68. Amphilophis.] 



139. GRAMINE.E. 



pniictatuf, Hack, 



y. hlrta, Huhies. 



S. glabra, proper? 



e. JlooiJiii, Hack. 

 (including A.fascicur- 

 htris, Stap/').] 



2. L. glabrous. Gl. i sometimes dorsally villousabu\ e 

 mitldle, Elmcliis of panicle short. 

 Singbhiim, Clarke \ This comes very close to 

 A. Grahami, Halves. 



B. Gl. i thinly or not hairj- below middle, 1-3-pitted in 



many spkts. both sessile and pedicelled . 

 One form from Parasnath, Clarice ! has pale panicles. 

 Singbhum, common ! Santal Parg., on the hills, 



very common ! Hazaribagh, Clarke ! Probably 



all districts. 



C. Gl. i with back shortly uniformly hairy or hispid 

 Sambalpur! Stem tall '2" diam. much branched 



above. L. '3- "4" wide sparsely hairy towards base 

 and strigose behind ligule. Sess. spkt. '13", keels 

 scabrid, awn '\" . 



D. Gl. i glabrous, 7-U-nerved between the keels. Panicle 



with sub verticillate branches 



Angul ! Tufted, 4 ft. high. L. glabrous .slender 



with 3-4 nerves each side of midrib. Spkt. •14" 



long. This might be Ro.vbiirffh'g glaher, except 



that the glumes are not pitted. From montanns 



it appears to differ in the much larger spikelets. 



It forms a transition to the next group : — 

 II. Panicle dense with many sub-verticilla'te branches which 

 each bear branched spikes with generally a sessile 

 spkt. at each fork (without ped. companion).* Gl. i 

 usually medianally depressed and somewhat \m\vj 

 below. Panicle not purple 



A, Leaves glabrous or ciliate below. 

 Ranchi, common ! L. usually narrow and onl^' 3- 



nerved each side, panicle 7-8". Maiibhum, Camp. ! 

 Panicle 8", Rajmahal 'Hills, Knrzl L. 5-nerved 

 each side. Orissa, IJ'ahhl Stout below, panicle 

 7", keels of gl. i scabrid onl3\ 

 Form with nearly or quite giabrous gl. i occurs in 

 Monghyr, Mokim ! and Gya, Mokim ! Sarguja. 

 Clarkel Parasnath [caWedfascic/ilaris at Kew). 



B. L. hairy (but less so than in most gemiiun^ and 



pH)icfafiti<}. Gjf\, Mokim \ Parasnath, Prrti« ! 



2. A. pertusa, comb. nov. Hyn. Andropogon pertusus, WiUd. 



A creeping, ascending or erect grass, slender or with culms •12" diam_ 

 up to 1-3 ft. high, nodes more or less bearded. Spikes 1-1-7" long: 

 digitately fascicled or one or more somewhat distant from the others, 

 and racemose, but rhachis of raceme always much shorter than the 

 spike. Joints and pedicels slender subequal, translucent in centre, 

 about half to four-fifths spkt., villous on both margins. Sessile spkt. 

 •15--17" long (-2", J.D.H.), gl. i narroAvl}" elliptic -oblong narrowly trun- 

 cate or minutely 2-cuspidate from the strong hispid produced keels, 

 back flat with a dorsal pit above the middle and a tuft of villi usually 

 below^ or glabrous, 5-7 -nerved between the keels. Callus obtuse Avith 

 unec£ual hairs about one-fourth spkt. 



'Mow^hyv, Mokim \ GyR, Mokim [ St\uta.\ Farg., Xuxkerl Behav, J.D.H. I Ranchi,. 

 Clarke, etc ! Siugbhum ! Manbhum, a common grass. Camp., etc. ! Orissa, Puri, 

 •and again without district, TJ'ahh ! FL, Fr. Oct.-Dec. 



* This and similar cases show that the pedicel is morphologically a branch of 

 nearlj- equal value to the rhachis. 



t Amphilophis fascicularis, Sfapf, is not Andropof/on fascictilaris, Eodb. See 

 remarks under ISorghiim fascicularis. This group might be called Amphilophis- 

 Hoenkii. 



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