Pommereulla.] cLXXiil. gramlve^. (J. D. Hooker.) SOl 



TrimJn^^^ ^^^ *^^ Cabnatic, Heyne, Wight. Ceylon ; Northern Province, 



fl H^^^^ ^r^^^ ^^ ^ crow-qnill, rootinsr at the nodes; branches erect, stout, leafv, 

 nauened. Leaves 1-3 in., distichous, flat, exactly linear, coriaceous, tip rounded, 

 ■trgins sparsely dilate; sheath long or short, broad, flattened; lignle a ciliate 



er fo^ I ^^ ^~^ ^"'^ "s^^^^^y ^^alf sutik in the uppermost shpath, rarely with an 

 ewrtPd naked peduncle and sometimes 2 erect branches. Spikelets ^W >"•» shortly 

 tbanM -u **^' ton^entosc, awns shortly exserted ; gls. I and 11 much shorter 

 a the spikf let, keels nearly smooth, biwes narrowed; II inserted much above I, 

 embrT^- V embrueing the rachiila ; III and IV narrowed intoatomento<<e stipes, 

 lobes^h^^r ^"*^r^^' '^'^^^''^ ^^^^'^ ^ short dorsal awn, disk coriaceous, margins and 

 turb' ^** ./ V-VII cnneately obovnte, 3-lohed.— A very curious grass. The 

 base *H f? • ^'^^^ resemble clusters of those of Qracilea, but are not jointed at the 

 m%u\ 1 structure is totally different. The above characters are drawn from 

 SDecim^^^^^^^* ^^^ ^^^^^ ^^^^ "*^ doubt be found to vary in a more extended suite of 



specimens. 



95. PAPPOPKORUM. Nees. 



.-t'erennial grasses. Leaves narrow. SpiMets 1-3-fld., in contracted or 

 X J ^'^ P^^icles, not jointed at the base; rachiila jointed at the bane 

 mn K u "len^branous, keeled, 3- many-nerved, persistent ; III and IV 

 TO shorter (except the awns), coriaceous, orbicular, concave, obscurely 

 ^any.nerved, cleft into 9 or more equal or alternately longer long-ciliate 

 iSi^T^k ^^ ^^d y usually imperfect ; palea small, broad, 2-keeled. 

 Snmn 5; <i^labriform. Stamens 3. Stfes short, distinct; stigmas 



plumose. 



iigionr ^^^^^ ^^^^^ ^^ oblong, free.— Species about 20, in 



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«m dm^K?."?"^"'-^ °^'*^''e species of tliis genus is in a most unsatisfactory condition ; 1 

 of oTu '^"' "^ ^^'« nomeuclatnre of some liere described, and the Indian tnatenals 

 Kriptiong' "°' ^^"^^ alluded to, are insufficient for reliable determination or Ue- 



awn; S?*®5*»»8' ^'^'^ i» Wight Cat. n. 1771 ; gl I 9-nerved, H J-nerved, 

 !T„?f fl-gl. nearlvpnnnl „K.>,,f fi..;.^ „= Lmtr ns their el. Tfall. Cat. 



as their el. 

 W I-id.oo. IschEeraum 



n.890o V^'" "^^rly equal about thrice as l^ng i 



PaDoL' V- ^y"- G'*«»i- 199 ; DutAie Grass. JV... 



eleSr^^r^- ^'"f^''- Enneapogon dipaaceus, Wall. mss. Calotheca 

 ^■^^B. Wight & Ar,i. e.v Steud. I. c 



^iah7l7''t' ^^^"'•'"•'- SciND, Stocks. M130RB and the Cabxatic, Heyne, 



VC, OCC. HrR«» T77- IT , 



'^CRMA, JT, 



">i<-keDed ; '"•' ^''^ ^'''"'''^••. ^viry. erect or ascenrling from a ^oly often 

 'oluie? ij , ' °"''^^ glabrous or tomentose. Leaves v.ry narrow, flat or con 

 ♦iUou • ^|:t," '•''^^« «f »'»i's. Panicle 1-3 in., branches very ^'^''V' "!"'!"' 

 "^»rlv\h1f '^'/\"'''' '^' «-"«-J-i in- "esMle and pe-Hcelh-d, ^o'^ly tomentose 

 «f Hi ^S\' ^- •• ^ "'"^ " oblonfT-lanceolato, acuminate. 1 i shorter than II ; awns 



cihate below the middle ; keels of palea pubescent. 



^i^uchs? 7''^'^^"« of fl?-gls three to four times as long a. the gl. 

 ^■^IndT'^^'' t^« others. Stend. Syn. Gram. 200; D^.i%^>%- 

 P. p S/^- „^- turcomanicnm, Trautv. in Act. Hort Petrop.x. (18^ 27. 

 ^nn I '• ^^«"^' ^- ^- = Boi.^8 Fl. Orient, v. 558 ; ? Edgeiv m Jounu 

 P«iom%'-- ^'^^^'^ 1^6 ; J.7c;n>. Cat. Fanjab. Fl. 106. Enneapogon 



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