Fic. 5. Imperata hook. WESTERN BLADY: —a, A portion of 
the exihot the Inforesenee ss a spikelet; ¢, dent vee gene: Guster emer 
third ume; /, fourth ume; g, palea. ee 
ental to ai = 303 in Bul al 
5. IMPERATA TA Cyrilli, Pi, hae: Te. 2: 26. t, 11. 1792. “olbetety in pairs at each 
joint of the continuous panicle-branches, 1 unequally pedicellate, pra 
-_ with the pedicels, 1-flowered, awnless, densely clotted with long, silky hairs. 
-Glumes 4, the 2 outer n nmger than the Ist, the 
hi gy Urea gor wncabioeen caged ‘Palea broad, surrou surrounding the 
ovary. , linear, 
: plumose. Rather stout, erect, perennial gra, with spike-like and densely 
woolly, terminal f 
PPscrreti les 5, widely distributed 4 throughout the warmer countries of the — : 
