CXLVII. GRAMINE^, 1013 



the glume and palea. — Distrib. Species about 20, Asiatic and 

 Polynesian. 



Leaves 1-9. in. long; a email plant 2-8 in. high growing on trees 



amongst moss 1. G. arhorum. 



Leaves y-8 in. long; a terrestrial plant 1-2 ft. high 2. G. stricta. 



1. Garnotia arborum, Stapf, MS. ex Woodrow, in Journ. Bomb. 

 Nat. V. 13 (1901) p. -139. A low stiff erect annual grass 2-8 in. high, 

 gTowiug on trees amongst moss ; stems tufted, terete, smooth, shining, 

 glabrous, often tinged with red; nodes pubescent. Leaves 1-2 by 

 jig^-i in.^ linear, acuminate, glabrous; sheaths glabrous, sti'iate ; ligule a 

 narrow lacerate membrane. Inflorescence paniculate ; branches 2-3, 

 fascicled on the rhachis, the clusters -^-| in. apart, angular, stout, trun- 

 cate. iSpikelets Ifiowered, articulate on the ends of the branches, 

 early deciduous. Lower invol. -glume yo~8 ^^' ^^^S' membranous, 

 3-nerved, tlie nerves hispid, the midrib produced into an awn equalling 

 the glinne or less; upper invol. -glume similar; floral glume nearly 

 equalling the invol.-glumes, but more coriaceous, 2-toothed, with an awn 

 I in. long from between the teeth, obscurely nerved ; palea hyaUne, 

 slightly smaller than the glume, acute, with large flaps at the base, 

 nerveless. vStameus 3 ; anthers j\ in. long. Grain -Jq in. long, ovoid- 

 lanceolate, acute at the apex, rounded at the base. — Flowers : Sept. 



Deccan : on trees at Nandgaou on the crest of the Ghdts 10 miles S. of Lanoli, 

 Woodrow, 30!— Distrib. India (W. Peiiiusula). 



2. Garnotia stricta, Broncpi. in Daperr. Voij. Bot. (1829) p. 133, 

 t. 21. Annual?; stems 1-2 ft. long, tufted, geniculate and often 

 branched at the base, smooth, glabrous. Leaves 3-8 by jo"! '^^•■> 

 lanceolate or linear-lanceolate, glabrous or hirsute, or scabrous above, 

 the margins flat or hirsute ; sheaths usually glabrous ; ligule a narrow 

 ciliate membrane. Panicle 2-8 in, long, very narrow ; branches in 

 distant fascicles, scaberulous. Spikelets pale, jV^i ^^- ^^'^S' sparsely hairy 

 at the base. Lower invol.-glume ovate-lanceolate, finely acuminate, 

 3-nerved, the midnerve sometimes excurreut ; upper invol.-glume 

 similar ; floral glume entire or notched, usually awned, the awn | in. 

 long or less, i"l, B. I. v. 7, p. 243 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. 

 v. 13 (1901) p. 439; Prain, Beng. PI. p. 1214; Watt, Diet. Econ. 

 Prod. v. 3, p. 483. 



Konkan: between Neral and Karjat, Woodrowl — Distrib. India (Himalayas, 

 Khasia Hills, Behar, W. Peninsula) ; Sandwich Islands. 



45. TRACHYS, Pers. 



A diffuse softly villous annual grass. Leaves ovate-lanceolate. 

 Inflorescence of 2-3 spikes radiating from the top of a long peduncle ; 

 rliachis broad, herbaceous, jointed, each joint bearing on the under 

 surface at the articulation a solitary globose cluster of 2-3 perfect 

 1 -flowered glabrous spikelets surrounded by many short spinescent 

 glumes of imperfect ones. Glumes 4, very unequal ; lower invol.-glume 

 minute, tooth-like ; upper invol.-glume elongate, linear- lanceolate, very 

 acute, membranous, strongly nerved ; lower floral glume much the 

 largest, obliquely ovate or obovate-oblong, cuspidately acuminate, rigidly 

 coriaceous, 9-many-nerved, paleato, empty, the palea minute; upper 



