139. GRAMINE^. [80. Iseilema. 



2-cuspiilate (from the hj^aline intermediate tissue disappearing) at the tip ; ii 

 acuminate, chartaceous, with the keel lying between the slender minute hairy or 

 delicately ciliate •07-'08"-long pedicels. Ped. spkt. separately deciduous •17-"2" 

 long, slender, acuminate, strongly 3-nerved and scabrellous. St. brown or yellow. 



This is one of the best Indian fodder-grasses for both horses and cattle. 



Forma ciliatum. This has the leaves much more ciliate and scabrid, and is as 

 leafy as anfhephoroides, the cilia have small tubercles at their base. The invol.- 

 glumes and pedicels are rather wider than usual but the pedicels are relatively 

 longer than in anfhephoroides, the callus of the sessile spkt. is bearded but the 

 glume i is as in laxam. Puri ! 



3. I. Wightii, Anders. 



A tufted very leafy, almost feathery grass, 1-.3 ft. high, nodes 

 bearded. Leaves very slender up to 9" bj^ -l-'lo" rarely more, finely 

 uniformly nerved, or 4-5 nerves each side stronger, margin scabrid or 

 sub-spinulose as also is midrib beneath, sheaths usually with some 

 sparse white hairs, top of sheaths and base of blade often setose with 

 tubercle-based hairs. Panicle very leafj^ or not, spathes and spath- 

 eoles tubercled on keel and margins, spatheoles divergent •4--5" long, 

 peduncles of clusters shorter than spatheole or far exserted, minutely 

 pustulate toAvards the end as often are the branches below the spathes. 

 Base of clusters villose. Invol. spkts. •16--18" long on pedicels 

 •02--04" long and much narrower, glumes 2, staminate or neuter, tip 

 narrowly truncate, midrib and margins usually minutely tubercled 

 and also often sparsely white-ciliate. Central pedicel about as long 

 as involucral, Avith sparse white erect hairs. Sessile spkts. sometimes 

 2, with a joint -06" long, callus sometimes bearded, lower spkt. if 

 2 about -13" long, if solitary -17" long, lanceolar acuminate in outline 

 as in laxum, gl. i dorsally smooth below, minutely scabrid or hispid 

 above, tip narrowly truncate. 



Usuallj^ on damp ground. Singbhum, common! Ranchi, Woodl Manbhum, 

 Clarke I Hazaribagh, CZ«)A-e 1 Fl., Fr. Aug.-Dec Perennial. 



Invol. spkt. gl. i strongly o-nerved, altogether 7-9-nerved, sulcate when dry, 

 narrowly oblong, truncate, midrib and margins usually pustulate with minute red 

 tubercles, inflexed margins embracing ii ; ii as long, 1-nerved, anthers "07" long 

 black. Sessile spkt. gl. i medianally depressed or nearly flat, about 2-nerved above 

 between the keels ; ii as long scabrellous on keel ; iii linear hyaline truncate ; iv 

 awn "5" slender glabrous. Ped. spkt. '17" long, the pedicels as long as joint ; lower 

 about "06", upper "OS" where there are two sess. spkts. 



The grass is a fair fodder. 



4. I. Holei, Haines. 



A robust species 3-4 ft. high Avith much compressed polished stems 

 up to -2" diam. densely bearded at the nodes. LeaA^es erect 8-16" long 

 by -25" broad, glaucous beneath, glabrous or villous near base, margins 

 spinulosely scabrid ; sheaths with very prominent keels, mouth ciliate ; 

 ligule very short truncate hairy. Panicle nearly leafless Avith erect 

 branches, partial inflorescences Avith subglobose fascicles of spathes, 

 spatheoles and small subsessile clusters. Spatheoles about as long 

 as the cluster, •25--3", red, tubercled or not on keel, peduncle of the 

 cluster -05—07" long, tip saucer-shaped. Cluster villous at base, red 

 (in our specimens). Involucral spkts. narrowly elliptic-oblong •12-- 15" 

 long on slender pedicels -OlS-'OS" long, acute or mucronulate, glumes 

 2, stamens 3. Central pedicel as long as involucral and callus white- 

 ciliate Avith long hairs ; sessile spkt. -2" long, lanceolar or linear- 



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