5. Taysanolcena.] 97. GBAMINEM. [6. Abundinella, 



On shady elopes, but especially along ravines and water-courses. 

 Singbhum, Manbhum and probably in all the districts. Fte. May. 



Glabrous. L. broadest at the base. Liaule truncate nearly obsolete. 

 Branches of panicle rather flexuous swollen below and pubescent or 

 tomentose on the swelling. 61. 1 and II very minute nerveless, III and 

 IV green sub-equal, IV clothed with white hairs. 



Used for brooms. Campbell says that a decoction of the root is used 

 for rinsing the mouth in fever. 



6. Arnndinella, Raddi. 



Erect often perennial slender or stout grasses with narrow 

 leaves and terete spikelets pedicelled and paired along the 

 nsnally slender and ascending branches of a panicle. Spike- 

 lets usually inarticulate on the pedicels but with the glumes 

 I and II sometimes separately deciduous. Gl. IV small thin 

 articulate and bearded at the base and awned, sometimes 2- 

 sexual. Gl. Ill male or neuter paleate equalling or rather 

 longer than I ; II lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, acuminate or 

 snb-aristate 5-7-nerved. 



1. A. setosa, Trin. Jhara, Motamui jhar, K. 



A Cfflspitose slender grass 3-3| ft. with tufted stolonifer- 

 ous rootstock, smooth glabrous stems, flat and involute 

 setaceous-acuminate leaves 6-8" (on the stem) and not over J* 

 broad. Spikelets J" paired in unequally pedicelled pairs on 

 slender racemes 3" long, these racemed on a panicle 3-5* 

 long. 



Very common and sub-gregarious on dry hills. Fls. Sept. -Oct. 



L. ciliate with long rather rigid hairs. Ligule short truncate. Lower 

 spikelets often reduced to empty glumes. 61. I cymbiform strongly 3- 

 ribbed awned ; II 5-nerved long-beaked ; III 3-nerved muticous membran- 

 ous with hyaline pale ; IV ■&'' with 2 slender tails and a slender $-£* 

 long awn. Used for brooms. 



2. A. brasiliensis, Raddi, has stems 1-5 ft. and stout perennial 

 rootstock, the panicle attains 18'' and the spikelets, which are £-&'' long, 

 lack the slender lateral tails on glume IV which bears a solitary twisted 

 awn. 



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