CXLTII. GllAiH>E-E. <i99 



niidlobe emarginate : upper invol. -glume slightly shorter than the lower, 

 oblong, acuminate; lower floral glume about equalling the upper invoL- 

 glume, oblong, suddenly apiculate, 13-15-nerved ; upper lloral glume 

 shorter than the lower, hyaline, nerveless, sometimes 2-fid, Fl. B. I. 

 V, 7, p. 101; Woodr. in " Journ. Bomb. Xat. v. 13 (1901) p. 436.— 

 Flowers : Sept. A'eex. Kurisal. 



KosKAs : Stocks !, Law !, Lisboa ; Bombay. Dalzell '. ; Sakette, Jacquemont, 706 1 

 Beccax : .Mahableshwar, Woodrow'., Cookel Kanaka: X. Kanara, Lisboa. — Distuib. 

 India (W. Peninsula). 



2. Polytoca barbata, Stapf, in Fl. B. I. v. 7 (1896) p. 102. Stem 

 3-6 ft. high, as thick as the little finger below, terete, smooth ; nodes 

 softly bearded. Leaves 6-12 by 5-I in., linear, acuminate, scabrid 

 above, with a stout midrib and scabrid margins ; sheaths long, smooth, 

 glabrous or hairy ; ligule a narrow ridge. Eacemes paniculate, ou 

 slender peduncles ; spathiform sheaths 1 in. long (or more), with a 

 long awn at the tip ; proper sheaths | in. long, oblong, awned ; male 

 portion of the raceme appearing as if sessile on the top of the female 

 spikelet, articulate with the internode below it which is embraced by 

 the margins of the outer glume of the female spikelet ; rhachis hardly 

 articulate between the male spikelets. Male spikelets reachiug | in. 

 long. Lower iuvol. -glume 5 by ^ in., ovate, acute, concave, pubescent. 

 Female spikelets 1 in. long, glabrous. Glumes 4; lower invol.-glume 

 thickly coriaceous, white, shining, closely wrapped round the rhachis of 

 the spike and the other glumes, obscurely many -nerved ; tip entire. 

 Trim. Fl. Ceyl. \. 5, p. 194 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Xat. v. 13 (1901) 

 p. 436 ; Prain, Beng. PI. p. 1209. CoLv barhata, Eoxb. Fl. Ind. v. 3 (1832) 

 p. 569 ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 289. — Flowers : Sept. Vee:s-. Kdnta-karvel. 



Deccan: high hills round Junnar (Poona districts), Dalzell i^- Gibson; Pcona, 

 Woodrow. — DisTRiB. More or less throughout India; Ceylon, Java. 



37. ARUNDINELLA, Eaddi. 



Perennial or annual erect grasses. Leaves narrow. Spikelets pani- 

 culate, continuous with or imperfectly jointed on the pedicels ; rhachilla 

 not produced beyond the upper floret. Glumes 4, membranous, charta- 

 ceous or thinly coriaceous ; invol. -glumes acute or acuminate, 3-5- 

 nerved, the upper usually the longer ; lower floral glume equalling the 

 lower invol.-glurae or slightly longer, 3-7-nerved, paleate, male or neuter 

 (rarely 2-sexual) ; upper floral glume much shorter than the lower one, 

 thin, 2-sexual (or sometimes ? female), entire or minutelv 2-fid, 3-7- 

 nerved, awnless or i-3-awned (\i 3-awned, the 2 lateral awns bi'istle-like, 

 straight, the median awn geniculate). Pale?e of floral glumes linear or 

 oblong, 2-keeled ; flaps more or less auricled. Lodicules 2, minute. 

 Stamens 3 ; anthers linear-oblong. Styles 2, distinct ; stigmas short, 

 laterally exserted. Grain oblong to ellipsoid, free within the upper 

 floral glume and palea. — Distbib. Species about 25, mainly in Tropical 

 Asia and America. 



L'pper floral glume with 3 awns. 

 Leaves less tlian 4 in. long ; annuals. 



A weak straggling grass ; leaves glabrous or sparsely 

 hairj-, auricled and pectinately ciliate at the base ; 

 lateral awns from a triangular base 1. A. arenacea. 



