Ischcemum.'} CLXXIII. GRAMINKJE. (J. D. Hooker.) 129 



Pedicel of upper spikelet ^ the length of the lower spikelet or more. 



5.1. diplopog-on, Hook.f.-, annual, branching upwards, leaves 

 lanceolate from a narrow base, upper sheaths spathiform, spikes 2 pale, 

 peduncle nexuous, joints dorsally ciliate, sessile spikelets - in., gl. I 

 oblong 2-cuspidate glabrous shining, II awned 3-nerved lateral nerves 

 pectinately ciliate with stiff hairs above the middle, IV very short 2-fid 

 lobes acute eciliate awned in the cleft. 



BOMBAY ; near Bhorkus, Woodrow. 



Stems 12-18 in. or more, branched from the base and upwards, smooth, stout or 

 slender, internodes long, nodes glabrous. Leaves 4-6 by | in., acuminate, 

 narrowed from below the middle to the base, dark green, rather shining above, 

 margins smooth, nerves 3-4 pairs and midrib very slender ; sheath glabrous, of upper 

 leaves open ; ligule very short, glabrous. Peduncles many from the upper spathiform 

 sheaths, solitary, filiform ; spathes 1-3 in., compressed, lanceolate. Spikes 1-1 -5 in., 

 compressed ; pedicelled spikelets divergent ; joints and pedicels = \ the lower spike- 

 lets or longer, subclavate, dorsally rounded, ventrally concave. Sessile spikelets 

 white ; gl. I nerves obscure, margins narrowly incurved ; II dorsally smooth, awn as 

 long as itself; III linear-oblong, 1-nerved, eciliate ; IV 3-nerved, awn in. capillary, 

 palea very small, oblong. Pedicelled spikelets often imperfect, not awned ; gl. I elliptic, 

 2-cuspidate, green, margins white; II acuminate. 



6. Z. BLingii, Hook. f. ; annual, leaves ovate-lanceolate base rounded 

 or subcordate, hairy beneath, sheaths of uppermost spathiform, spikes 2 

 ovate pale villous, joints and pedicels very stout densely ciliate tops 3-lobed, 

 sessile spikelet - in., gl. I oblong or oblong-lanceolate 2-cuspidate or 

 2-aristulate dorsally glabrous shining, sides bulging at about the lower 

 keels ciliate above, II awned dorsally rounded with a broad pencil of stiff 

 hairs on the upper third, IV 2-fid lobes stoutly awned between the lobes. 



RAJPOOTANA ; Mt. Aboo, King. 



Stem 10-12 in., ascending, glabrous. Leaves 1-2 by - in., acuminate, rather 

 thin, margins scaberulous, midrib and nerves very slender ; sheaths lax, upper open, 

 glabrous; ligule short, membranous. Peduncles sheathed, sometimes up to the 

 spikes, slender. Spikes 2 in. ; joints shining. Sessile spikelets with a short rounded 

 bearded callus ; keels of gl. I minutely scaberulous ; II scabrid, tip 2-toothed; III 

 lanceolate 1-nerved ; IV much shorter, 3-nerved, lobes triangular-ovate, eciliate ; 

 palea about as long, ovate-lanceolate, 2-nerved, eciliate ; awn about 1 in. long. 

 Pedicelled spikelets variable, much smaller ; gl..I elliptic, acute, many-nerved, flat, 

 margins not incurved ; II shortly awned, dorsally nearly naked. 



7. X. august ifolium. Hack. Monogr. Androp. 241 ; base of stem 

 woolly, leaves long narrow rigid subpungent, spikes 2-4 on axillary and 

 terminal filiform peduncles, gl. I of sessile spikelet lanceolate 2-3-toothed 

 dorsally convex with a tuft of hairs strongly 3-nerved margins not inflexed, 

 II lanceolate 2-toothed aristulate, IV linear entire or 2-toothed shortly 

 awned. Oliver in Hook. Ic. PI. t. 1773; Kew Bulletin, 1888, 157. I. 

 sparteum, Ham. AC Wall. Gat. n. 8845. Spodiopogon augustifolius, Trin. 

 in Mem Acad. Petersb. Ser. vi. ii. (1833) 300, Sp. Gram. Ic. t. 336. S. 

 laniger, Nees in Royle III. Himal. PI. 416; Steud. Syn, Gram. 373. 

 S. notopogon, Nees ex Steud. I. c. Pollinia eriopoda, Hanqe in Journ. Sot. 

 iy. (1866) 173; Dyer in Journ. Linn. Soc. xx. (1883) 409. Andropogon 

 binatus, Retz. Obs. vi. 21. A. involutus, notopogon & obvallatus, Steud. I. o. 

 Eriantho affine, Wall. Cat. n. 8845. 



LOWEE HIMALAYA ; from Kashmir to Sikkim, ascending to 7000 ft. in G-arwhal, 

 Duthie. The PAN JAB. RAJPOOTANA, on Mt. Aboo. The SATPUBA HILLS. BEHA& 

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