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i:i:/trophrus.] cLxxiii. GRAMixEJi. (J. D. Ilojkor.) 307 



From the Sutlej to Bexgai,, Assam, the Deccan Pbnixsula, Burma, and 

 ^"i'°''^,--I^iSTEiB. Trop. Asia, Africa, inul Australia. 



100. ZiAMARKIA 



and ^°f ^°°°^^ tufted grass. Leaves flat. Spikelefs dimorphic, fertile 

 "T ' *'™^'^^'^ "fi the drooping branches of a simple secund nodding 

 pnicle, terminal spikelet of each branchlet fertile of few gls. surrounded 

 sis * p'^^'J.,^'^-' ^^^ bj neuter spikelets of many obovate conTolute erose 

 lan/ff *i'i^e^ei; glumes IV, I and II membranous, subequal, subulate- 

 d„,,^?P^' l-tiervod, subaristate, persistent; III shorter, ovate, convolute, 



the slender rachilla. 



joraally awned below the 2.tid tip; IV terminating 

 J^"'7 ^°"f -awned ; palea of III narrow. 2-fid, 2-keeled. Lodicules very 

 hairy r^^'"^"'^ 3, anthers linear. Styles distioct, stigmas slender, 

 J- irrain elliptic-oblong, closely wrapped in the gls. and palea. 



M, 



N. 



Cat Pa i p, ^r"'- ^^"""^- i- "• '^ 



• njab Fl.lJO; Da/hie Grass. ±y. tr . j./ia. ou, ^■uu.u. u,«oo. x,. j...... 



Chrv!^; ^ookeriana. Griff. Nolul. iii. 9-t, Ic. Fl. Asiat. t. 143, f. 2. 

 7vn '^^ ^"/'^"s. Beauv. Agrost. 123, t. 22, f. 5 ; Rciclih. Ir. Fl. Germ. t. 58. 



(18l:n 7^""% • -^^^'■*- '"^i/**- J- 80- I'terium eleg^ms. Desv. Joiirn. Bot. i. 

 ft p':j, ^J'^'ea elegauB, Carcia Ref. Arc. Zel. Ari.-Eea'e, Ann. 3-i^24, 



^ham A ,.:^"^''^'"'- i- 138. Cynosurus aureus, Linn. Sp. J 

 349 nioR ■• '"• *• 4 J '^'^^^^- ^''^- G'-aec. i. t. 79.-Gramin. (7;v/. 



Host 



^Spa^in^^M^r^^^'^^^' Peshawar, T^'cari/, Stewart, Alfchison,—DisT:iU3. Westwd. 



oMong p ^"V *^^"*= ^r slender, leafy. Leaves broiully linear, acuminate; Hj^ule 

 <^'Vered wiM^^^^*- ^"^ ^"'^ ^'^l^len-yoUow, shillings branches crowded, i~l in. long, 

 iWin-av ^'*^*^'^^^^ o^" pendulous scabcrulous spikelets. Flowering; spikelets 

 ■' °^ vuruiblc iu length, -}~i in.— A very beautiful grass. 



101. CVNOSUBUS, Linn. 



fa«cic?eT'^! or perennial tufted grasses. Leaves Hat. SpHrhts dimorphic, 

 ranicle k f ^, ^ collected in a dense unilateral spiciform terminal 

 "'"'ter 'di^f- u ^'^'■"^^"^1 of each fascicle 2-3-fld., the lower 1-2 of many 

 '"anuuS ."8 Pectinately spreading subuUte glumes, persistent 

 ''^"te or «! • ^^'^^'i'la. Glumes of fertile spikelet 1-5; I and II narrow, 

 "^^^ed nnn "^'^^*^' 1-Qerved; III and IV awr.ed or mucronate, 1-3- 

 ^oiicule.V^''^^^^ imperfect; palea narrow, 2-toothed, keels oliate. 

 ^foblon„ .^^'^"^inate. Stamens^. 6V«* short, free. Gmi« elliptic 

 Hp. regions ^"^"S' adherent *° *^^ gl- and palea.— Species 3-4, in J^. 



^^' ihl^t^}^^^ ^''»n. % ri-Ti; perennial, fertile spikelets 3-5.fld 



• '• ^«^8; Most Gram. Austr. ii. t, 96; Kunth Enum. Fl. i. 388, 



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