67. Capillipedium.] 139. GBAMINEM. 



oblong- with 3 stamens ; iv (or palea of iii r) linear, liyaline, sometimes split and one 

 segment ending in a filiform tip. The two pod. spkts. and their pedicels often 

 unequal. 

 The fresh panicle is distinctly and rather unpleasantlj' scented. 



2. C. assimilis, comb. nov. Syn. Andropogon assimilis, Steud. 



A copiously branched grass with creeping rootstock, easily recog- 

 nised by its hard almost woody slender polished stems, short leaves 

 and short diffuse pyramidal panicles 2-5" long by 2-3" broad with 

 capillary clustered primary branches, and spikes of only 2-3 prs. of 

 spikelets and a terminal trio. Nodes of panicle ciliate, joints and 

 pedicels slender, villous, ending in a minute shallow cup with trans- 

 verse rim. Pedicelled spikelet much larger than the sessile. 



Northern Champaran, siregarious under shade in some hill forests ! Valleys in 

 the Rajmahal Hills ! Singbhum, forest valleys ! Hazaribagh, especially on 

 Parasnath ! Western Bengal and Behar (without district), Xurz ! Ranchi ghats ! 

 Valleys in the hill forests of Palamau ! FI., Fr. Oct. -Dec. 



Attains 6 ft. in height in the upper hill forests, not more, often sarmentose and 

 proliferously branched, nodes bearded. L. lower lanceolate, upper linear, 2-5" 

 long, setac'eously acuminate, glabrous or sparsely hairy, margins scabrid. 

 Main branches of panicle 2-4 in a cluster, flexuous. Sessile spkt. "09", gl. i pale, 

 ell. -oblong, narrowlj^ truncate, 2-4-nerved between the keels which are hispid 

 above ; ii slightly longer, lane. -oblong with rounded keel in which the awn lies ; 

 iii half i; iv reduced to the acutely leased •■4-"o"-long awn. Grain oblong "05". 

 Ped. spkt. -I^-'IS" long, with pedicel about two-thirds sess. spkt.; gl, i 3-7-nerved 

 very acute, keels sparsely hispidulous ; ii back rounded, 3-nerved, mid-nerve 

 excurrent as a minute mucro ; iii broadly lanceolate nearly as long as i ; anthers 

 •07" long. 



68. AMPHILOPHIS, Nash. 

 Perennials. Panicles with a shoi't primary axis so that the branches 

 or spikes are sub-digitate or elongate. Spikes often simply branched, 

 frequently with tubercled axils ; joints and pedicels many filiform, 

 longitudinally grooved and translucent along the groove, disarticu- 

 lating horizontally. Pairs of spikelets sessile and pedicelled, hetero- 

 gamous and sometimes dissimilar in shape. Sessile spkt. with small 

 shortly bearded callus dorsally compressed. Gl. i thinly chartaceous 

 to membranous, 2-keeled, with narrow sharply inflexed margins ; 

 ii cymbiform, acutely keeled, 3-nerved ; iii hyaline nerveless, palea 

 or very minute ; iv reduced to the hyaline base of the slender awn, 

 palea minute or ; lodicules minute, glabrous. Stigmas exceeding 

 the styles. Grain oblong obtuse. Ped. spkt. awnless, usually 

 narrower than the sessile and male ; gl. i many-nerved, iv (awnless). 



A. Panicle-branches mostly with axillary ciliate tubercles. Gl. i 



often pitted, iv the simple base of awn : — 

 Panicle-branclies or spikes much shorter than rhachis. Sess. 



spkt. •12-11" 1. glabra. 



Spikes more or less fascicled, longer than the rhachis. Sess. 



si)kt. '15-"17" ........... 2. pertunKf. 



B. Panicle-branches without axiilai-y tubercles. Gl. i not pitted : — 

 Panicle-branches longer than panicle-rliachis. Sess. spkt. "2". 



Gl. iv simple base of awn ........ 3. Kuiitzeana. 



1. A. glabra, Stapf. Syn. Andropogon intermedius, R. Br., inc. 

 A. glaber, Roxb., A. punctatus, Roxb., and A. montanus, Roxb. ? 

 Sudugan, K. ; Gandha-gurana, Beng. {fide Roxb.). 

 A very common and variable grass flowering from 12" high (pro- 

 bably in its first year and then appearing annual) to 7 ft. with many 



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