Panimm.'] clxxiii. GEAMiNEiE. (J. D. Hooker.) 43 



South Decoan Peninsttla j Beym, &c., Courtalkin, Wight. CBVLOUfj ffaZfer, 

 Thwaites. — DisiErs. Madagascar, S. Africa. 



Stent 6-18 in., prostrate, much branched, remotely leafy, nodes glabrou^. Leaves 

 2-3 by -J in., Hat, sometimes sparsely hairy ; sheath long, slender; lii;ule barely any. 

 Faniole 1-4 in., branches alternate, quite glabrous. Spikelets ^^"tV ''^•' ^^^7 

 strongly nerved, except gl. I, which is transversely' oblong; 11 very sti:()pgly 11- 

 nerved j III 3-5-Herved ; IV ovoid, obtuse. — A very elegant small grass. Steudel 

 (Syn. Gram. 85) has referred Sprengel's P. im,i,agascarense (Syst. i. 317) fp this, 

 but Sprengel's charjioter " glumes ob^pletely nerved " is irreoo.nciluble. 



Sect. V. Beeviglum^. (See p 27.) 



26. P. canallculatum, Nees in Wight Oat. n. 1624; steqig very 

 slender flaccid branched, leaves narrow, spikelets --^^^ in. solitary or few- 

 together clustered on distant very short branchlets along a capillary 

 simple raohis ovate-oblong very shortly pedioelled, gls. membranous, I 

 and II not = J HI broadly ovate subequal, III ovate acute paleate 

 male, IV as long as III lanceolate acuminate thin muriculate tip minutely 

 2-toothed and mnoronulate. Sieud. t^yn. Gfram. 55. P. myurum, Wight 

 ex Steud. I. c. P. stenostaohyum, Thw. Smmi. Fl. Zeyl. 436 ; Trvm. Cat. 

 PI. Ceyl. 105. Aira interrupta, Rottl. ex Steud. Syn. Oram,. 55. 



Southern Deocan PjiNINSTTL^., Wight. Ceylqn ; JaSaa. ,EerT). Bottler ; Trinoo- 

 malee, Olenie. 



Quite glabrous. Stems 2-S ft.j many from a small woody branched nodulose 

 rootstock, erect or decumbent at the base. Lev.Tie,s 3-10 by ^-^ in., thin, flat, 

 quite smooth, nerves yery slender, tips setaceous, base narrow j sheaths sm<ioth ; 

 ligule obscure, ciliate. Spilcfi 3^8 in., almost capillary. Spikelets solitary, 

 binate, or in clusters of 3-6, on a yery short b^'anch, sessi|e or snbsessile, pale, 

 glistening; gl. I and IJ very broadly ovate, apute or obtuse; I 3-nerved ; I( ratlier 

 the longest, 5-nerved ; III faintly 5-7-nerved, its palea large, obtuse with broadly 

 inflexed margins and green nerves at the smooth angles, which are faintly produced 

 at the tips; IV very paje, dorsally flattened and channelled, 5-nerved; palea acute. 

 Lodicules quadrately cuneate. ^nthers linear. Style long, stigma sliort.— 7A very 

 peculiar species. ^ ' 



27. P. nodosum, Kunth ^nfm. Fl. i. 97; stem preeping and potiug 

 below, leaves linear ^ase roimcled or cordate, panicle broad racljis vei-y 

 slender scaberulous, branches very long filiform striate bearing remote 

 racemose or solitary spikes of few secund elliptic-oblong acute spikelets 

 T»2-J in. long, gl. 1 not = J III 3-5-nerved, II rather' longer than I 

 6-nerved, III 5-7-neryed epaleate, IV elliptic- lanceolate acute thin smooth. 

 Steud. Syn. Qram. 59'; Benth. ^1- flpngh. 412 ; Thw.Enum. Fl. Zeyl. 360; 

 Trim. Gat. Ceyl. Fl. 105. P. Arniottianum, Nees in Wight Gat. n. 1611, 

 Eerb. n. 3068; Stey.^. l.fi. P. multinode, Fresl Bel. Maenk. i. 303 {nan 

 Lamlc.). P. violaoeum, Lla^nos Fragm. 42. 



Bbni&aIj Assam, and sop^wards to Malacca, Teavancoee and Cetion. — 

 DiSTiiiB. Malaya, China. 



Stems 1-2 ft., slender, le^fy. Leaves 2-5 by i-i in., flat, thin, and as well as 

 their sheatlis glabrous pilose or hirsute, base ciliate; ligule very short. Famcle 

 4-6 in., branches 2-3 in., solitary or fascicled. Spikelets pale green, sessile or voiy 

 shortly pedioelJ,ed, glabrous or slightly hairy; gl. IV. as long as III, dorsally 

 flattened. 



