139. GBAMINE.E. [27. Garnotia. 



5. S. pulehellus, Br. 



A very slender grass 6-24" high with spreading or erecto-patent 

 narrowly-lanceolate leaves 4-6" long, up to -2" broad at base and taper- 

 ing from base to apex, margins pectinately ciliate (sub-spinulose). 

 Panicle elliptic -oblong, very delicate, with Avhorled capillaiy branches. 

 Spikelets on secund small branchlets towards the tips of the branches, 

 •05--06" long. Gl. i = about i ii obtuse (with ciliate keels, J.D.H. 

 I have not observed this). Gl. ii = iii broadly ovate acuminate. 

 Grain ellipsoid 3-gonous -03" easily extruded from its pericarp (globose, 

 J.D.H.). 



Monghyr, TFa«. (No. 8883; ! Ranchi, C^ar^-e ! Hazaribagh, C7ari-e ! Fl. Sept.- 

 Oct. Annual. 



6. S. coromandelianus, Kunth. 



Densely tufted 3-9" high with linear lanceolate leaves 1-3" long, 

 attaining -2" in breadth at base, often minutely papillose above, sub- 

 spinulosely ciHate especially near base, fiat ; mouth of sheath villous. 

 Panicle short and rather dense, pyramidal, 2" or sometimes up to 6", 

 with 4-6 capillary subsecund whorled branches -5-2" long. Spikelets 

 •04--05" long on small secund branchlets. Gl. i minute nerveless, 

 scarcely one-fourth as long as iii ; ii = iii ovate-lanceolate acuminate. 

 Stamens 2. Grain obliquely oblong or subglobose. 



Patna, Wall. (No. 3764 6) ! No Orissa specimens except Roxburgh's collected on 

 the Madras not the Bengal side. It is, however, widely distributed and will be 

 probably found in other districts. 



27. GARNOTIA, Brogn. 



Erect perennial or annual grasses with flat or convolute leaves 

 and small paniclecl solitary or geminate narrowly lanceolate spikelets 

 articulate on their pedicels. Glumes 3, i and ii empty subequal, 

 3-nerved, acuminate, or ii obtuse, equalling or longer than iii, awned 

 or not ; iii bisexual, articulate at base, 1-3 -nerved, very narrow, 

 terete, acuminate or notched at tip, terminally awned, rarely awnless 

 or 3 -awned, palea with sides at base dilated into auricles which clasp 



1. G. stricta, Brogn. 



A tufted grass 1-2-5 ft. high with stems usually geniculating ascend- 

 ing and branched at the base, nodes bearded. Leaves flat -l-'S" 

 broad, glabrous, hirsute or scabrid above, ligule short truncate. 

 Panicle contracted 3-8" long with upright branches in distant fascicles. 

 Spikelets •12--15" long. Gl. i and ii shortly ciliate at base ; i 

 lanceolate acuminate aristulate, membranous ; ii as long obtuse 

 and aristulate, linear-oblong ; iii thickly membranous tapering to 

 the -3" long awn, nearly as long as i with a linear palea -09" long 

 slightly exceeding the ventrally compressed oblong grain. 



Parasnath, Clarke ! Fl. Oct. 



The plant is variable; I have only described the Parasnath form. 



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