1036 CXLVII. ORAJJINE-B. 



1. Tripogon pauperculus (by misprint jMuj^ertdus), Stapf, in 

 Ifooh. Icon. I'l. t. 2442 (1806). Dwarf, 2-2| in. high, annual, glabrous; 

 stems capillary, densely tufted, leafy to the tip. Leaves setaceous, 

 jicute, g-1 in. long, involute; sheaths, the lowest lax, the uppermost 

 close, striate ; ligule membranous, ovate, obtuse. Spikelets 2-3, remote 

 (distant more than their own length from etich other), or solitary at the 

 jipex of the stems, ^ in. long (excluding the awns). Lower invol.-glume 

 \ in. long, symmetrical, narrowly lanceolate, 1-nerved, very acute ; 

 tipper invol.-glume ^ in. long, lanceolate, cuspidately acuminate ; floral 

 glumes 4-1, with one or two empty above them, i-| in. long (excluding 

 the awn), linear-oblong, 3-nerved, the lateral lobes with capillary awns ; 

 median awn geniculate, twisted below the knee, nearly | in. long ; palea 

 oblong with ciliolate keels. Anthers 3, minute, subglobose. Grain 

 siarrowly linear, cylindric. Fl. B. I. v. 7, p. 285; Woodr. in Journ. 

 Bomb. Nat. v, 13 (1901) p. 440.— Elowers : (Sept. 



Konkan: Stocks 1 Deccan: on the crest of the Westei'u Gh^ts (1800 ft.), 8 miles 

 S. of Lanoli, on Ficus glomerata, in company with mosses and Utncidaria urbiculata, 

 Woodroiu, 25!; on rocks near Karh (Poona districts), IVoodrowl — Distrib. India 

 (W. Peniiieula,). 



2. Tripogon capillatus, Jauh. ^ Spacli, Illustr. PI. Or. v. 4 

 (1850-53) p. 47, t. 332. AVhole plant 6-18 in. high; stems densely 

 tufted, erect or geniculately ascending, subliliform, smooth. Leaves 

 rigid, green, convolute, the radical leaves very short or reduced to 

 sheaths, the cauliue erect, elongate, 6-8 by ^ in., narrowly linear, finely 

 pointed; sheaths glabrous, striate; ligule reduced to a ridge. Spikes 

 5-12 in. long, liliform or capillaiy, tlexuous. Spikelets 3-4-flowered, 

 distant {\ in. apart or more) along the rhachis of the spike, with many 

 slender long awns. J nvol. -glumes lanceolate, thinly membranous; 

 lower invol.-glume -^^ in. long, cuspidately acuminate; upper invol.- 

 glume |^ in. long (including a short awn); floral glume \ in. long, 

 ovate-lanceolate, 2-cleft at the apex, the lobes slender, shortly awned, 

 the median awn reaching h in. long or more; palea as long as its glume, 

 narrow, oblanceolate-oblong, hyaline. Anthers ^^ in. long. Fl. B. 1. 

 V. 7, p. 285; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. JS'at. v. 13 (11)01) p. 440; Prain, 

 Beng. PL p. 1229.— Flowers : Sept. 



Konkan: Sioc/cs I, Law I ; on trees at Matlieran, Woo'lrow, \1\,Lishoa. Deccan: 

 on trees about Poona, Jacquemoiit, 580! S. M. Cou.ntry : Eelgauni, on trees on 

 Samboti Jliil, Rilclm, 800 !— DibTiuB. India (lieluir, \V. Peninsula). 



3. Tripogon Lisbose, Stapf, in Kew Bull. (1892) p. 84. Peren- 

 nial, 2-3 ft. high ; stem stout or slender. Leaves 12-24 by -^-5 in., 

 rigid, quite smooth. Hat or convolute; sheaths glabrous; ligule obsolete. 

 Spikes 6-10 in. long, narrow. Spikelets usually densely crowded, 

 ^-| in. long, 5-12-flowered. Glumes coriaceous ; invol. -glumes very 

 unequal ; lower invol.-glume -j'^ in. long, lanceolate, acute ; upper 

 invol.-glume i in. long, linear-oblong, with a single tooth or unequally 

 2-toothed at the apex ; floral glumes ^ in. long, ovate, shortly 2-toothed 

 at the apex ; the lobes not awned, but with a slender awn about y\y in. 

 long from the sinus ; palea oblong, obtuse, shortly 2-tid. Grain 

 narrowly oblong, terete, glabrous. ]i^\. B. 1. v. 7, p. 286 ; Woodr. in 

 Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 13 (1901) p. 440. 



/w'sW/ witliotit locality in Ilcrb. Kew. ! Konkas : Storks'., Lair I Pucca.n : Karli 

 between Poona and Lanuli, Jaajutmonf, 581 l — UifimiB. India (Unjijuluna). 



