GraminecB,'] ceylon plants. 363 



dimidio inferiore distauter rigide ciliata, Lasi cordata, amplexicaulia. Pamcula pol- 

 licaris, compacta. Glumce lanceolateBj apice setacese, iuferior superric hispida. Flos 

 hermaphr, pilosus, arista valida, complauata, tortaj supra medium attenuata muuitus, 



18. GARNOTIA, Brongn. 



Miqzceliaj N. ab Es. ; BergJtmtsia^ Endl. 



1. G. stricta, Brongn. (Benth, FL Hongk. p. 416, cum syn.) 

 Berghausia mutica, Munro, in Proc. Am. Acad. 4, p. 362. — c.p. 2968. 



Hab. More elevated parts of the Central Province. 



Much used for thatching. 



2. G. scoparia. — Berghausia scopariay Munro. — C.p. 943» 



Hab. Hotter parts of the island, not uncommon. 



Culmi 2-4-pedales, erccti. Folia augusta, vaghiis latis, distichis, marginc longe 

 sericeo-pilosis. Panicula densa^ 1-2-pedaliSj ramis plarirais, lougiusculisj subcrectis. 

 Spicule la" liu. longoe, basi piHs brevibus paucis cinctse. GImna anguste lanceolata, 

 setaceo -acuminata, scabriuscula. Palea mferiorfior. ^^rwz^^/^r. acuta, longe aristata, 



^ 3. 6. fuscata^ Thw. ; culmis tenuihus, basi repentibus, ramosis, ra- 

 dicantibus, nodis glabris ; foliis firmis, brevibus, liueari-lanceolatiB, 

 sparsissime longiuscule pilosis, vagina glabra apice pilosa ; panicula 



{)arva, pauciflora ; pedicellis apice piliferis ; gluma suDglabra, lanceo- 

 ata, apice longiuscule setacea ; palea inferiore flor. hermaphr, longe 

 aristata.— c.p, 2756. 

 Hab. Saffragam District, at an elevation of 4000 feet. 



Cuimi 1-2-pedales. Folia 1-2 poll, longa, circiter 2 hn. lata. 



4. G. Courtallensis. — 3£iqueUa Courtallensis, Arn. and N. ab Es. ; 



Steud. Synops. Gram. p. 119. — c.p. 454. 

 Hab. Central Province, at an elevation of 4000 feet. 



Tota planta pallida vel plus niimis nigrescens. Cuhni i-2-pedales. Folia pilosa 

 vel glabra, 1-4 poll, longa, 1-3 lia. lata. Spicule li lia. longa:. Gluma pilosa, 

 acuta nee setacea. 



5, G. micrantlia, Thw. ; culmis tenuibus, basi repentibus, radicantl- 

 tus, nodis pilosis ; foliis liueari-lanceolatis, valde acuminatis, breve pi- 

 losulis vel subglabris, vagina apice pilosa; panicula elongata, ramia 

 capillaceis, scabris ; pedicellis ad apicem parcissime piliferis ; spiculis 

 minutis, aliia aristatis, aliis muticis, vel omnino muticis ; gluma scabra, 

 acuta, apice sctacea.~c.p. 944, 945. 



Hab, Central Province, at an elevation of 2000 to 4000 feet, 



Culmi l-2i-pedales. Folia 3-8 poll, longa, 2-4 liu. lata. Fanicula sajpe peda- 

 lis. Spiculce 1 liu. longro. 



In general appearance very like G. adscendens, Munro, but the spikelets of the 

 present plant are much smaller, and with scarcely a trace of the circle of hairs at 

 their base. 



19. OKOPETIUM, Trin. 



1. O. Thomteum, Trin. (Kth.Ei 

 \omcea, WiUd. ; Koxb. PL Cor. i 

 Hab. Bintenue Tank, Gardner, 



Hotthoellia 



c.p. 872. 



20. HEMARTHRIA, E. Br, 



1. B. compreBsa, K 



cum syn.) —Fott- 



