139. GRAMINEJE. [52. Alloteropsis, 



4 D. pedicellaris, Pmin. Syn. Paspalum pedicellare, Trin. 



Tufted erect branched from the base G-18" high with Hiiear 

 acuminate leaves 2-6" by •12--17". Peduncles slender with 3-10 

 alternate suberect or spreading filiform spikes 1-4" long. Rhachis 

 trigonous under -01" broad. Spkts. 2-5-nate, •05--06", one or more 

 of each group with pedicels one and a half times as long as the spkt. 



Patna [Wall. No. 87i7 a), Ham. I Ilajmahal Hills, Kio-zl Singbhum, Clarke \ 

 Manhhum, Campbell \ Hazaribagh, C/csrAre ! Fl., Fr. Sept.-Nov. Annual. 



Sheaths sparsely hairy. Ligule shoi-t, scarious. Glumes sometimes slightly 

 hairy, ii and iii subequal 5-nerved, iv pale. 



52. ALLOTEROPSIS, Presl. 

 (Axonopus, F.B.I, not of Beauv.) 



Perennial grasses with ovate to linear leaves and 2-fld. spikeleta 

 articulate on their pedicels in whorled or digitate spikes. Glumes 4 ; 

 i shortest, ovate acuminate or cuspidate 3-nerved ; ii ovate-lanceolate,, 

 awned or acuminate, 5-nerved, fringed with hairs ; iii 5 nerved with 

 a very short 2-fid or 2-partite palea ; iv as long as ii, coriaceous, 

 narrowed into a straight awn and with coriaceous 2 -nerved palea. 

 Lodicules cuneate. Stamens 3, anthers long. Styles distinct. Grain 

 small, suborbicular, free within the hardened glumes. 

 Leaves ovate to ovate-lane. Spikes sub verticil! ate at top of stem. 



Spkts. ovate 1. cimiciva. 



Leaves long linear. Spikes few sub-digitate. Spkts. lanceolar . 2. semi-alafa. 



1. A. cimicina, Sfapf. Syn. Anonopus cimicinus, F.B.I. 



A hairy grass 1-2 ft. high with numerous ascending stems from the 

 root and ovate or ovate-lanceolate hairj^ and ciliate leaves •8-2-5" 

 long Avith cordate base and ligule of long hairs. Spikes simple or 

 2-furcate, 4-8 in a terminal whorl, 2-6" long. Spikelets dorsally 

 compressed 1-3-nate on short slender pedicels, ovate or lanceolate- 

 ovate, -l-'M" long (exc. the slender awn). Gl. ii fringed with dense- 

 jDink hairs. Gl. iv Avith a very slender tail or awn -02- -04" long. 



Monghyr Hills, Kurz ! Santal Parg. ! A common grass in the rainy season in 

 semi-shade in Chota Nagpur. Ranchi! Manbhum, Camj^. ! Singbhum! Fl., Fr. 

 r.s.-Oct. 



The hairs are tubercle-based and the grass is a very easily identified one. L. -S" 

 wide in well-grown specimens. 



2. A. semi-alata, Hitch. Syn. Axonopus semialatus, Hoolc. f. 



An erect grass 2-3 ft. high from a bulbous rootstock which is 

 clothed with densely pilose sheaths. Stem glabrous except at the 

 bearded nodes. Leaves mostly near base of stem linear tapering 

 3-10" long by -3" wide at base or less, sparsely hairy both sides, 

 sheaths very hairy. Spikes 2-5 digitate 1-5-5 -5" long interrupted, 

 rhachides hairy or villous, 3 -angled and channelled. Spkts. lanceo- 

 late -2" long, mostly 3-4-nate (1-2-nate, F.B.I.) with unequal pedicels 

 up to -25" long. 



Chota Nagpur, above 2000 ft. A very common grass both in the open and in the 

 forest at about 3000 ft. Ranchi and Palamau ! Parasnath, Clarke I Fl., Fr. 

 April.-July. 



Base of stems often over '5" diam. with the sheaths. Gl. i '1" purplish, scarious 

 8-nerved, ovate, 2-toothed and with midrib excurrent ; ii and iii subequal, ii 



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