448 GRAMINE.E. 



Isachne kunthiana Wight and Amott ; F.B.I, vii 21, III 

 I. Similar in habit to I. australis, but leaf-blades 

 smaller, I^ to 2 inches only. Spikelets 5^ to J^ inch : 

 outer glumes acuminate, longer than glume iii, and with 

 very few hairs on the marginal ribs, 



Palneys : Bearshola valley, near Kodaikanal, Silver Cascade, 

 Poon>bari, etc. Bourne 1481, T041, 1280. 



Gen. Dist. Nilgiri and Travancore hills 6,000 to 8,000 feet. Ceylon, 

 Singapore, Java, Borneo. 



Isachne australis Br.; F.B.I. vii 24, III 12. Whole 

 plant hairy, stems ascending, rooting often at the lower 

 nodes. Leaf-blades lanceolate, 2j^ by % inch, softly 

 hairy on both sides, with numerous obscure nerves and 

 hardly distinguishable midrib : ligular hairs % inch ; 

 sheath also ciliate. Panicle about 3 by 2 inches ; pedicels 

 1/30 to i/io inch (the spikelets often in pairs unequally 

 stalked), hardly thickened at the top. Spikelets globose, 

 purplish I 10 inch. Glumes all approximately equal ; 

 i and ii obscurely many-ribbed, with a few white hairs 

 towards the upper half; iii nearly glabrous and nerveless, 

 concave with stamens only ; iv similar, but more pubes- 

 cent on the back, with stamens and ovary; paleas in 

 both nerveless, not cross-ribbed, nearly opaque. 



In moist ground. Nilgiris. Pykara. Flowering May, after 

 rains. Fyson 2927 [glume i hairy]. Pulneys : by the lake at 

 Kodaikanal, Silver Cascade, etc. Bourne 1276, 1281, 1282. 

 (Glume i glabrous ) 



GtH. Dist. India from Assam to Ceyion and Burma, and on to 

 Australia and New Zealand. 



Isachne gardneri Benth. ; F.B.I. vii 26, III 16. Stem 2 

 to 3 feet. Leaf-blades 3 to 5 inches by J^ to M inch near 

 the base, lanceolate acuminate. Panicle 4 to 6 inches 

 high and wide : its branches very slender, not much 

 divided. Spikelet Ye inch, on stalks (branches of panicle) 



