CXLTII. GRAMINEjE. 923 



conspicuously nerved; sheaths glabrous or sparsely hairy; ligule 0. 

 Panicles 1-2 iu. long ; branches of the panicle (sjnl-es) |-| in. long, 

 horizontally spreading. Spikelets yu-^ in. in diani., secund on the lower 

 side of tlie branches, hairy with bulbous-based hairs ; pedicels short, 

 triquetrous, hairy. Glumes 4; lower and upper invol. -glumes equal, 

 broadly ovate or suborbicular, acuminate, conspicuously 5-nerved, longer 

 than the floral glumes, hairy ; floral glumes orbicular, equal, smaller 

 than the invol.-glumes, concave, glabrous. Palea \A'ith incurved flaps. 

 Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 13 (1901) p. 433.— Plowers : 

 Sept.-Oct. 



Deccan : Panchgani, Saoj'il ; Mahableshwar, Coo/ce'., Lisboa. — Distrib. Bombay 

 Presidency, apparently endemic. 



2. Isachne elegans, Dalz. in Dalz. Sj- Oils. Bo. Fl. (1861) p. 291. 

 A small elegant grass 8-12 in. high ; stems densely tufted, soft, genicu- 

 late below, and with slender fibrous roots. Leaves 2-6 by i-4- in., 

 linear-lanceolate, acute, striate, with thickened and glabrous or minutely 

 seiTulate margins ; sheaths bristly at the mouth. Panicle 3-5 in. long, 

 glabrous ; bi\anches slender, alternate, undulating, |-1 in. long, smooth ; 

 pedicels short, glabrous. Spikelets y^—g- in. in diam., hispid, with 2 

 perfect flowers. Glumes 4 ; invol. -glumes equal, similar, incon- 

 spicuously many-nerAed, broadly ovate or suborbicular, with red 

 margins, hairy; floral glumes as long as the invol. -glumes, hemispheric, 

 puberulous. Anthers y^^ in. long, brownish-yellow. PI. B. I. v. 7, 

 p. 23; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 13 (1901) p. 433.— Plowers : 

 Sept. Vben. Dunda. 



KoNKAN: Pen, in inundated land, Balzelll Deccan: margins of rivulets in the 

 Deccan, Balzcll ^~ Gibson ; Poona, Woodrow ; Lanoli, Woodrow, 175 ! ; between Poona 

 and Karli, Jacqtiemont, 656! — Distrib. Bombay Presidency apparently endemic. 



3. Isachne australis, R. Br. Prodr. (1810) p. 196. Stem slender, 

 erect or ascending from a creeping rootstock, 8-18 in. high, leafy, 

 smooth, branched below; nodes glabrous. Leaves 1-2| by X-l in., 

 linear-lanceolate, acuminate, flat, multistriate, scaberulous on both 

 surfaces, base rounded ; sheaths |-1| in. long, striate, the margins above 

 the middle densely ciliate ; ligule a tuft of long slender erect white 

 hairs. Panicle 1-4 in. long ; branches alternate, flexuous, erect or 

 spreading, up to 1| in. long, sometimes divided ; rhachis angular, smooth. 

 Spikelets iV"T5 ^"- ^^ diam., globose, sessile or pedicellate, green or 

 violet; pedicels sometimes ^ in. long, capillary. Glumes 4; invol.- 

 glumes similar, broadly ovate or suborbicular, obtuse, concave, mem- 

 branous, 7-nerved, glabrous or with a few bristles ; floral glumes usually 

 unequal, the lower longer and thinner than the upper, ovate, obtuse, 

 nerveless ; upper floral glume hemispheric, coriaceous, ciliolate. Palea 

 glabrous. Anthers -^ in. long, red. PI. B. I. v. 7, p. 24 ; Trim. PI. Ceyl. 

 V. 5, p. 128; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 13 (1901) p. 433; 

 Prain, Beng. PI, p. 1172. — Plowers : Oct. Veen. Daura. 



Deccan: Poona, Linhoa; Mahableshwar, Woodrow, Nasik, Z«?;oa.— Gujarat; 

 Lisboa. — Distrib. Throughout India; Ceylon, Australia, New Zealand. 



4. Isachne miliacea, RotJi, Nov. PI. Sj). (1821) p. 58. A slender 

 plant, variable iu size, 6-10 iu. high ; stems very slender, prostrate. 



