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erect, flowering to the base. Glume i ovate, hirsute, 

 three-nerved, hardly awned : gl. ii rather longer, five 

 to seven-nerved, narrowed into a beak : gl. iii obtuse : 

 gl. iv lanceolate, pilose at the base, with a medium awn 

 as long again as the spikelet, and two much shorter 

 lateral ones. 



On the downs of both plateaus. Fyson 31 12. Bourne 1029, 

 1029,^ 3003. Courtallum. 



Arundinclla sctosa Trm. ; F.B.I, vii 70, XII 5. Root- 

 stock hard, perennial. Stems densely tufted, 2 to 3 feet, 

 leafy. Leaf-blades 3 to 5 by % inch, not flat ; sheaths 

 2 to 3 inches : ligular hairs J^ inch. Panicle 2 to 6 

 inches, the spikes (branches) ij^ to 2 inches, bare at the 

 base. Glume i about % inch acuminate, three-nerved : 

 gl. ii five-nerved, also acuminate ; gl. iii much shorter 

 obtuse, five to seven-nerved ; gl. iv ^ to % of iii with 

 two short straight awns, and a central long bent one, 

 with the upper part, beyond the bend, as long as gl. i. 



Pulneys : near Kodaikanal and below. Bourne 1447, 1915. 

 Nilgiris : Ootacamund. 



Gen. Dist. Higher hills of India and Ceylon. 



Arundinclla villosa Am. ex Stciid., Herb. Wight Prop. 

 2037, var hcync, Wall. Cat. 8663 A ; F.B.I, vii 72, XII li. 

 A coarse grass, hairy all over. Stem 12 to 16 inches, 

 very leafy at the base. Leaves 6 to 12 by J^ to J^ inch, 

 villous ; but basal sheaths glabrous. Panicle 4 by J^ 

 inch, soft; in fruit ij^ inches wide. Glume i hirsute 

 with hairs from bulbous bases along the margin and the 

 four nerves; gl. ii similar and longer; gl. iii glabrous, 

 five-nerved ; gl. iv hirsute at the base, notched at the 

 insertion of the awn ; awn twisted, longer than but not 

 twice as long as the flower, t. 284. 



Pulneys : (Wight Kew Dist. 1871). Nilgiris : on the downs. 



Geu. Dist. Central India, Khasi hills, east Himalayas, South India, 

 Ceylon. 



The species was founded on a Ceylon plant. 



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