71. Chrysopogon.] 139. GRAMINEJE. 



are ripe. Sess. spkt. -14" long ; gl. i linear acuminate or minutely 

 2 -cuspidate, convex with inflexed margins, keels hispid above ; 

 ii cymbiform aristulate -18" long with the awnlet, keel hispid above ; 

 iii -1" hyaline lanceolate ciliate with inflexed margins, 2-nerved ; 

 iv with its scabi'id awn •2--3", palea oblong hyaline obtuse glabrous 

 about half iii. Pedicels about -1", often unequal. Ped. spkt. •16--2" 

 including the cuspidate scabrid cusp of gl. i ; ii rather shorter aristu- 

 late ; iii and iv hyaline shorter softly villous, male. 



A weed of damp and heavily grazed lands, and a pest from the sharp callus and 

 small awns stickine: to the clothes. The leaves wliich lie close to the ground escape 

 to a large extent the lips of cattle. Most frequent in the Northern districts esp. 

 Purneah and Santal Parg. ! but occurring in all. Fl., Fr. Aug.-Nov. 



2. C. lancearius, comb. nor. Syn. Andropogon lancearius, Hooh, f. ; 



Korpo dumbu, K. 



A large coarse grass 4-6 ft. or more high and culms -2- -25" diam. 

 at base, compressed, Avith dry leaf -sheaths below, very leafy above ; 

 minutely downy below the panicle. Leaves 18"-2 ft. by -3-1 '5" 

 broad with spinulose-serrulate cutting edges. Panicles oblong 6-12" 

 long very many-rayed, with irregularly verticillate capillary suberect 

 branches 2-4" long which exhibit the characteristic clavate oblique 

 brown-bearded tips (seen best after fall of spkt.). Sessile spkt. -25" 

 long, callus elongate -Oo" long and pedicels at base adnate to it, 

 pungent and with a barb of brown hairs, shortly adnate to the oblique 

 brown-bearded tip of peduncle. Gl. i conduplicate, tip oblique, 2- 

 nerved each side, slightly scabrous on nerves ; ii as long but much 

 broader, conduplicate and each side -04" broad, keel rounded, 3-nerved 

 hispid, and broad membranous margins pilose, awn •3--4" long slender; 

 iii hyaline, -16" (reaching the tips of the anthers), ciliate ; iv mem- 

 branous linear, not 2-fad but the sides meeting in front of the 1-5-1 -75" 

 long awn which is stout and hairy up to the knee, then slender and 

 scabrid. Pedicels compressed somewhat translucent, bearded on 

 each margin with long brown hairs, about -2" long or slightly exceeding 

 lialf the sessile spkt. 



Usually in shaded positions on rocky hill sides. On grassy spurs, North Cham- 

 ])aran ! Monghyr Hills, Knrzl Gaya ghats, common! Singhhum, frequent! 

 Palamau ! Hazaribagh (in Koderma forest) ! Ranchi, Clarke, Frain ! Sambalpur ! 

 FL. Fr. Sept.-Nov. 



After the fall of the spikelets it may be recognised among its congeners (exc, 

 HnmUtonU) hy the robust habit and the culms minutely pubescent below the large 

 panicle. L. only slightly narrowed towards the rather broad base, sheaths very 

 smooth, ligule a rim with a close band of short silky hairs. Ped. spkt. 'liS-'-l" long, 

 subtei-ete, the two of each pair not always quite alike, more especially in regard to 

 the existence or length of the awns. Callus with linear-oblong oblique scar. Gl. i 

 finely acuminate and awned, 7-nerved, awn usually about '25"; ii acuminate long- 

 ciliate subaristnlate or (in a Gaya specimen collected by Mokim) with an awn 

 ■1-"12" long; iii •22-*27" hyaline ciliate or villous, linear-oblong; iv similar or (in 

 the Gaya specimen) with an awn 1" long in some spkts. only. 



Tlie grass is a good fodder. 



3. C. Hamiltonii, comb. nor. Syn. Andropogon Hamiltonii, Hook. f. 

 A tall stout leafy grass, glabrous except beneath the panicle where 



the culm is minutely closely pubescent. Leaves 1-5" ft. or more by 

 •25--.5" finely acuniinate, smooth or minutely scaberulous above, 

 margins scabrid. Panicle G-lO" long by 2-5-3" broad lanceolar dense 



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