38. New and Revised Species of Gramineex from Bombay. 
By R. K. Burp, Assistant Economic Botanist, Bombay. 
(With Four Plates). 
I first took up the critical study of the grasses of the 
Bombay Presidency in 1907, while assisting Mr. G. A. Gammie, 
then Economic Botanist, in his work : oe since then I have 
with some forms that seemed to me to ae new or wrongly 
named. Dr. Stapf of Kew was good enough to examine the 
specimens and express opinions on them; and I am deeply 
indebted to him for his kind assistance. I am also indebted 
to Mr. W. Burns, es ponomic Botanist, Bombay, who 
kindly translated my original English Percriptions of the 
sl: species into G Lakii. 
_ Pars prima diagnostica latine. 
DantTHonta Gammtet, Bhide. 
Culmi 10—20 cm. alti, nodis glabris. Foliorum vaginae 
glabrae ; lainiain lineares, inferne glabrae, superne parce longi- 
ciliatae, 2°5—5 cm. longae, 23 mm. latae, basibus rotundis nec 
truncatis ; ligula angustissima, truncata, fimbriata, membra- 
nacea. Pedunculae et rhachides hirsutae. Paniculae laxae, 
racemosae, 2°5—5 cm. longae, 12—16 mm. latae. Spiculae 
paucae, breviter pedicellatae, circa 2 cm. longae (aristis ex- 
clusis). Glumae quatuor, quarta multo minima: prima et 
secunda glumae vacuae, lanceolatae, acuminatae : prima con- 
spicue 5-nervis, dorso rotundo glabro subcoriacea, marginibus 
membranaces : secunda circa tertiaé parte minor, membrancea, 
3-nervia: tertia (arista exclusa) florem ferens, ere et 
Tso 
ubique villosa, bidentata, dense hirsuta dorso, arista ‘cons picue 
laté mediali ornata, aristae columna aureo-fla ava torta scintil- 
lanti, aristae ‘cauda con caee Ait ies dorso anguste 2-canali ; 
entes in aristis parvi uibus prolongati mediae aristae 
columnam aequantibus “has. pilis longis albis ornatis. Palea 
glumam aequans, bidentata, bicarinata, carinis superne ciliatis 
inferne contractis cum rhachilla producta conjunctis. Gluma 
quarta minima, ciliata, aristata vel non-aristata ex rhachilla 
hanc loci orta est. Stamina 3. Styli 2, distincti. Germen com- 
pressum, glabrum. Antherae et stigmata plumosa glumae 
