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3. Spikes 2-10. Lower flowering glume 



bearded at the base and on the margins 

 above the middle 



a. Rhachilla bearing 1-2-awned, tabular 



or inflated glumes 



* Upper involucral glume awned. 5. C. virgata, 

 ** Upper involucral glume awn- 

 less ... ... ... 6. C. barbata. 



b. Rhachilla bearing 3-4 empty glumes. 



Spikelets 4-awned altogether ... 7. C. montana. 



4. Spikes 5-18 



a. Spikes 2*5-5 cm. long ... ... 8. C. quinquesetica. 



b. Spikes 6-10 cm. long ... ... 9. C. gay/ana. 



1. Chloris pallida, Hook. f. in F.B.I., vii, 289 ; Haines Bot. Bihar & Orissa 

 (1924), 967 ' ,—Schoenieldia pallida. Edgew. in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. xxi (1852) 

 161, 183 ; Aitchis. Cat. Panjab PI. 166 ; Duthie Grass. N. W. Ind. 32, Fodd. 

 Grass. N. Ind. 52, t. 64.-5. gracilis, Kunth. Rev. Gram, i, 283, t. 53 ; Enum. 

 PI. i, 258 ; Lisboa in Journ. Bom. Nat. Hist. Soc. vii (1893), 365. 



Description : A slender tufted annual, 25j-45 cm. high ; stems simple or 

 branched, almost filiform. Leaves 10-20 cm. long, linear, very narrow, 

 flaccid, tips capillary, sparsely hairy inside towards the base ; ligule of a few 

 hairs. Spikes 1-3, erect, digitate, golden-yellow, 7-13 cm. long, up to 5 mm. 

 broad, closely pectinate with the two rows of erecto-patent long-awned spike- 

 lets. Spikelets narrow, tapering, about 2 mm. long without the awns 

 subsessile. Involucral glumes ovate-lanceolate, subaristately acuminate, 

 1 -nerved, keels ciliate, lower \ shorter than the upper. Lower floral glume 

 rather longer than the lower involucral, sessile, ovate, 1-nerved, hairy, base 

 bearded, tip minutely notched, awn 15-25 mm. long, capillary, curved. Pale 

 narrow, keels ciliate, tip 2-dentate. Grain linear, very slender, acute, pericarp 

 loose. Rhachilla not produced beyond the lower floral glume. No rudimentary 

 upper floral glume. 



Locality: Gujarat: Sevalia (Chibber!); Lasundra (Cbibber!); Khara- 

 ghoda, dry salt ground (G.C.H. 537!). — Deccan : Lonavla (Gammie !) ; 

 Charodi (Gammie 16531 !). 



Distribution : Bundelkhand, Bihar, Central India, W. Peninsula. 



2. Chloris incorapleta, Roth. Nov. PI. Sp. (1821), 60 ; Steud. Syn. Gram. 207 ; 

 Hook. f. in F.B.I, vii, 290 ; Cke. ii. 1034 ; Achariyar South Ind. Grass. (1921); 

 258 ; Haines Bot. Bihar & Orissa (1924), 968.— Chloris digitata, Steud. 1. c. ; 

 Duthie Grass N. W. Ind. 23 ; Lisboa in Journ. Bom. Nat. Hist. Soc. vii (1893), 

 369 (excl. syn.).—C. radiata, Heyne ex Roth 1. c. 61. — C. Roxburghii, Edgew, 

 in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. xxi (1853), 160, 183 ; Duthie Fodd. Grass. N. Ind. 54. 

 t. 65 ; Lisboa 1. c. 368. — C tetrameris, Trin. Gram. Unifl. 235 ; Steud. 1. c. 

 206.— Dig itaria elongata, Spreng. Syst. i, 271.— Gymnopogon digitatus. Nees 

 in Wight Cat. No. 1753 (ex Hook, f.) ; Steud. Norn. Ed. ii, i, 713.—Melica 

 digitata, Roxb. Fl. Ind. i, 326 ; Kunth Enum. PI. t, 37 '.—Clenium digitatum, 

 Spreng. Syst. i, TJ^. — Cynodon elongatus, Trin. in Spreng. N. Entdeck. ii, 64. 



Description : Cke. ii, 1034. 



Locality : Gujarat : Bulsar, in the shade of trees (Sedgwick 1114 \).—Khan- 

 desh : To Toranmal, in a stony watercourse (McCann 9773 ! 9774 !). — Konkan : 

 Thana (Lisboa).— Deccan : Nasik (Lisboa). — 5. M. Country. Deciduous 

 forests W. of Dharwar, 2,000 ft., rainfall 40 inches (Sedgwick & Bell 4499 !).— 

 Kanara: N. Kanara (Woodrow); Goond (Talbot 2203!); Halyal (Talbot 

 2382!, 2220!). 



Distribution : Throughout the plains of India, Ceylon, China, Afghanistan. 



3. Chloris tenella, Roxb. Fl. Ind. i (1832), 329 ; Kunth Enum. PI. i, 267 

 Spreng. Neue Entdeck. iii, 126; Steud. Syn. Gram. 204; Dalz. & Gibs 

 Bomb. Fl. 296; Lisboa in Journ. Bom. Nat. Hist. Soc. vii (1893), 368 

 Hook. f. in F. B. I. vii, 291 ; Cke. ii, 1033 ; Achariyar, South Ind. Grass 

 (1921), 259.— C. triangulata. Hochst. ex A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss, ii, 409 

 Steud 1. c. 203 : Duthie Grass. N. W. Ind. 33. Ctenium indicum, Spreng 



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