410 OLXxiii. QRAMiNE^^ {BambusecB, Gamble.) [Fseudostachyum, 



petiole, midrib pale, nerves 7-11, nervules oblique; ligule short. PantWe Inrge, 

 leafy, branches fascicled, rachis wiry angled. Grain subtended by the gls. and 

 lodiculea, pericarp crustaceous. — Spikelets in diseased specimens converted into 

 rouudod softly liairy ujasses. 



141. TEZNOSTACHVUBX, Munro, 



Shrubby cr arborescent; stems thin, arching. Stem-sheaihs.Mm^nj 

 thin, ieare? various. Panicle spiciform, on leafy branches. Spikelets \^ 

 bracteate whorls, long, narrow, many-fld., upper and lower flja. imperfect; 

 empty gls 1-2, mucronate ; fl. gls, similar, mucroB longer ; palea convolute, 

 teels ciliate. LodicuJes 3, 3-9-nerve(l. Stamens 6, filaments free, slender. 

 Anthers obtuse or obtusely apiculate. Ovary ovoid or depressed-globose, 

 apex produced enclosing the style, stigmas 2-3 plumose. ^ Grain ovoia, 

 acuminate, heated, pericarp crustaceous. — Species the following. 



i. (1868) 143, t. 3; 



Griffithii 



stem-sheaths anricled, leaves 6-10 by f-l| in. obloDe:-lauceolate glaucous 

 beneath, spikelets 2-3 in. linear puberulous, empty gls. 1 or 2 (the secon 

 sterile) narrowly ovate mucronate, fl. gls, 3-5 ovate acute mucronate 9-1^- 

 nerved, lodiculew glabrous. Gamble Bamh. Brit, Ind. 98, t. 86. Cepba- 

 lostachyum GriflRthii, Kurz For, FL Burma, ii. 566. 



strigose 



with long curved reflcxed bristles, shaggy within ; ligule short. Zear^*' cuspio ^^ 

 base rounded, petiole wrinkled, midrib with clusters of long hairs at ^^ebase, ner 

 8-10 pairs with transveive pellucid glands; sheatli keeled, auricles ^"' ^ f-u^ 

 short ligule ciliate with deciduous hairs. Panicle leafy, branches often ^vhip- 

 with few often pedicelled spikelets or axillary fascicles, rachis smooth s*^"'?^^} 

 racbilla jointed between the gls. Palea longer than the fl. gh, keels ^^^"^^^ ^ 

 way down, 4-uerred on each side. Lodicules ovate-lanceolate, glabrous, ^-y-^?^ , * 

 Anthers yellow. Ovary stipitate, glabrous, style triquetrous. Gram obuqu j 

 ovoid, tapering at both ends, beaked, glossy. 



cccxxiii.; Forest Uan-V' 



_ i. - „^.4- QTirlCie^i 



Wiffhtii 



^. ** Trx^utiAAj ntaaome j^c. ^ytvai, t. cccxsui. ; ^■ui^'^^' — . . n 

 ccxxxiii.(excZ. Syn) stem-sheaths papery hirsute top truncate i^^* ^-^ ;., ' 

 leaves 6-15 by 1-2 in. oblong-lanceolate, panicle with spiciform «^^^PM 

 branchlets. spikelets ^-1 in., empty gl. 1 ovate mucronate ^"' '^.^^ igg 

 dorsally hirsute, fl. gls. 1 or 2 mucronate nerved transversely, lodicu 

 short ciliate. Gamble Bamh. Brit. Ind. 99, t. 87. 



xi^ucniua oj spiKeuts Slender, flattened and concave below, ttncKcneu """ tb, 

 above. Lodicules ovate, 3-5-nerved. Ovaiy stipitate, depressed-globose, >i^ ^^^ 

 style included in the long beak of the ovary. Grain stoutly stipitnte, ovoia, 

 glabrous. 



3. T. attenuatam, Munro in Tram. Linn. Soc. xivi. (1868) 



