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glume J- in. long, ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, subacute, 3-nervet!, 

 glabrous or (rarely) sparingly setose ; upper invol, -glume 4- in. long, 

 ovate-lanceolate, acuiuiiiate, 5-nerved ; lower floral glume ^ in. long, 

 elliptic-oblong, obtuse or shortly 2-iitl, 3-5-nerved, paleate, empty or 

 male, the palea J- in. long, lanceolate, hyaline ; upper floral glume less 

 than g in. long, bearded at the base, narrowly ovate-Iauceolate, scaberu- 

 lous, 2-sexaal ; awn ^ in. long, straight or slightly twisted, brown 

 below, pale above ; palea narrowly lanceolate, acute, as long as the 

 glume, A very variable plant. The measurements have been taken 

 from specimens with full-sized spikelets. A. Ritchiei, Munro, has 

 smaller glumes and spikelets. The inflorescence of the Indian plant 

 is generally more lax than that of the Brazilian, and the spikelets 

 somewhat larger. Fl. B. I. v. 7, p. 73 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. 

 V. 13 (1901) p. 435 ; Prain, Beng. PL p. 1215. Arundinella striata, 

 Nees, in Kew Journ. Bot. v. 2 (1850) p. 102 ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 293. 

 A. nepalensh, Trin. Gram. Panic. (1826) p. Q2; Lisboa, in Journ. Bomb. 

 Nat. v. 5 (1891) p. 343. A. Rltckiei, Munro, ex Lisboa, in Journ. Bomb. 

 Nat. 1. c— Flowers : Oct. 



Deccan : Mahableshwar, Dalzell cf- Gibson, Lisboa ; Pancbgani, Woodrow ; LanoH, 

 Lisboa; 'Khauilala,, Lisboa. Kanaka.: N. Kanara, i?sioa. — Distrib. Throughout the 

 billy jjarts of India; China, Malaya, Australia, Tropical America. 



10. Arundinella capillaris, IIoolc f. Fl. B. I. v. 7 (1896) p. 74. 

 Perennial, very slender; stem erect from a tuberous rhizome which is 

 clothed with the woolly bases of leaf-sheaths ; nodes glabrous. Leaves 

 6-12 by ^-^ in., linear, acuminate, glabrous or hairy ; sheaths glabrous, 

 striate; ligule a ridge of hairs. Panicle oblong, 5-7 in. long ; rhachis 

 filiform, scaberulous ; branches alternate, slender, 4— 6 in. long. Spike- 

 lets ^-\ in. long, glabrous, solitary or geminate ; pedicels long, capillary, 

 angular. Glumes 4 ; lower invol. -glume -J- in. long, ovate, acute, with a 

 long slender mucro, 3-nerved, with a scaberulous keel ; upper invol.- 

 glume reaching i in. long, ovate-lanceolate, narrowed into a subcuspidate 

 acuminate tip, 5-nerved ; lower floral glume rather more than -1- in long, 

 ovate-oblong, subacute, 3-nerved, paleate, the palea -i- in. long, oblong- 

 lanceolate, acute, hyaline ; upper floral glume 1 in, long, lanceolate, 

 acute, slightly scabrid ; pulea oblong-lanceolate, acute; awn nearly! jn. 

 long, geniculate about the middle, easily breaking off. Woodr. in 

 Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 13 (1901) p. 435. Arundinella mutica, Nees, ex 

 ISteud. Syn. Gram. (1855) p. IIG. — Flowers : Oct. Vekn, Kotir. 



KoNKAN : Parel near Bombay, Woodrow. Kanaka : K41a naddi, Woodrow. — 

 Distrib. India (W. Peninsula). 



11. Arundinella spicata, Dalz. in Dalz. cj- Oils. Do. Fl. (1861) 

 p, 293. A small grass in appearance resembling a JSetaria ; stem 6-12 

 in. high, erect, simple. Leaves 1-1^ by ^ in., linear-lanceolate, acute, 

 densely hispid with long hairs; sheaths densely liispid ; ligulo a minute 

 hairy ring. Inflorescence of cylindric racemes |-2 in. long. Spikelets 

 J in. long to top of upper invol. -glume ; pedicels very short. Glumes 4 ; 

 lower invol.-glume -j^,y— j^ in. long, lanceolate, acuminate, with a few 

 long bulbous-based hairs, 3-nerved; upper invol.-glume reaching | in. 

 long, narrowly lanceolate, attenuated into a long acuminate point, folded 

 round and completely concealing the upper floral glume and its awn. 



