Polypogon.] GRAMINE&. 1211 
a aay ovary and grain; lodicules 2, long, narrow, hyaline; 
sta 8 3; anthers long, narrow; styles free, short; stigmas 
ae oo — Grain long, narrow, cylindric, free 
in the convolute glu 
Awn of glume ITI. a ni from the base :— 
Glumes I. and IT. not awned :— 
Panicle very sinailas : Haliad without the awn, only 1 in. long 
dh uatlashaas. 
Panicle contracted ; spikelets, without the awn, ‘25-3 in. long 
Adscenscionis, 
Glumes I. and II. long-awned; panicle contracted ; Seah Ss 
the awn ‘5—6 in. long 
Awn of glume ITI. with a twisted column, and simple or wit He 2°¥ 
short branches ; glumes I. and II. short-awned ; panicle effuse .. phonies 
2656. Arista Cummaiana Trin. & Rupr.; F. B. I. vii. 224. 
A dwarf Eee 
2657. ARIsTipa Ascent Linn. ; F. B. I. vii. 224. A. de- 
pressa F. I. i A.l 
n all the ihe cenuili ces. 
A tufted, annual or perennial, wiry grass. 
2658. Aristipa seTacka Retz; F.I. i. 349; F. B. I. vii. 225; 
E. D. A. 1885. 
oe Chota Na agpur; Behar. 
A stout, erect, sunengend grass, 3-4 feet high. 
2659, Posten REDACTA Stapf; F. B. I. vii. 227. 
ota Nagpur ; pied W. Bengal. 
A tufted, annual gras 
1088. Polypogon Desf. 
Annual or perennial, soft, erect grasses; leaves flat. Spikelets 
ciliate, ending in lone gelest a8 awns ; III. much shorter, articu- 
a 
hyali 
styles free, distant at their bases, short ; stigmas narrowly plumose. 
Grain obovoid, clavate, free within the glume. 
