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mnricibofl sum mis in tuberculos abeuntibus et pilos in barbam 

 argenteo-nitidarn dispositos gerentibus, apice ipso glabro, serie 

 tuberculorum muricibus proxirna utrinqne addita, nervis intra- 

 carinalibus tenuibus 3 ; gluma superior subnavicularis, a latere 

 visa lanceolata, setaceo -acuminata, glumam inferiorem aequans, 

 membranacea, 3-nervis, in carina superne aspernla, ad margines 

 tenuissime parce ciliata ; valva inferior vacua, elliptico-oblonga, 

 obtusiuscula, 4*5 mm. longa, enervis, valva superior a latere 

 lanceolata, tenuiter acuminata, 6 mm. longa, hyalina, 1-nervis, 

 paulo supra basin aristata, aristae columna brunnea 7-8 mm. 

 lonira, seta nitida alba 12-14 mm. longa ; palea nulla. Spiculae 

 pedicel I atae lanceolatae, acutae, chartaceae, 7 mm. longae ; gluma 

 inferior superne bicarinata, carinis rigide ciliolatis, caeterum 

 glabra, 9-nervis, nervis subcardial ibus utrinque 2 distinctis, 

 caeteris tenuioribus ; gluma superior lanceolata, inferiori subae- 

 qnilonga, acuta, 3-nervis, ad margines tenuissime reverse ciliata ; 

 valva inferior vacua, ovato-oblonga, hyalina, subuninervis, eciliata, 

 fere 1 mm. longa ; valva superior cum flore $ , ovata, bidentula, 

 inter dentes mucronulata, hyalina, 1-nervis, inferiorem aequans 

 cum palea lineari enervi 1 mm. longa. Antherae 2*5 mm. longae. 



Imdia. Concan, in open grassland on a hillside near Khandale, 

 600 m., Meeholrf, 9132. 



A very elegant species, easily recognised by the silvery beards 

 of the sessile spikelets. 



510. Andropogon (Dichanthium ?) serrafalcoides, Cooke et Stapf 



[Gramineae-Andropogoneae] ; ob spiculas secundarias infimas 



saepissime neutras caeterum eadem forma ac fertiles si vis ad 



Dichanthium referendus, sed nulli speciei arete affinis, spiculis 



maiusculis in racemos spiculis Serrafalci haud dissimiles congestis 

 insignis. 



Gramen annufcm, ad 60 cm. altum, gregarium. Culmi graciles, 

 laeves, glabri, e basi tenui ascendente radices fulcrantes emittente 

 erecti, circa 10-nodi, internodiis inferioribus brevibus et ad nodos 

 tnmidis plensque exsertis, superne ramos 1-3 solitarios longos 

 pergraedes agentes. Foliorum vaginae infimae breves, laxae, mox 

 a culmo solmae, superiores arctae, glabrae; ligulae hyalinae, 

 ovatae, cihatae, 1 mm. longae ; laminae e basi paulo angustiore 

 lim res, longe tenuiter anenuatae, ad 15 cm. longae, 4-6 mm. 

 latae, tiaccidae, plus minusve hirsutae, pilis e tuberculis ortis vel 

 subglabrae, cost;, tenui utrinque prominente, nervis lateralibus 

 obscuns. Racemi solitarii in culmorum et ramorum apicibus, 

 oblongi vel obo^ato-oblongi, 1-1-75, raro 2 cm. longi, 5-7 mm. 

 lati arcti vel superne subaperti, 4-6-nodi ; articuli inter nodos 

 -vel 6 inhmos contmui, breves, cylindrici, glabri, caeteri ad 

 1 . p mm longi, secedentes, subclavati, latere exteriore dense 

 Benceo-cihati cilus summis articulum aequantibus vel excedenti- 

 bus: pedicelh mfimi brevissimi, glabri, caeteri e basi angusta 

 clavati, subflexuosi, uno latere dense sericeo-ciliati, altero in 

 dentem anceolatum cartilagineum producti, 2 mm. longi. Spiculae 

 arete imbr.eatae vel summae subdivergentes stramineae, scariosae, 

 glaberrimae. Spiculae sessile* J (nisi iufima saepissime neutra); 



gluma .nterior lanceolata in alis late alata, cum alia scariosis 

 oblonga vel elliptico-oblonga. ami fa ™i k-^*™. uwa« ™i «™*«« 



