242 CLXXIII. GRAMINEJE. (J. D. Hooker.) [Ganwtia. 



and breadth, copiously effuse. 01. I and II entire or notched with a short awn injthe 

 notch ; III tip notched or entire, awn rarely twice as long as its gl. Steudel refers 

 Koenig's Agi-ostis scoparia to Arundinella nirvana, Nees. A specimen so named in 

 Bottler's Herbarium is a grass 10 ft. high with flat leaves f in. broad and panicle 

 2 ft. long, the spikelets have all fallen away. It is probably TAysanolana. 



ft Awn not reflexad from the twisted base, lent above, in G. tectorum. 



2. Gr. Schmidii, TIooTc. f. ; stem 1-3 ft. simple or branched above, 

 leaves very narrow nexuous, panicle 6-10 in. narrow, spikelets } in. pale 

 or dark brown, base bearded, glumes I and II notched and awned, III 

 nearly as long as I notched, awn twice as long as the glume. 



NILGHIRI HILLS, Schmid; Goudaloor Ghat, alt. 4500 ft., Lawson. 



Stems tufted, base with the distichous leaf-sheaths an inch broad. Leaves T V in. 

 broad, shorter than the peduncle. Panicle erect, branches 1-1-j in., erect. Schmid's 

 specimens are small, 1 ft. high with a rather loose panicle and almost red-brown spike- 

 lets. Lawson's is a very much larger plant with longer leaves and denser panicle and 

 paler spikelets. 



3. Gr. tenuiglumis, Stapf. mss. ; stem tall stout, leaves very narrow, 

 panicle 2 ft. very narrow, spikelets in., base nearly glabrous, glumes 

 thin, II 1-nerved, awn of III short capillary base twice or thrice twisted. 

 (Jhrysopogon muricatus, Herb. Wight, n. 3247. 



WESTERN PENINSULA, Wight. 



Stem 3-4 ft., as stout as a goose-quill, solid, upper internode 10-16 in. Leaves 

 12-16 in., exceeding the stem, glabrous except towards the very base ; sheaths sub- 

 compressed, margins above woolly ; ligule a ridge of hairs. Panicle strict, rachis 

 stout, terete ; brunches 2-3 in., filiform, in distant clusters, strict, erect. Spikelets 

 pale yellow-brown, appressed to the bran chletsj gl. I aristulate ; II subhyaliue ; 

 awn of III rather longer than the spikelets. 



4. Gf. scoparia, Stapf. mss. ; stem 3 ft., leaves very narrow plicate or 

 keeled, panicle 16-20 in. long narrow branches very long, spikelets in. 

 base shortly bearded, glumes firm, II 3-nerved, awn of 111 about as long 

 as the spikelet, base twisted. Berghausia scoparia, Munro in Serb. Ind. 

 Or. H.f. $ T. B. elata, Am. ex Miq. Analect. Bot. ii. 20. Miquelia elata, 

 Am. ex Nees in Wight Cat. n. 2600, ex Miq. I.e. Agrostis scoparia, Koen. 

 et Aribtida arundinacea, ex Wall. Gat. n. 8912 A. A. laxa et Aristida 

 montana, Herb. Rottl. ex Wall. 8912 B. Gramin. Wall. Cat. n. 8912. 



MYSORE; at Chitaldrug, Heyne-, Mysore & Kurg, G. Thomson. 



Stem nearly as thick as a goose-quill below. Leaves erect, very narrow, glabrous 

 or margins towards the base hairy; sheath with woolly margins ; ligule a ridge of 

 hairs. Panicle very narrow, branches 6-8 in., filiform, erect. SpikeUts pale yellow ; 

 gl. I and II subsimilar, I subaristately acuminate, 111 2-dentate, awn geniculate. 



5. Gr. tectorum, Hook. f. ; stem very tall stout, leaves long in. 

 broad, panicle 1-2 ft. narrowly oblong branches lax-fld. at length spreading, 

 spikelets in. base obscurely pubescent, gl. all subequal acuminate or 

 mucronate not awned. G. stricta, Thw. Enum. PL Zeyl. 363 (excl. Syn.} ; 

 Trim. Cat. Ceyl. PI. 106. Berghausia mutica, Munro in Proc. Amer. 

 Acad. iv. (1864) 362. 



CEYLON ; in elevated parts of the Island, Gardner, &c. 



Stem 3-i ft., as thick as a goose-quill below, strict. Leaves 2 ft., linear, acute, 

 base plicate, more or less hairy ; sheatli hirsute above or glabrous ; ligule very short, 



