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brasiliensis into A. hispida, O. Ktze. To the 12 species we add another : A. 

 v/llosa, Wight & Arn. 



Key after Cke. ii, 999. 



A. 



II. 



III. 



C 



Upper floral glume with 3 awns. 

 Leaves less than 10 cm. long Annuals 



1. A straggling grass. Leaves glabrous 



or sparsely hairy... 



2. An erect grass. Leaves hispid with bul- 



bous-based hairs 

 Leaves 15-30 cm . long. Perennials 

 Upper floral glume with 1 awn 

 Spikelets 15-2 mm. long 

 Spikelets 2'5-3mm. 



1. Stem scarcely 15 cm. high. Leaves 2*5- 



4 cm. long 



2. Stem exceeding 15 cm. 



a. Stem reaching 45 cm. Leaves 2*5-10 



cm. long ; they and the sheaths 

 clothed with long soft hairs 



b. Stem reaching 90 cm. Leaves 10-15 



cm. long ; they and the sheaths gla- 

 brous or nearly so 



c. Stem reaching 4 ft. Leaves 20-30 cm. 



long, sparsely hairy ; sheaths gla- 

 brous or nearly so 

 Spikelets 4-6 mm. long 



1. Panicle branched 



a. Rootstock hard, creeping, not tuber- 



ous. Rhachis of panicle angular, gla- 

 brous 



b. Rootstock tuberous. Rhachis of panicle 



filiform, scaberulous 



2. Panicle spicate 



a. Leaves 2"5-4 cm. long 



b. Leaves 10-20-30 cm. long ... 

 Upper floral glume without awn ... 



1, 



A. avenacea. 



2. 

 3, 



A. tuberculata. 

 A. setosa. 



4, 



A. tenet la. 



5, 



A. Pygmcsa. 



6. 



A. ciliata. 



7. 



A. Metzii. 



8. 



A. Lawii. 



9. 



10. 



11. 

 12. 

 13. 



A. hispida. 



A. capillaris. 



A. spicata. 

 A. villosa. 

 A. gigantea. 



1. Arundinella avenacea, Munro ex Thw. Enum. PI. Ceyl. (1864), 362; Hook. 

 f. in F. B. I. vii, 69 ; Cke. ii, 1000 {arenacea per err.). — A. Campbelliana, Lisb. 

 in Journ. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc. v (1891), 346.-^4. malabarica, Heyne ex Hook. 

 f. in P. B. I. vii (1897), 69.— Air a, no. 3, Griff. Notul. iii, 55, Ic. PI. Asiat. t. 

 146. f. iii. 



Description : Cke. ii, 1000.— This grass in its young state resembles A. 

 spicata so much, that it can easily be mistaken for that species. 



Locality : Konkan : Ratnagiri (Woodrow).— Deccan : Mahableshwar, very 

 common, 4,500 ft., rainfall 270 inches (Sedgwick & Bell 4510 !, Lisboa); Panch- 

 gani (Blatter 5383!), Tiger's Path (Blatter & Hallberg B1255 !) ; Khandala, 

 very common (McCann 9604 !) ; Tiger Leap near Lonavala (Woodrow).— 

 S. M. Country : Ram Ghat (Ritchie 890 ) . — Kanara : Castle Rock (McCann 

 9854!, Woodrow, Bhide !) ; Anmod, 1,800 ft., rainfall 200 inches (Sedgwick 

 3253 !) : Tinai Ghat, 1,869 ft, rainfall 250 inches (Sedgwick 3269 !) ; Yellapore 

 (Talbot 1035 !) ; Supa (Talbot 2487 !) ; Kumberwada (Talbot 2255 !) ; Karwar 

 (Talbot 1302 !) ; Katgal (Hallberg & McCann A165 !) ; Devimane (McCann 

 9936!). 



Distribution : Khasia, Burma, W Peninsula, Ceylon. 



2. Arundinella tuberculata, Munro ex Lisboa in Jonrn. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc. 

 v (1891), 344 ; Hook. f. in F. B. I. vii, 69 ; Cke. ii, 1000 : Janowski in Bot. 

 Archivi (1922), 24. 



Description : Cke. I.e. 



Locality : Konkan : Vasco da Gama (Bhide !).— Deccan : Panchgani, slopes 

 below Third Tableland (Blatter & Hallberg 1232 !) ; Pasarni Ghat (Blatter & 

 Hallberg 1306 !) ; Poona (Woodrow).— 5. M. Country : Dry hills between 

 Yelvigi and Savanur, 1,900 ft., rainfall 25-30 inches (Sedgwick 1959!).— 



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