114 BURMA, ITS PEOPLE AXD PRODVCTIONS. 



DiMEEiA, R. Browne. 



Spih'lcfs 1 -flowered, almost sessile, inserted singly on the alternate notches of 

 slender unihiteral spikes, whieli are either solitary or more frequentl)' 2 or 3 together 

 ou a terminal peduncle. Rachis not articulate, and a tuft of short hairs under 

 each spikelet. Outer empty (jlumcs 2, linear, stiff, keeled, not awned : t/iird empty 

 glume smaller, thin and transparent, not awned ; flowering glume thin and transparent, 

 notched, or 2-lobed, -wilh ;ui intermediate awn, twisted at the base, and bent back at 

 or below the middle. Palca minute or none. Seed free, but inclosed in the outer 

 glume. 



D. ruscESCENS, Trin. Nipal. Ceylon. S. China. 



D. sp. Kamorta (K.). 



UrLrnA, Liirnaus. 



Sjiikelcts with 1 fertile and 1 male flower, sessile, between 2 flattened pedicels, 

 bearing each a rudimentary glume, or one of them a pei'fect spikelet, the whole 

 embraced by a sheathing bract, the bracts clustered on the branches of a leafy 

 panicle. Lowest glume of the sessile spikelet concave and striate, the second keeled, 

 ti'ansparent but stiff ; flowering glumes \ctj thin and transparent, the terminal one 

 often awned. In the pedicellate flower both the glumes concave and striate. 



A. MUTiCA, L. India. S. China. 



A. AEISTATA, L. Bengal. Ceylon. 



A. rosfrata, Noes. 



A. GEXicuLATA, Eosb. Bengal. 



ZoYsiA, WiUdcnow. 



Spikelets 1 -flowered, awnless, nearly sessile in a simple spike, the axis not 

 articulate. Outer empty glume 1-keeled, stift', shortly pointed, the edges often 

 united below round the flower. Flowering glume much shorter, thin and transparent. 

 Paha very small or none. Caryopsis free, but inclosed in the outer glume. 



Z. PUNGENS, "Willd. S. China. Ceylon. Australia. 



Z. ten ui folia, "Willd. 

 Z. Japonica, Stcud. 

 Z. aristata, Broicnei, Griflithiana, and seloidcs, C. lluell. 



ANinisiiEiA, Linnaiis. 



A. cixiATA, Eetz. India. Ceylon. 



A. roLTSTAcnvA, Eoxb. Bengal. 



A. SCANDENS, Eoxb. Bengal. 



A. HETEEOCLiiA, Eoxb. Bengal. Ceylon. 



Impeeata, Cyrilli. 



Spilelets 1 -flowered, awnless, mostly pedicellate, in a dense cylindrical spike- 

 like panicle. Rachis, not articulate. Glumes all thin and transparent, 2 outer 

 empty ones keeled, covered with very long silky hairs, third also empty, smaller, 

 without hairs; flowering glume and palea still shorter, often jagged at the top. 

 Caryopsis free, inclosed in the outer glumes. 



I. CTLiNDiucA, Beauv. (M.). 



Thek-keh-nyen. Thatching grass. 



I. aeunhin-acea, Cyr. Kamorta (K.). Ceylon. S. China. 



/. Koenigii, Beauv. 



Ratzebuegia, Kth. 



E. rrLcnEEKiMA, Kth. (il.). Burma. 



