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67 1 . WOODROWXA, Stapf. 

 (Genus not in Clavis, p. 7.) 



Annual. Leaves narrow, flat. Spikelets 2-5, 1-fld., subdigitately 

 panicled at the top of a slender peduncle, articulate on a fragile rachis, 

 laterally compressed, rachilla not produced beyond the flg. gl. Glumes 3, 



I and II strongly laterally compressed, empty, acute, dorsally rounded and 

 there sometimes much thickened, 1-nerved, I longer than II; ill = II, 

 hyaline, l-nerved, 2-lobed with a slender interposed geniculate awn ; palea 

 obovate- oblong, hyaline. Lodicules 2, cuneate, lobulate. Stamens 2, anthers 

 linear. Styles free and stigmas very slender. Grain slender, cylindric, 

 free within the gls. 



W. diandra, Stapf in HooJc. lc. PL t. 2447. 



TheDECCAN; Poonah District, Woodrow. 



Stem 12-18 in., slender, branched, nodes hairy. Leaves 3-4 by T V~e 1 ' n - acu " 

 nrinate, hirsute, margins scabrid ; sheaths appressed, glabrous or hairy at the moutb ; 

 ligule short, ciliolate. Spikes 1-2 in., rachis slender, hairy. Spikelets rather 

 distant, in. long, green or blueish; gl. I dorsally hairy, margins ciliolate ; keel of 



II densely ciliate ; awn of III 1 in., column shorter than the upper part, spirally 

 ciliate. This interesting plant arrived at Kew after the printing of the key, p. 7. 



68. GARNOTIA, Brongn. 



Erect, perennial rarely annual grasses. Leaves flat or convolute. 

 Spikelets very small, 1-fld., panicled, solitary or geminate, jointed on the 

 pedicels, narrowly-lanceolate ; rachilla not produced beyond the fl. gl. 

 Glumes 3, I and II empty, subequal, 3-nerved, acuminate, equalling or 

 longer than III, awned or not ; III bisexual, 1-3-nerved, triandrous, very 

 narrow, terete, tip acuminate or notched, awned, rarely awnless or 3-awned; 

 awn straight or base twisted, rarely geniculate or recurved ; sides of palea 

 auricled at the base. Lodicules 2. Styles free. Grain linear or oblong, 

 free. Species about 20, Asiatic and Polynesian. 



In the disposition and description of the species I have been aided by Dr. Stapf, 

 who has drawn up an account of the whole genus. 



A. Stems densely tufted, uppermost internode exceeding the rest of the 

 Btem. Leaves long, stiff, erect, not articulate on the sheafti ; basal sheaths 

 equitant, flattened. 



* Leaves narrow, complicate (triangular on section) ; margins of lower 

 .sheaths woolly, at length glabrate. 



j" Awn of gl. Ill reflexedfrom the twisted base. 



1. Gr. Thwaitesii, Stapf. mss. ; stem very tall stout, panicle 1-2 ft. 

 much branched, branches long slender, spikelets - in. base shortly 

 hairy, gl. I and II acuminate or shortly awned. Gr. scoparia, Thwaites 

 Enum. PI. Zeyl. 363; Trim. -Cat. Ceyl. PL 106. Berghausia scoparia, 

 Munro ex Thw. I. c. 



CEYLON ; hotter parts of the island, Thwaites. 



Stem 2-4 ft. and more, often as thick as a goose-quill below, compressed. 'Leaves 

 1-3 ft., about ^ in. broad, wiry ; lower sheaths strongly compressed and keeled, 

 margins above woolly ; ligule very short, ciliate. Panicle very variable in length 



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