994 cxLvir. gramixe.t:, 



p 11 (not of Linn.); Grab. Cat. p. 239; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 304; Watt, 

 Diet. EcoD. Prod. v. 1, p. 265. 



Common throughout the Presidency, largely used for hay. — Distrib. Hotter and 

 drier parts of India ; Ceylon, warm regions of the Old World. 



2. Themeda ciliatay Uac/c Monog. Andropog. in BC. Monog. Phan. 

 \. 6 (1889) p. 064. Annual ; stems suberect or geniculately ascending 

 and rooting from the lower nodes, very slender, terete, 1-3 ft. high, 

 glabrous, simple or branched. Leaves 6-12 by ^-i iu., linear, acute, 

 flat, flaccid, glabrous or hairy ; sheaths glabrous or the upper with 

 scattered bulbous-based hairs towards the mouth ; ligules membranous, 

 rounded, j^^ in. long, glabrous. Panicle suberect, occupying |-| of the 

 stem, usually dense ; lower branches solitary or 2-3-nate, filiform, 

 glabrous, undivided often to the middle, then bearing at equal distances 

 usually shortly pedunculate dense clusters of racemes ; spathes linear to 

 subulate from a broad lanceolate base, g-1 in. long, glabrous or with 

 scattered bulbous-based bristles ; racemes -|— | in. long, erect. Involucral 

 spiJcelets whorled, sessile, persistent, linear-lanceolate, acute or acumi- 

 nate, ^^ in. long, reddish, barren or imperfectly male ; lower invol.- 

 glume beset along the winged keels with stiff bristles from large tuber- 

 cular bases, otherwise glabrous. Pedicellate sjnTcelets narrow', not winged, 

 glabrous. Bisexval spilcelet solitary, not exserted from the involucre, 

 -g— I- in. long, narrow, linear-lanceolate ; callus very short, subobtuse, 

 bearded with short reddish hairs ; low^er invol.-glume obtuse, brown, 

 shining, obscurely 6-7-nerved ; upper invol.-glume glabrous ; lower 

 floral glume shorter than the invol. -glumes, sometimes 2-toothed ; upper 

 floral glume awned ; aw'n 1-1 1 in. long, slender. Anthers o^j in. long. 

 Anthistiria ciliafa, Linn. f. Suppl. (1781) p. 113 ; Hook. f. Fl. B. I. v. 7, 

 p. 213 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 13 (1901) p. 439 ; Prain, Beng. 

 Pi. p. 1207.— Flowers : Sept.-Jan. 



KoNKAN : S. Konkan, Law'.; Salsette, Jacqucmont, 717! Deccan: Woodrov:\ 

 S. M. Country : Belgaum, BitcMe, 88(> ! — Distrib. India (North-west, Bengal, 

 Central Provinces, W. Peninsula) ; S. Africa. 



3. Themeda cymbaria, Hack. Monog. Andropog. in DC. Monog. 

 Phan. V. 6 (1889) p. 608. Perennial ; stems 3-8 ft. liigh, as thick as a 

 swan's quill below, erect, branched, smooth, clothed at the base wilh 

 broad strongly compressed equitant leaf-sheaths together l|-2 in. 

 across; internodes long; nodes glabrous or puberulous. Leaves 2-4 ft. 

 by -^^ in., linear, finely pointed, glaucous beneath, green above, 

 glabrous or ciliate at the base, scaberulous above, smooth beneath, 

 margins scabrid ; sheaths subcompressed, keeled, smooth, usually 

 bearded at the mouth, the lower | in. broad at the base; ligule reddish, 

 membranous, glabrous. Panicle 1-2 ft. long, occupying nearly ^ the 

 stem, supra-decompound ; branches loaded with small shortly peduncu- 

 late oblong fascicles ^-| in. long, of nearly glabrous racemes ; proper 

 spathes | | in. long, linear-lanceolate, boat-shaped, acuminate, finely 

 pointed, glabrous or with hairy margins. Involucral i^pileleis ^^ in. 

 long, contiguous in superposed pairs, glabrous. Pedicellate spii-elcts 

 with glabrous pedicels. Bisexual spil-elets solitary (rarely 2), subsessile ; 

 callus short, bearded with white hairs ; lower invol.-glume :| in. long, 

 doisally convex, not channelled, smooth, polished, dark brown ; awn 

 ^ in. long, slender, smooth. Anthistiria Cgmharia, Eoxb. llort. Beng. 



