226 CLXXIII. GIIAMINE.E. (J. D. Hooker.) [Aristida. 



gls. I and IT. finely acuminate or awned, awn of III not articulate with 

 the gl. branches very lono: rigidly flexuons middle one 1-2 in. Trin. Diss. i. 

 187, in Act. Petrop. (1829) 83, (1836) 47 ; Kuntli Enum. PL i. 350, Suppl. 

 147 ; Eoxb. Fl Ind. i. 350 ; Wall Cat. n. 3784 ; Grah. Cat. Bomb. PI. 335 ; 

 Dalz. fy Gibs. Bomb. FL 295; Steud. Syn. Gram. 141. A. tripilis, Thunb. 

 FL Ceyl. Diss. 2, ex Trin. & Rupr. in Mem. Acad. Petersb. Ser. VI. vii. 

 (1849) '147. Chaetaria Hystrix, Beauv. Agrost. 30. 



The DECCAN PENINSULA, from the Concan and Central Provinces southward. 

 CEYLON (Thuriberg). 



Stem 6 in.-2 ft., as thick as a crow-quill or less, stiff, stout and erect or long 

 inclined or prostrate and proliferously branched with open sheaths at the ramifica- 

 tions. Leaves 2-4 in., narrow, convolute, glaucou*. Panicle 4-6 in. ; rachis stout 

 flexuous and angular, branches and branchlets smooth. Spikelets straw-colrd. ; gls. I 

 and II membranous or subchartaceous, keels smooth ; II most minutely toothed at 

 the base of the awn ; III smooth, callus naked, awns most minutely scaberulous. 

 I have seen no Ceylon specimens, for which habitat Thunberg (fid. Trinius) is the 

 authority. 



6. A. mutabilis, Trin. So Rupr. in Mem. Acad. Petersb. Ser. VI. vii. 

 (1849) 150 (excl. var. sequilonga) ; annual, panicle very narrow subcylindric, 

 branches very short crowded, spikelets (excl. awns) in., gls. I and I L 

 shortly awned, awn of III obscurely articulate with the gl., column long, 

 branches rather short, middle one about \ in. Steud. Syn. Gram. 141. 

 A. articulata, Edgew. in Journ. Linn. Soc. vi. (1862) 209 ; Aitch. Cat. 

 Panjab PL 164 ; Dutkie Grass. N. W. Ind. 26, Fodd. Grass. N. Ind. 47. 

 A. Kunthiana & meccaiia, Trin. & Rupr. 1. c. 151 (ex descr.) 152 ; Steud. I. c. 

 141. A. Schweinfurthii. Boiss. Fl. Orient, v. 493. A. spicata, Rottl. mss. 

 A. tenuis, Hochst in Flora, xxviii. (1855) 200. 



The PANJAB & RAJPOOTANA ; Multan, EdgewortTi; Jodhpore, King. SOUTHERN 

 INDIA, Hei/ne, Weight, &c. DISTRIB. Arabia, Africa trop. 



Stems 6-12 in., many ascending from the root, simple or proliferously branched, 

 slender. Leaves 1-3 in., very slender, curved, convolute, rigid, smooth. Panicle 

 3-6 in., branches all very short and crowded, or with sometimes a few remote lower 

 down or the stem ascending from a naked base and bearing a dense oblong fascicle 

 of spikelets, rachis smooth, branches scaberulous. Spikelets very shortly pedicelled, 

 pale green or straw-colrd.; gl. I % in., keel scaberulous; II in., tip 2-toothed 

 below the awn; III scaberulous, callus shortly bearded; column of awn nearly as 

 long as the gl., slender, smooth, branches capillary. King's specimens from Jodhpore 

 are in a starved state and mixed with A. Adscenscionis. 



. Sect. II. ARTHUATHERTJM. Column of awn long, twisted, articulate on 

 the glume (obscurely in A. redacta), branches glabrous, rarely 0. 



7. A. funiculata, Trin. 8f Rupr. in Mem. Acad. Petersb. Ser. VI. 

 vii. (1849) 159 ; annual, very slender, panicle lax narrow, branches very 

 short, gls. I and II ^-1 in. subequal awned, column of awn 1 in. or lesv, 

 branches capillary 1-3 in. Steud. Syn. Gram. 142 ; Aitchis. Cat. Panjab 

 PL 164 ; Boiss. FL Orient, v. 492 (in part) ; Dutkie Fodd. Grass. N. Ind. 

 47. A. funicularis, Trin. ex Steud. Nomencl. Ed. II. i. 131 ; Edgew. in 

 Journ. As. Soc. Seng. xxi. (1852) 160, 163 (ioenicularis). A. Kotschyi, 

 Hochst. ex Steud. Syn. Gram. 142. A. macrathera, A. Rich. Tent. Fl. 

 Abyss, ii. 393 ; Steud. 1. c. 142; Boiss. I. c. 493 (macranthera). A. mallica, 

 Edgew. in Journ. Linn. Soc. vi. (1862) 209 ; Aitch. L c. ; Dutkie L L 

 c.c. A. murina, Aitchis. I.e. 164 (non Cav.) ; Dutkie Grass. N.W. 

 Ind. 26. A. ,paradoxa, Schmidt Fl. Cap. Verd. 140. A. pilosa, Herb. 

 Heyne (non LabilL). A. Royleana, Trin. & Rupr. in Mem. Acad. Petersb. 



