1018 CXLVII. ORAMINE^. 



strongly nerved ; sheaths smooth, ribbed, the lower short, the upper 

 very loiig ; ligule a very narrow ridge of minute huirs. Panicle reaching 

 ]0"by 2 in., erect, narrowly pyi\i[nidal ; rhachis slender, quite smooth; 

 branches cnpillary, erect or spreading, naked at the base, |-2 in. long, 

 with numerous very minute spikelets racemosely arranged along the 

 branchlets. Spikelets yV~tV ^^- ^°"S 5 pedicels very short. Glumes 3 ; 

 lower invol.-glume very short, scarcely ^L in. long, broadly oblong, 

 nerveless, hyaline, with erose tip; upper invol.-glume about -^ in. 

 long, broailly elliptic-oblong, hyaline, obscurely 1-nerved ; floral 

 glume y^-j^ in. long, broadly ovate-obloug, subacute, 1-nerved; palea 

 plicate in the median lioe. Stamens 2. Grain obovoid, truncate, 

 obtusely quadrangular, umbonate by the loose pei-icarp, red-brown, 

 rugulose. M. B. I. v. 7, p. 247 ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 296 ; Trim. El. Ceyl. 

 V. 5, p. 260 ; Woodr. in Jouru. Bomb. Nat. v. 13 (1901) p. 439 ; Prain, 

 Beng. PI. p. 1213 ; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 6, part 3, p. 341. 



Dbccan: Poona, Jacqmmont, 352! — Distkib. Tlu-oaghout India; Cejlon, Asia, 

 Tropical Australia. 



2. Sporobolus sindicus, Stajjf, MS. in Herb. Kew. A low peren- 

 nial 4-5 in. high ; roots stout, wiry ; stems densely tufted, the barren 

 ones subwoody, yV in. in diam., clothed below with numerous withered 

 leaf-sheaths, the flowering stems lateral from the barren ones, slender. 

 Leaves pungent, those of the barren stems crowded, short, ovate- 

 lanceolate to narrowly lanceolate, ^-^ in. long, with spinous margins, 

 those of the flowering stems narrowly linear, acuininate, distant, often 

 with distantly spinous margins ; sheaths closely appressed to the stem, 

 ribbed ; ligule a very narrow ciliate membrane. Panicle |-1 in. long, 

 contracted, often spike-like; branches erect or ascending, filiform, 

 densely clothed with spikelets. Spikelets j^-yV ^^- ^<^"&' ovoid, acute ; 

 pedic-eis short. Glumes 3, hyaline ; lower invol.-glume -^^ in. long, 

 ovate, acute, nerveless ; upper invol.-glume ^V "^- long, oblong, obtuse, 

 nerveless ; floral glume -Jg in- long, ovate, obtuse (acute when folded), 

 1-nerved ; palea shorter than the glume, oblong, truncate. Stamens 2. 

 Grain y^j- in. long, broadly obovoid, compressed, reddish-brown. — 

 Flowers : Nov. 



Sind: 20 miles from Karaclii, Woodrowl There is but one sheet of this jilant in 

 Herb. Kew., collected by Woodrow. 



3. Sporobolus indicus, Br. Prodr. (1810) p. 170. Perennial ; 



st,ems -J-'.i it. high, densely tufted, stout; internodes long; nodes glabrous. 

 Leaves mostly crowded near the base, 1-2 ft. long, very slender, \\ iry, 

 flexiious, convolute (rarely flat), with long filiform tips, quite smooth; 

 sheaths smooth, ribbed ; ligule a ridge of minute hairs. Panicles 

 1-1 i ft. long by |-| in. broad, often interrupted; rhachis slender, 

 smooth ; branches very short, densely crowded, erect, covered to the 

 base with imbricate green spikelets. Spikelets j"^-- jL in. long ; pedicels 

 very short. Glumes 3 ; lower invol.-glume about ^ in. long, broadly 

 oblong, nerveless, hyaline ; upper invol.-glume -^ in. long, broadly 

 obloug, hyaline, nerveless; floral glume -ji^-ytj. in. long, broadly ovate, 

 1-nerved ; palea plicate in the median line. Stamens 3. Grain ^ in. 

 long, obovoid, quadrangular, truncate, umbonate by the loose pericarp, 

 red-brown, rugulose. PI. M. I. v. 7, p. 247; Trim. PI. Ceyl. v. 5, 



