GRAMINEiE. 453 



spikes of 3 to 5 inches. Stem glabrous- Leaf-blades 

 hirsute with hairs from bulbous bases : ligular hairs % 

 inch : sheath 3 to 6 inches. Spikes softly hairy on rachis, 

 stalks of spikelets, and margins of the outer glumes. 

 Spikelets 1/5 to 1/4 inch, oblong-lanceolate, subacute- 

 Glume i concave or grooved down the back, with four 

 obscure nerves visible from the inside, glossy and 

 glabrous except for the long white hairs on the lateral 

 pair of nerves where it is folded in like a palea : gl. ii 

 smooth, ciliate on the margins : gl. iii hairy above : 

 gl. iv with awn of % inch, bent and twisted. 



Pulneys : on the slopes above Bearshola. Bourne 522, 

 1927. 



Gen. Dist. Sub-tropical Himalayas, Pegu, China. 



Pollinia phaeothrix Hack; F.B.I. vii 112, XXXIV 9; 

 Auburn tresses. Stems ij^ to 2 feet, clothed at the 

 base with rust-coloured tomentose sheaths. Leaf-blades 

 slender, 6 to 18 inches, acuminate, hairy on the back. 

 Spikes, 2 to 4 inches golden brown in colour, softly hairy, 

 with hairs along the rachis, stalks of spikelets and backs 

 of glume i. Spikelets 1/4 to 1/5 inch. Glume i densely 

 clothed with hairs on the marginal nerves ; gl. ii nearly 

 glabrous but for hairs above the middle ; gl. iii nerve- 

 less, ciliate on the obtuse tip ; gl. iv shorter, with awn 

 inserted in the cleft, t. 285. 



On the open downs, round Ootacamund and Kodaikanal , 

 a beautiful grass, flowering September. Fpon 31 13. Bourne 

 1406, 2107, 5215, etc. 



Gen. Dist. Also Ceylon and Tonkin, 



ISCHi^MUM. F.B.I. 173 XXXVII. 



Annual or perennial grasses with rather broad leaves. 

 Spikelets in pairs, one stalked, the other sessile, two- 

 flowered, in dense spikes radiating from the top of the 

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