1010 CXLTII, GBAMINE^. 



branches few, short, erect, Spikelets § in. long or more. Lower invol.- 

 gkime ^-^ in. long, much shorter than the upper, ovate lanceolate, 

 acute, apiculate, scarious ; upper invol. -glume | in. long, linear, running 

 out into a slender awn or often cleft at the tip into 2 subulate lobes 

 ■^ in. long ; lower floral glume ^ in. long ; column of awn | in. long, 

 twisted, the 3 branches subequal, extremely slender, |-| in. long. 

 ri. B. I. V. 7, p. 227; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 13 (1901) 

 p. 439. 



SiND : Jemadar ka Landa near Karaclii, Shocks, 1187! — Distrib. ludia (Panjab, 

 Sind) ; Beluchistan. 



6. Aristida funiculata, Triii. Sf Rupr. in Mem. Acad. Petersh. 

 ser. 6, V. 7 (1849) p. 159. Annual, very slender; stems 10-24 in. 

 long, many, geuiculately ascending. Leaves 2-6 by yq-j^ in., convolute 

 or fiat, ciliate at the base; sheaths glabrous ; ligule a small ciliate mem- 

 brane. Panicle 4-10 in. long, lax, narrow ; rhachis angular ; branches 

 short, erect, capillary. Spikelets variable in length, |-| in. long. 

 Lower invol.-glume reaching g in. long, linear-lanceolate, acute, 1-nerved, 

 tapering into a slender awn ; upper invol.-glume somewhat shorter than 

 the lowei', similar in shape and similarly awned ; floral glume small, 

 smooth, awned; awn articulate on the glume, the column ^-| in. long, 

 twisted, with 3 capillary branches of which the middle is the longest, 

 reaching 1| in. long. Fl. B. I. v. 7, p. 226; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb, 

 Nat. V. 13 (1901) p. 439, Aristida Royleana, Trin. & Eupr. in Mem. 

 Acad. Petersb. ser. 6, v. 7 (1S49) p. 160 ; Lisboa, in Journ. Bomb. Nat. 

 V. 7 (1893) p, 358.— Flowers : Oct. 



Deccan : Poona, Lisboa; Sattara, Lisboa; Sholapur, Lisboa; Dapnri near Poona, 

 Jacquemont, 489 ! S. M. Country : Belgaum, Woodrow. Sind : Jam village, Woodrow, 

 19! — Distrib. India (Panjab, Eajputana, W. Peninsula); Beluchistan, Arabia, 

 Tropical Africa. 



7. Aristida redacta, Stapf, in Kew Bullet. (1892) p. 85. Annual 

 or sometimes perennial (and then more robust) ; stems tufted, 6-24 in. 

 high, simple, or proliferously branched in robust specimens ; nodes 

 glabrous. Leaves 4-6 in. long, very slender, convolute, hairy above, 

 smooth below, margins rough ; sheaths glabrous ; ligule narrow, shortly 

 and densely ciliate. Panicle 9-10 in. long by 7| in. broad ; branches 

 usually twin, remote, at length spreading; pedicels unequal, shorter 

 than the glumes. Spikelets on long or short capillary pedicels, green 

 or purplish. Lower invol. -glumes subequal, narrowly lanceolate, finely 

 acuminate, shortly aristate, reaching ^ in. lo))g; floral glume with a 

 hairy callus, usually purplish, armed with an awn 1| in. long; column 

 of awn capillary, twisted, easily separating from the glume but not 

 truly articulate ; branches 3 from the top of the column, the lateral 

 much shorter than the middle one, sometimes 0. Fl. B. L v. 7, p. 227; 

 Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 13 (1901) p. 439. Stipa aristoides, 

 Stapf, ex Lisboa, in Journ. Bomb, Nat. v. 7 (1893) p. 358 ; Prain, Beng. 

 PI. p. 1211.— Flowers : Oct. 



Lisboa without locality in Herb. Kew. !)'.; Woodrow without locahty, 19 ! 

 Peccan : Woodrmv, 124!, Lisboa; Lanoli, Woodr oiu ; Junnar (Poona districts), 

 Woodrmv. S. M. CofNTRY : Pharwar, Talbot, 2910! Kanara : Late I— DiSTRih. 

 India (Central India, Nagpur, W. Bengal, W. Peninsula) ; S. Persia. 



