cXT.Tii. gi^amixe.t:. 941 



triquetrous, narrowly winged. Spikelets oblong, acute, ^-^ in. long, 

 bearded; pedicels twin, one short, the other much longer, triquetrous 

 with scabrid margins. Glumes 4 ; the lower invol.-glume a minute 

 scale ; the upper invol.-glume about ^ as long as the lower floral glume, 

 membranous ; the lower floral glume ovate-oblong, acute, membranous, 

 3-5-nerved ; the upper floral glume as long, subcbartaceous. Paspalmn 

 sangninale var. ciliaris. Hook. f. Tl. B. I. v. 7, p. 15. Paspcdmn cilinre, 

 DC. PI. Fv. ed. 3, v. 6 (1815) p. 250. Panicum ciliare, Retz. Obs. 

 fasc. 4 (1786) p. 16 ; Grab. Cat. p. 237. Panicum sangninale A^ar. 

 ciliaris. Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 6, part 1, p. 15. — Plowers : Oct. 

 Veei^. Roega ; Dinohi. 

 Throughout the Presidency, common. — Distrib. Most warm countries. 



3. Digitaria pennata, Ilool\ f. Fl. B. I. v. 7 (1896) p. 16 {Fas- 

 jxdum). Stems 2 ft. long, tufted, leafy. Leaves 1-6 by g-| in., linear 

 or linear-lanceolate, finely acuminate, glabrous or sparsely hairy, 

 distantly ciliate with long, fine, bulbous-based hairs ; sheaths long, 

 striate, glabrous or with a few scattered hairs ; ligule long, oblong, 

 membranous. Spikes several, radiating, 3-6 in. long ; rhachis very 

 slender, trigonous, with numerous long cilia, Spikelets erect, solitary 

 or 2-nate, g in. long, narrowly lanceolate, acute, subsilky. Glumes 

 normally 4; lower invol.-glume minute, ovate, acute (rarely absent); 

 upper invol.-glume lanceolate, acute, membranous ; lower floral glume 

 similar to the upper invol.-glume, 3-5-nerved ; upper floral glume 

 chartaceous, lanceolate, acuminate, nearly equal to the lower. Pas^paJuyn 

 pennatum. Hook. f. I. c. ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 13 (1901) 

 p. 433. — Plowers: Oct. 



Gujarat : Morvi (Kathiawar), Beclc ex Woodrow. Sind : Jemadar ka Landa near 

 Karachi, Stocks, 1183.'— Distrib. Beluchistan, Abyssinia. 



4. Digitaria pedicellaris, Prain, Beng. PL (1903) p. 1181. 

 Stems tufted, 6-18 in. long, leafy. Leaves 2-6 by y^-^ in., linear- 

 lanceolate, finely acuminate. Spikes 3-10, alternate, racemosely 

 arranged on a very slender peduncle, suberect or spreading, 1-4 in. 

 long; rhachis capillary, trigonous; pedicels -g^-i- in. long, those of the 

 upper spikelet longer than the spikelet. Spikelets 2-5-nate, yg— tV ^^' 

 long, elliptic, acute. Lower invol.-glume obsolete; upper invol.-glume 

 elliptic, acute, very slightly bairy, 5-nerved, thinly membranous (almost 

 hyaline) ; lower floral glume similar ; upper floral glume elliptic, 

 acuminate, thickly membranous, pale. Faspahnn pedicellare, Trin. ex 

 Steud. Nom. ed. 2 (1841) p. 272 ; Hook. f. PI. B. I. v. 7 (1896) p. 19 ; 

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



KoNKA.\ : Stocks ! — Distuib. Throughout India. 



5. Digitaria longiflora, Fers. Sgn. v. 1 (1805) p. 85 (not of Trin.). 

 Annual or perennial ; stems many, tufted, slender, creeping aud'rooting, 

 or ascending or suberect, 6-18 in. long, glabrous, with many nodes, 

 often branched, leafy. Leaves |-4 in. long, linear-lanceolate, acute, 

 spreading, flat, or, in short-leaved states, stiff" and pungent, glabrous 

 (rarely hairy) ; sheaths smooth or hairy; ligule very short, membranous. 

 Spikes 2-5, terminal, very slender, 1-4 in. long, erect or spreading; 

 rhachis nai'rowly winged, glabrous ; pedicels 2 (rarely 3)-nate, unequal, 



