilla, Stmd. I. c. '279. Cynodua virgatus, Nees in 

 feilru. «"• ^l^^- ^''^ as henfts, Roem. 8f Sch. Syd. ii. 574. P. 

 Sum) \ : ■^'''"^''- 181- P- chinensis Linn. Sp. PL 69 (excL S>/n. 

 »ecS' ; ^' ^^- I"^- i- 332. P. malabarica, Retz. Ohs. v. 19. P. 



^fartes^^if ''^"''*^ "o*! BuBMA, in moist places. Cetlon, Atakalam Corle, 



'«/em "^rpt;"^'^' '?''""' •^''P''"' M>'l'0'a. Australia. 

 Wes fkiH • fl*" ^*'"'*-'»'atel.v asieu(liii<r, 2-4 ft., often as thick as a goose-qnill. 

 ^""tcieS fo'"'' t.*^ °''<'0"volute, sciiberulous; sheaths loose; lij,'ule short, lacerate. 

 "liout J- T, '"■ • '"■''n'-'hes opposite or alternate, suberect or spreading. Spikelets 

 WxodJus I* '"'■''^^ «^" gl- III ami keels of p.ilea pilose. Grain loose, obtusely 

 ''* forms !,r"*''°**'*~^ '""'•'' "'"re robust species than L. filiformis, but some of 



"J-*! quite as slender as is that plant. 



%»■ G^aw 20Q*^"t> "'* "^^^''^ ^^°'^' ^'■*^° obovoid triquetrous. Steud. 

 Sou ^^ maysorensis, BMler mss. 



Afr.troi"''^'' ^''''^*; ^"'^l*'"' »t Ayacotta, Rottler. (June 10th, 1808).-Distrib. 



^12 gTmn]/^*"^ upwards, erect, branched, leafv. Leaves ntirvow. PanicU of 

 *'*«'»«* hnfi *^''^»<^liei 2-3 in. lon^. Spikelets alternate, sessile, as in L. 



v^''' uCL'P' /''''*'. ^- glumes ^Vi". ^0"^. 'n^''*^ ^^.**^"^' 'V^^' ^'''*'^ T" 



toothed 



>^8ed ^prJi ,^*"°''^^^- <^rciin lartrer than in e4/»enm, triquetrous, ventra ly 

 ^"^ P^oxim„ p' 'P''^^'"^*^ *« imperfect; he has labelled it '' Poa* species mala- 



sorensis, nob, 



of the 



^^ 



T50UBTFUL INDIAN SPECIES 



^^im'^y' ^°^'"- ^ '^'^^^ '^''*<- "• 5"9 ; 



^^••ii. 20 S ^- .fil'"«'-^«i^ ^^a^^v. ^grosf. 71. Cynosurns ^ 'f?"" L^J^f/ 



• ^"oris filiformis, Poir. EncycL Suppl. ii. 238. PoUuna fihforrais. 



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