J 39. GRAMINEJE. [29. Aristida. 



I. Awn not articulate on the o-lume (see also redacta) -.^ 



A. Panicle very delicate effuse. Spkts. "l" long only . . 1. CHminglaiia. 



B. Panicle contracted. Spkts. far exceeding "l" ; — 



Spkts. ■2-"3" long. Gl. i and ii awnless . , . .2. cifhcenfciojiis. 



Spkts. i-'?". Gl. i and ii awned 3. setacea. 



II. Awn column twisted below trifurcation and articulate on the 

 glume, or if obscurely articulate [redacta) then awnbranches 

 very unequal : — 



Lateral branches of awn verj^ short or 4. redacta. 



Lateral branches of awn long 5. funiculata. 



1. A. Cumingiana, Trin. 



A very pretty grass resembling an English " Bent," tufted, very 

 slender, 3"-l ft. high Avith very narrow or filiform leaves at or near 

 the base, the greater part of the plant being the graceful decompound 

 panicle with small often purple spikelets -OS-'l" long at the ends of 

 the capillary branches and pedicels. Awn inarticulate, very fine,, 

 centre branch longest, about -2". 



Along the borders of fields, etc. ! Ranchi, Fmin ! Hazaribagh, Clarl-e !, etc. 

 Manbhum, Cam}). ! Sambalpur ! Fl. Oct.-Dec. Annual. 



Stems smooth. Leaves convolute. 1-3". Panicle with suberect or effuse branches,, 

 lower usually 3-nate, capillarj-, scaberulous, as are the pedicels. Gl. i "OS-'O?" \ 

 ii -OS--!"; iii •Oi--0-5". 



2. A. adscenscionis, L. Kharang jonok', S. 



Tufted, very slender 1-3 ft. high with filiform leaves and a con- 

 tracted pale panicle of slender spikelets •2--3" long (without the awns).. 

 Gl. i about •15--2", not awned, pungent or ver}^ acute ; ii longest 

 with inrolled edges after opening, obtuse or emarginate and with slightly 

 excurrent midrib ; iii with 3-fid awn -S— 5" long ; rhachilla very 

 short bearded below glume. 



A common weed, chiefly on saudj- ground. Gya, MoHm, etc. ! Santal Parg., 

 Nn^ker ! MonghjT, Kurz, etc. ! Siugbhum ! Manbhum, Camp, 1 Hazaribagh, 

 Frain ! Fl. Aug. -Jan. Annual (or perennial, J.D.R.). 



Glabrous. L. short or often as long as stem, convolute or flat, and up to "05" 

 wide at base. Panicle -4-8", often with distant secund clusters of main bi-anches, 

 rarely purplish. Gl. iii glabrous or with a row of minute bristles on mid-rib, awns 

 scabrid, inarticulate at base, rhachilla somewhat pungent. 



3. A. setacea, Retz. Ghora-lenji (Horse's-tail), Or. ; Kharan-ghas, *SV 

 Stouter than the last two, 2-4 ft. high, simple or fastigiately branched. 



Panicle 6-15" contracted inclined feathery with rather close clusters 

 of branches and secund spikelets •4--7" long (without the awn). Gl. i 

 with a short awn ; ii about -6" long with its short awn but rather 

 variable, tip sometimes minutely 2 -toothed ; iii tapering imjDerceptibly 

 into the rigid strong base of the 3-fid awn, the middle branch of which 

 is usually over \" long (-S-l-o", J. Z). if.), sometimes all three branches 

 over 1". Rhachilla •04--06" long, very pungent, white bearded. 



A weed of thin, poor forest, on sandj- gravelly- or kunker soil, or on heavily 

 grazed open lands. Gaya, Nuskerl Hazaribagh, Clarke I Manbhum, Camp. I 

 Puri, Walsh I Angul, common! Sambalpur, common! FL, Fr. Aug. -Feb. 

 Perennial. 



Leaves often overtopping the inflorescence, sometimes flat when green and up 

 to '12'' wide, sheaths at base of stem open. Panicles pale, branches scaberulous,. 

 the ultimate often bearing a central short-pedicelled spkt. and 2 lateral long- 

 pedicelled spkts. reminding one of the sessile and ped. spkts. of Andropogoneoe^ 

 Awn microscopically scaberulous, inarticulate at base. 



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