336 Graminee. [ Cymbopogon. 
Involucral spikelets truly whorled; straw-coloured . 1. T. AUSTRALIS. 
Involucral spikelets in closely superposed pairs : 
Callus of bisexual spikelets short, obtuse : 
Infl. a decomposed, thyrsiform panicle. . 2. T. CYMBARIA. 
Infl. a racemiform panicle; stem reddish . . 3. T. TREMULA. 
Callus of bisexual spikelets acute . : . 4. T. gigantea. 
ee 248.—For Anthistiria inberbis Retz. read: 
Themeda australis Stapf, in Fl. Trop. Afr. IX, p. 420 (1917). 
Anthistiria australis R. Br. Prodr. p. 200 (1810). A. nibene Hi f. 
in Trim. Fl. Ceyl. V, p. 248 (1900) non Retz. 
Tropical Asia and Australia (see Fl. Trop. Afr. IX, p. 416). 
Page 249.—For Anthistiria cymbaria Roxb. read: 
2. Themeda cymbaria Hack. Mon. Androp. p. 668 (1880). 
Anthistria cymbaria Roxb. Hort. Beng. p. 6 (1814); Fl. Ind. I, p. 251 
(1820) excl. syn. 
For Anthistirnia tremula Nees read: 
3. Themeda tremula Hack. |. c. p. 667. Anthistiria tremula 
Nees ex Steud. Syn. Gram. p. 4o1 (1854). 
4. T. GicaNTEA Hack. 1. c. p. 672. Anthistiria gigantea Cav. Ic. 
t. 36 (1791). 
An erect perennial, about 6 ft. high; lvs. 3 ft. long, # in. 
broad, scaberulous; midrib prominent, white; panicle, 1-2 ft., 
nodding; spathe longer than spikelets, scaberulous: herma- 
phrodite spikelets 1-3; gls. green, hirsute with dark brown 
hairs. 
Often found as an escape, as at Haragama. 
Native of India. 
qa. ANTHOXANTHUM Linn. 
A. oporatum Linn. Sp.Pl. p. 28 (1753); Hk: £. in Fee 
Vil. 222. (1807): 
Upper montane zone; Nuvara Eliya (1879, 1903); Hakgala (1903). 
A native of Europe and N. Africa, introduced in India. 
Pee eS 2 
43. ARISTIDA Linn. 
Add to key: | 
Empty glumes not awned . ; ‘ . I. A. ADSCENSIONIS. 
Empty glumes awned : 
Awns ? in. long; spikelets 3 in. long. . 2. A. SRE aaAG 
Awns ; in. long; spikelets 3 in. long . 2 A. Hystrix. 
. A. Adscensionis Linn. Teli-tenna, S. 
‘ Hystrix Linn. f. Suppl. p. 113 (1781); Hk. f. in Fl. Brit. Ind. 
Wit,.p.225 (1817). A--inpilis Thunb. FI. Ceil. p. 2 (1825); Trae 
Rupr. in Mem. Acad. Petersb., sér. 6, VII, p. 147 (1849). 
Ceylon (Thunberg). 
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