139. GRAMINE.E. [49. Brachiaria. 



ii 5-7 -nerved ; iii acute, 5 -nerved paleate or not, palea if present 

 narrow, neuter ; iv ellipsoid obtuse or rounded, -08" long, brown and 

 minutely transversely lineolate or obscurely rugulose when ripe. 



Monghyi' (var. brevifolia, with leaves "S-l" only, ovate-lauceolate), Mokim ! 

 Santal Parg., iV«sA:e?-! Rfinchi, Wood, Gamble, etc. I Hazaribagli, C/ar/re ! Maii- 

 hhwm. Camp. \ Pari, Wahhl Probably tlirovtghoub the province. Fl., Fr. Sept.- 

 Dec. 



3. B. ramosa, comb. nov. Svn. Panicum ramosum, L. ; Mota Gundli, 



Sant. 

 Stems 1-3 ft. high often from a branched decumbent base, leafy, 

 nodes pubescent. Leaves lanceolate or narrowly lanceolate or some- 

 times linear amplexicaul 1-5" long, rarely attaining -1" broad, 

 •sometimes pubescent, sheaths always finely pubescent on the edges 

 and often with sparse scattered hairs above, ligule a fringe of short 

 hairs. Spikes or racemes erect or suberect 1-2-5" long few or many 

 in an oblong or pja-amidal panicle, rhachides 3-quetrous hispidulous 

 and sometimes with a few long hairs. Spkts. geminate, sessile and 

 pedicelled, glabrous or usually pubescent, elliptic-obovoid •12-*13" 

 long, apiculate. Pedicel often with few long hairs. Gl. i one-tliird 

 to nearly half as long as iii, embracing base of spkt., truncate, with an 

 obtuse tip; ii very membranous = iii, 7-nerved, ell.-obovate apiculate, 

 very convex ; iii 5- (-7)-nerved Avith flat back and narrow palea ; 

 iv elliptic apiculate thinly coriaceous, closely minutely trabeculate, 

 becoming minutelj^ transversely rugulose in fruit, sides embracing 

 the pale except towards apex, -1" long, hardened. Pale similar but 

 flat. 



Monghyr, 3Iokim ! Santal Parg., A'«/-z, etc. ! Patna, Ham. {Wall. No 8727 c) ! 

 SingbhumI Manbhum, "'found self-sown with Panicum miliare," Campbell [ 

 Parasnath, Clarke ! Fl., Fr. May-Dec. 



Stature and habit very variable, sometimes only 6" and very ramose with 

 branches 3-4" with small leaves. In some Rajmahal specimens the leaves are 5 5" 

 by "7" and racemes branched. I would include both Kiirzii and remota under this 

 species ; it varies in the direction of both. 



4. B. Kurzii, comb. nov. 



A weak grass, decumbent and rooting below with slender stems 

 1-2 ft., and short lanceolate leaves 2-3" by -S--!" acuminate, base 

 cordate ciliate and margins crisped below, sheaths with villose margins. 

 Spikelets •1--12" long lanceolar, submucronate, mostly with very 

 elongate pedicels, the longer up to -2" on slender branches. Spikes 

 few, 2-3" long, very remote, sometimes with a short branch at base, 

 naked or with few hairs. 



Parasnath, J.D.H. ! Annual. 



I would call this a variety or growth form of B. ramosa. There is little or no 

 difference in the glumes. Hooker states that a doubtful specimen from Baidyanath 

 (Santal Parganas) has the narrow leaves of remota. 



5. B. remota, comb. nov. Syn. Panicum remotum, Retz. 



A very slender straggling grass 1-2 ft. much branched with linear 

 or somewhat linear-lanceolate leaves 2-4" by -25 — 3" finely acuminate, 

 membranous, glabrous except at extreme base and top and edges of 

 sheath where shortly pubescent. Spikelets •11-'12" long very loosely 



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