139. (ARAMINEM. [71. Chrysopogon. 



of many long smooth subei'ect branches in many closely approximate 

 whorls each bearing 1-3 spikes. Sessile spikelet •25--28" long, callus 

 long brown-villous all round -Oo" long ; gl. i polished linear-oblong, 

 2-nerved on each margin, the stronger (keels) slightly excurrent and 

 scabrid at the tips ; ii with brown very coriaceous 3-nerved back 

 and membranous sides, awn -5" long, margins finel}^ ciliate ; iv with 

 awn 1 •8-2-5" long. Pedicelled spkt. •4--5" long; i with awn •4--5" 

 long, scabrid at the acuminate tip only. Pedicel brown-villous. 



Mong-hyr ( Widl. No. 8792 <i), H^in,. ! Fl. Auo-. 



Hamilton's is the only collection, and I am incliuetl to think that this is but u 

 form of C.lancearius and perhaps diseased; the only spike I have been able to 

 dissect had certainly a diseased ovary -2" long. It is chiefly disting-iiishable by 

 the very dense panicle and more g-labrous spikelets. Hooker gives also the follow- 

 ing distinctions: " L. very long linear (he calls those of laiicearins narrowly 

 lanceolate) sca1)erulous beneath (1 find them no more so than in lancearius]. 

 Callus villous all round (whereas he descril)es the callus of lavceariu^ as glal)rous 

 in front. This I do not iiiulerstand as both have the usual oblique glabrous scar 

 in front, that of hnicearius being jierhaps a little more pronounced). Ped. spkt. 

 "5" long (but some are only 'IJ." long and I have found lancenrius with the ped. 

 spkts, up to '4." long)." 



4. C. montanus, Trin. (1821). 8yn. A. monticola, Schult. (1824).* 



A variable grass with usually slender erect or ascending glabrous 

 stems, robust in some forms. Leaves very narrow glabrous, rarely 

 I^ubescent or ciliate, lower sheaths compressed. Panicles rarely 6" 

 long, of several whorls of few or many capillary flexuous very unequal 

 branches bearing solitary spikes, rhachis of panicle often puberulous 

 or pubescent but culm below it glabrous. Sessile spikelets pale, 

 •16--2" long, rarely -3", tip of peduncle brown-bearded clavate, callus 

 short usually -03" or less with oval scar and dense beard. Gl. i 

 laterall}^ compressed usually scabrid or ciliate above the middle, 

 sometimes glabrous ; ii dorsally more or less ciliate with short or long 

 rigid bristles, rarely glabrous (in var. Tr'niii, Hack.) ; back rounded, 

 sides membranous embracing the inner glumes, often exceeding i 

 and with a short slender awn ; iii shorter hyaline conduplicate ciliate ; 

 iv with a slender awn from about the middle -5-1 -5" long. Pedicelled 

 spkts. •15--2" long; gl. i 7-nerved usually scabrous or hairy, awned 

 or not, pedicels compressed, shortly adnate to callus, -04- -07" long, 

 bearded on the edges with the hairs longest uj)wards. 



In the hills, but not nearly so common as in the Central Provinces. 



Ramnagar Hills, common! Santal Parg., Kiirzl Gya, Mokhti '. Palamau, 

 frequent ! Ranchi, at Neterhat ! Hazaribagh, on Parasnath, Clarke I Angul 

 (common in Duvgapur range) ! Sambalpur, very common! Fl., Fr. Sept. -Dec. 



Stems sometimes fastigiately branched aljove. Leaves with scaberulous margins, 

 lower sheaths usually compressed, ligale a belt of short hairs. Panicle branches 

 in whorls of 3-12. smooth or scaberulous. Spikelets variouslj' coloured pale to 

 purple. Sess, spkt. gl. i with rounded tip ; ii conduplicate with rounded back and 

 membranous broad sides "O'S-'Oo" wide, tip ending in two short rounded lobes, awu 

 sometimes recurved ; lii hyaline, about "18"; iv 1-3-nerved, the midrib gradually 

 passing into the awn from the middle. Ped. spkt. gl. ii 3-nerved with incurved 

 villous margins which close over the inner ; iv about two-thirds i, linear, sparsely 

 ciliate. Stamens usually- 3. 



The following forms occur in our area Avhich are difficult to arrange 

 under Hackers varieties. Specimens from Angul and Sambalpur 



* I (pioted this as 1817 in C.F. Lint, the date at commencement of volume, but 

 the " additamenta" in which the name monticola occurs is I82i. 



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