Iseilema.} GRAMINES. 1207 
without palea ; IV. the narrow or flattened base of a long, genicu- 
late awn; palea 0; lodicules cuneate; anthers small. Pedicelled 
sptkelets like the involucrant but narrower, male or neuter, wit. 
glabrous pedicels, no callus, and with keels of glume I. not winged ; 
stamens 3; styles 2, short, spreading from the we nice long, 
slender, variously exserted. Grain narrow, 2-con 
Involucrant spikelets tr uly verticillate :— 
al; rate in globose or fan-shaped fascicles ciliata 
Perennials 
Spikes in errs or fan-shaped fascicles imberbis 
Spikes in small, dense, distinctly peduncled heads forming a long, 
narrow panicl e st rigo sa 
Involucrant spikelets in closely superposed pai 
Spikelets eC: with golden yellow hairs ; cea spikelets 1, rarely 
lo 
2 in each spike ; awn 1-5-4 in. long ......... gigantea var. arundinacea. 
Spikelets sue with rufous hairs; bisexual spikelets 2 or 3 in each 
Spike ; awn -5 in. long gigantea yar. caudata. 
2644. Anrurstiria creraTa Linn. f.; F. B. I. vii. 213. A. sean- 
dens F. I. i. 248 
In all the womens provinces, common. 
A stout grass, 4-6 feet high. 
2645, ANTHISTIRIA IMBERBIS Retz; F. B. I. vii. 211. A. ciliata 
«Ld, 247 > Ee ge A. 1188. 
Chota Nagpur 
A stout grass, ir tie high. 
2646. ANTHISTIRIA stRIGOSA Ham.; F. B. I. vii. 214. 
B ; N. Bengal; E. Hangel, hears 
. A stout, ‘eae grass; stems 3-4 feet 
2647, eee GIGANTEA Cav. var. ARUNDINACEA rie 
—— . 217. A. arundinacea F. I. i. 251; 1: 
A tall grass, 8-12 feet high. 
1083. Iseilema Hack. 
Small annual or perennial grasses ; leaves long, narrow. Spikes 
many, short, crowded in tietalen of short spikes in the axils of 
