380 CLxxiii. GRAMiNE^.. {BamhuspJE, Gamble.) [Armdlnaria. 



7-9 in., stem-sheaths 6-9 in. by 4-5 in. broad at the base and ^^ in. at the top, with 

 a basal belt of thick soft tawny hairs, narrowed upwards, tip with rounded auricles, 

 thinly covered with stiff tubercle-based hairs ; blade ^ in., triangular, acute, hairy. 

 Leaves 4-5 by ^ in. or less, narrowed into a petiole, margins smooth, midrib shining, 

 primary nerves 4-5 pairs, transverse nervules strong* ; sheaths seriate, glabrow, 

 ending in a narrow ring with a few stiff curved bristles ; ligule rather broad, hairy. 

 Panicle with a hairy rachis, laterally flattened. Spikeleis l-lj in., narrow; rachill* 

 long, flattened, top clavate, ciliate ; gls. I and II ovate-lanceolate, mncronate, 

 5-7-nerved, scabrous, dorsaliy hairy above; fl. gls. \ in., scabrous, hairy aboTe, 

 7-nerved ; palea 2-mucronate, keels ciliate. Anthers with bearded tips. — Only once 

 seen in flower. 



10. A. Pantllngri, Gamhle Bamh, Brit, Ind, 129, t. 118 ; tall, spines 

 0? nodes with a hairy ring, leaves lanceolate petioled tessellate smooth 

 above scabrid on one margin, tip long twisted scabrid, spikelets pamdet 

 surrounded by sheathing bract?, pedicels glabrous capillary, nodes glandular, 

 spikelets very narrow curved 6-10-fld., rachilla clavate with a tuft or white 



hairs beneath the ovate acuminate long-mucronate flg. gls. 



British Bhotax ; on Rechi La, alt. 11,000 ft., Fantling. ^ 



Stems upwards of ^ in. diam., smooth ; iuternodes 7-8 in. or more, cavity largc^ 



jjuijc^ccuu. weaver.-* o-t oy -^ -| in,, oase narroweu, pfimic >;-3 i"-» * 



pale shining, nerves 4 5 pairs with 7-9 intermediate pairs, crosr^-nervules very mi» .^j 



sheath glabrous, ending in a very hairy ring with a few twisted ^"^y^^VJ*!'^(Jn 

 long-ciliate; ligule dorsaliy pubescent, JPanicles 4-H in., terminal and axilla >^ 

 lejifless brunches; bracts like small stem-sheaths, prlabrous. Spikelets2 m. ov ^^^^^^^ 

 su\>verticillate; uppermost flg. gls. usually empty ; rachilla about i >"•• . 

 pubescent ; gls. I and U empty, I ^ in.; II nearly "^ in., 3 5-nerved, s^^^^^^^^^y^.jfh 

 gls. promiuently 7-nerved, keels scaurid ; palea with 2-ciliate keels »^l*^^^"*^"7M|^t^ 

 3 nerves, tip 2-fid and ii-mucrotiate. Lodicule^ 3, ovate or obovate, ncute, c^^^,^^ 

 Anthers linear, acute. Ovary glabrous style short ; stigmas 3, long, l^^^!"^^-^//t,V7nfl 

 oblong, dark brown, grooved, tipped with the style-base.— Uiflers from A. ^^^-^ ,^^^ 

 in wanting spines, in the dilferent stem-sheaths, large leaves, longer spikcie n 

 glabrous anther tips. 



11. A. callosa, ilfwiiro hi Trans. Linn. Soc. xxvi. (1868) 30 ; in|^^.^^ 

 node.s smooth, nodes girt by the base of the iallen sheath, ^^^^fj^g^^gnt 

 oblong-lanceolate acnnunato tessellate glandular-scabrid above pu .^ ^ 

 beneath, margins scabrous-serrulate, spikelets bracteate 6-l>ll • ^^^^ 

 branched axillary panicle ending in a leafy branchlet, flg. gls. ovate 

 mncronate. Gamble Bamh. BriL Ind. 12, t. 10. , ^^^ 



Eastern Himalaya ; in the Duphla Hills, alt. 4500~GS00 ft., Lister. 

 Hills, alt. »5O0O ft., J. D. IL ^^ T. T., &c. 



ooiu surtaces, auricles short fringed decurrent. Leaves r>-\} -^ '^ \ . irv i^'''"^"^ 

 from a subobruiue base to the very short petiole, tip scabrous, midrib n!» .^-^^^rposeti 

 above, primary nerves 5-8 pairs, transverse nervules raised beneath ^^'*^ . ^yith * 

 pellucid glands; sheath densely tawny-pubescent, at length S^'^^^^^^^ 7. ^ith th? 

 ciliate callus and a few stiff curved bristles ; ligule short, hairy. ^ , r e terminal 

 rachis striate, flattened on one side, and with a pubescent vertical ^^" '|^||j.^ very 

 joints clavate, hairy ; bracts narrow, straw-colrd. Spikelets 2-3 in., ra 



