C.VLTIl. GRAMINE.T. 983' 



bearded. Lecaves 2-4 by 1-^ in^, liuear-lanceolate, finely acuminate 

 with a filiform tip, glabrous above, glabrous or sparsely hairy beneath, 

 flaccid, suddenly narrowed at the base, pale green, the midrib and nerves 

 slender; sheaths bearded at the very tip, otherwise glabrous, the lower 

 sheaths open below ; ligule membranous, ciliate. Panicles 1-2 in. long. ; 

 branches few, filiform. Spikeiets 2 or 3, pale-green or white ; pedicel* 

 of upper spikeiets ciliate with long hairs. Sessile spilcelets -J- in. long, 

 oblong-lanceolate; callus densely villous; lower invol.-glume obloag- 

 lanceolate, obtuse, membranous, 5-7-nerved, villous below the middle or 

 all over, the keels ciliate ; upper invol.-glume thinly membranous, 

 lanceolate, acute, shortly inucronate, 3-nerved, glabrous ; lower floral 

 glume small, ovate, obtuse, nerveless, hyaline; ui)per floral glumu 

 represented by an awn g— | in, long, the lower half dark brown, the- 

 upper half yellowish-white, the base not dilated, white for about -^^ in. 

 Pedicellate spUcelets as long as the sessile but narrower ; lower invol.- 

 glume ovate-lanceolate, acute, 7-9-nerved, ciliate ; upper invol.-glume' 

 lanceolate, strongly 5-nerved ; lower floral glume broadly oblong, obtuse, 

 hyaline, nerveless, as long as the in vol. -glumes ; upper floral glume 0. 

 Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 13 (1901) p. 438. — Flowers : Nov.-Dec. 

 Deccan : V oona, Jacquemont,?>\Q\.\ Dhonslii (Ma wal districts), Woodrow,2Q\ and 

 116! Kanaka: Sirsi, Woodrow. — Distuib. India (W. Peniusula), apparently 

 endemic. 



15. Aixdropogon halepensis, Brot. Fl. Lusit. v. 1 (1804) p. 89. 

 Perennial ; stems erect, tall, up to 15 ft. high, stout, simple or sparingly 

 branched, glabrous, leafy ; nodes minutely silky. Leaves 1-2 ft. by 

 |-2 ia., linear-lanceolate, tapering to a tine point, glabrous, smooth,, 

 margins scabridly serrulate, midrib stout, base narrowed or sometimes 

 rounded ; sheaths glabrous, striate ; ligule short, membranous, ciliate. 

 Panicle 6-18 in. long, decompound ; rhachis nearly smooth ; branches 

 mostly alternate, suberect, filiform, the lo\^er branches up to 8 iu. long 

 or more, the axils often bearded; racemes g-1 in. long, oblong; joints 

 3-7, more than g as long as the sessile spikeiets, more or less ciliate ;. 

 pedicels similar. Sessile sjjikelets ^-4- in. long, ovoid-lanceolate, dorsally 

 compressed, green or purplish ; callus small, shortly bearded. Glumes 

 4 ; lower invol.-glume subchartaceous, ovate, acute, convex, more or 

 less silky-hairy, 5-13-nerved, with involute margins ; upper invol.-glume 

 as long as the lower, lanceolate, acuminate, chartaceous, shining, 5-7- 

 nerved ; lower floral glume almost as long as the upper invol.-glume, 

 elliptic-oblong, obtuse, hyaline, ciliate ; upper floral glume y^^ in. long, 

 oblong, 2-lobed, hyaline, ciliate ; awn | in. long, sometimes reduced to a 

 bristle or suppressed. Pedicellate spikeiets about as long as the sessile but 

 much narrower, not awned, male or barren; lower invol.-glume her- 

 baceous, 5-9-nerved, glabrous, the keels ciliate ; upper invol. -glume 

 similar, 3-5-nerved ; lower floral glume as in the sessile spikeiets ; 

 upper floral glume linear-oblong, hyaline. Fl. B. I. v. 7, p. 182 ; Trim. 

 PI. Ceyl. V. 5, p. 231 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 13 (1901) p. 438 ; 

 Prain, Beng. PI. p. J 20 1. Sorghum halepense, Pers. >Syn. v. 1 (1805j 

 p. 101 ; Watt, Diet. El on. Prod. v. 6, part 3, p. 280.— Flowers : Dec. 

 Yebn. Boru. 



KoNKAN : Woudroiii ; Bassein, Lhhoa . Deccan : Linhoa ; Poona, Woodrow ; Pangs, 

 Woodrciv. Gujarat: Lisboa. — DisTiau. Thruughout India; Caylon, most warm 

 cuiinlrics. 



