Chloris.] OLXXIII. GRAMINE.E. (J. D. Hooker.) 291 



Syn. Gram. 204 ; Dalz. # Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 296 ; ? DutUe Fodd. Grass. N. 

 Ind. 54, t. 66; Lisboa in Journ. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc. vii. (1893) 3b'8. 

 C. triangulata, Hochst. ex A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss, ii. 409 ; Steud. I. c. 

 203; Duthie Grass. N.W. Ind. 3o. Ctenium indicutn, Sprcng. Syst. i. 274. 

 Tetrapogon triangularis, Hochst. PI. Arab. Schiveinf. n. 967. 



RAJPOOTANA; Oodeypore, Wingate (Herb. Duthie). SCIND, Stocks. KHANDEISH, 

 DalzeU. SOUTH INDIA, Roxburgh, TF^. DI-TKIB. Arabia, Abyssinia. 



Stem 10-18 iu., weak, branched from the ba*e. Leaves 6-10 by - in., flaccid; 

 ligule short, truncate. Sfdke 1-2| in., erect, fl.it. Spikelets large, in. long and 

 more, bifarious ; arls. 5 or rt, I and 11 ovate-lanceolate, hyaline; 1 acute; II \ longer, 

 shortly awned ; III as long as II, coriaceous, nerves distant from the margin and 

 keel villous ; awn subdorsal, straight, spreading ; keels of palea finely hairy ; IV 

 half as long as III, narrower ; V and VI still smaller, fun-shaped, awned. 



ft Spikes 1-3 ; gl. Ill ovoid, hirsute all over. 



6. C. villosa, Pers. Syn. i. 87; perennial, stout, spikes 1-3, spikelets 

 4-awned, gl. Ill ovoid acute hirsute all over with long hairs, margins 

 hyaline. Kunth Enum. PI. \. 267, Suppl. 217, t. 16, f. 3; Jaub. $ Spach 

 111. PI. Orient, iv. 40, t. 327 ; Coss. & Dur. Fl. Alger. 87 ; Steud. Syn. 

 Gram. 204 ; Aitchis. Cat. Panjab PI. 167. C. tetrapogon, Beauv. Agrost. 

 158. Tetrapogon villosus, Deaf. Fl. Atlant. ii. 388, t. 255 ; Trin. Fund. 

 Agrost. 760 ; Boiss. Fl. Orient, v. 555 ; Duthie Grass. N. W. Ind. 33, Fodd. 

 "Grass. N. Ind. 55, t. 68. 



The PANJAB; Peshawur, Stewart', Eawul Piudu, Aitchison. RAJPOOTANA; 

 Oodeypore, King. Multan, Edge worth. DISTRIB. Westward to the Canaries. 



Stem 6-10 in., from a densely -tufted stout woo:ly base, which is clothed with 

 equitant leaf-sheaths. Leaves 1-3 in., very narrow, acute, flat or twisted, rig r d ; 

 ligule obscure. Spikes H-2 in. by ^-5 in. broad, erect, pale yellow. Spiktlets 

 % in., obconic; gls 5, I and II lanceolate, shortly awned; I acuminate; II - 

 longer, tip 2-tootlied ; III about as long as II, coriaceous, with broad hyaline margins 

 bounded by the lateral nerves, imperfectly triandrous, tip entire or minutely 

 2-toothed, hairs much longer than the gl. silky ; awn spreading, keels of palea 

 scaberulous ; I V not half as long as III, also hirsute; V very small, cuneate; VI 

 reduced to an awn. 



ttt Spikes 4-10 ; gl. Ill bearded at the base and on the margins above 

 the middle. 



7. C. vir grata, Sw. Fl. Ind. Occ. i. 203 ; spikes 6-9, spikelets 2-awned, 

 gl. II tip 2-fid awned in the sinus, III ovate bearded with long hairs 

 above the middle, IV narrowly cuneiform. Trin. Gram. Unifl. 136; 

 Doell in Mart. Fl. Bras. ii. III. C. compressa, DC. Gat. Hort. 

 Monsp. (1813) 94 ; Trin. Gram. Unifl. 230 ; Nees Agrost. Bras. 421, Fl. 

 Afr. Austr. 240 ; Steud. Syn. Gram. 204. C. caudata, Trin. ex Bunge 

 Enum. PI. Chin. Bor. 70. C. cryptostachys, Steud. in Schmidt Fl. Cap. 

 Virid. 148. C. decora, Nees in Herb. Eoyle\ Steud. 1. c. 205. C. elegans, 

 Kunth Enum. PI. i. 264. C. meccana, Hochst. & Steud. ex Schult. Ind. 

 Sem. Hort. Hal (1843)7; Steud. I.e.; Boiss. Fl. Orient, v. 554; Duthie 

 Grass. N.W. Ind. 33. C. montana, Griseb. in Goett. Nackr. (1868) 84, 

 Abnandl. 300 ; Duthie I. c. (non Roxh). C. pallida, Link Hort. Berol. i. 56, 

 ii. 223. C. penicillata, Hort. ex Nees I.e. (non Poir.). C. polydactyla, 

 Durand Diss. Chlorid. (1808) 14, 22 ; Jacq. Eclog. Gram. 12, t. y (non Sw.). 

 C. tetrastachys, Hack.mss.(ex Herb. Duthie}. Heterolepis elegans, Ehrt. 

 ex Boiss. 1. c. ; B/abdochloa virgata, Beauv. Agrost. 84. Chloris, Wall. Cat. 

 3212 (in Herb Berth.). 



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