_ Bragrostis.] GRAMINER (Stapf). 597 
| ae Me broad and = divaricate ; spikelets 
= red over the periphery . (22) patentissima. 
Panicle ‘ont cted, iaietie’ * apiadlets. much 
x Rhachilla breaking up; valves rather loosely 
ricate, very acute . (23) denudata, 
= Rhachilla persistent or subper rsistent valves 
closely im 
Spikelets reddish-brown ; pm = .. (24) Chapelieri. 
Spikelet i : 
ey Basal sheaths tomentose-woolly below (25) sclerantha, 
Ba Basal sheaths glabrous or with scatter ed 
Sy 1BiPs : 
Valves ovate to ovate-oblong, 1 lin. long, 
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Spikes Ae alone ws o oblong, 24-4 
olive-green to Reap Fm (26) chaleantha, 
J Spikelets linear, 4-5 lin., yellowis 
= . (27) pallens. 
a Valves ‘oblong, §- 2 1 lin. long, side-nerves 
ag distinct, Prominent ; anthers 4-2 
in. long 
¥ aes often nodding, oblong, usually 
: erie A ag up to 8 lin., 
30. (28) gangetica, 
dee erect, very slender, with the 
short 1 branches 
a ad gt ressed to the axis ; nt gee 
culm 
ee short Ss peng 
4 spikelets 2-4 lin. by 1 at in (29) elatior. 
pede oiagte 
come or decu' 
ins, many -noded ; spilt a 
**Annual : 4-34 lin. by 3-+ lin. . (30) sarmentos 
Leaves — covered with pes minu re _ 
gla ~ airs ; pedicels with a v 
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or rather lax, 2-6 in. 
subobtuse ; grain globose . (32) major. 
Leaves eglandular; panicle dense , 1-2 in. 
long; valves oblong, acute or mucro- 
A race grain oblon: . (38) procumbens. 
Nodes beard ed, 5-6; valves 2 lin. long ws (34) barbinodis, 
Section 2. Puatystacuya, Benth. gy orbicular_ to ieee og in 
i rll 5 
use, ae more len ne ze - ~ long as broad, with a abrous ¥ 
i ea nite, very aie falling ao 
is aeacisine fons  disattioulaté ing. 
‘te siemens with the pedicels, deciduous, oo (35) superba. 
ae len oe with the pedicels, brea 
