26 OLxxii. GRAMiNE^. (J. D. Hooker.) llsaehne. 



Zeyl. 110, t. 47, f. 3, is not an laacTme, bat resembles an EmgrosUs; aj"! t^^** 

 Plukenet's Pliyt. t. 300, f. 2. (in Serb. Sloane) is H. ciliaris from the Malabar 

 Coast. Trimen has pointed out (Journ. Bit. xxxiii. (1885) 271) that the ' Mene- 

 ritana of the Cingalese ia not an Isachne, but is applied to Panicum tmliare and 

 psilopndium. 



14. 1. dispar, Trin. Sp. Gram. Ic. t. 6 ; stem short ascending from a 

 branched creeping base, leaves i-l in. ovate-cordate to lanceolate acumi- 

 nate soaberulons margins thickened, panicle oblons at length pyramidal, 

 spikeleta yV-iV i°-i pedicels short tips thickened. Zanth Enum. PI. i. 136 ; 

 Butkie Grass. N. W. Ind. 2 ; Mic[. FL Ind Bat. iii. 460. I. muricata, Nees 

 in Wight. Gat. {ex Miq. I.e.). Panicum dispar, Steud. Syn. Oram. 96. 

 ?P. muricatum, iLetz. Obs. v. 18. 



Nepal, Wallich. Sikkim Tebai, Olarke. Rajpootana, on Mt. Aboo, Einff, 

 Duthie. NiLOHlEi Hills, alt. 5000 ft. Clarke. 



Stevis 2-6 in. Leaves spreading, rather rigid, striated ; midrib slender. Spilce- 

 lets as in I. australis ; pedicels smooth or rough ; gl. I and II scabrid or setulose, 

 nerves many, faint ; III glabrous ; lY pubescent. — This again is perhaps a var. of 

 I. audralis, of lower stature with more rigid soaberulons strongly margined leaves, 

 sometimes ciliate at the base, and smaller panicles with shorter pedicels. 



** Spikelets ^-J in. long. 



15. X. Walkeri, Wight & Am. ex Thw. Enum. PI. Zeyl. 361 ; tall, 

 slender, leaves linear-lanceolate acuminate margins thickened, panicle 

 very lax branches and pedicels very long capillary, gls. I and II subeqnal 

 7-9-uerved. I. nila^ririca, Bochst. Pl.Mohenach.n. 1280; Trim. Cat. Ceyl. 

 PI. 104. Panicum Walkeri, Steud. Syn. Grcmi. 97. 



NiLGHlBi Hills ; Khoondah Gh&t, Wight ; Conoor, alt. 6000 ft., Olarke, &c. 

 Ceylon i forests of the Central Province, Walker, Thwailes (C.P. 282). 



Stem 2-3 ft., as thick as a crow-quill, decumbent below. Leaves 4—6 by ^-J in., 

 rigid, smooth above, hairy beneath with a distinct midrib and 3-5 pairs of primary 

 nerves, base narrow rounded ; sheath smooth, margins above and mouth bearded. 

 Panicle 8-12 in. ; branches li-3 in., sparingly divided. Spikelets ^-\ in., few, 

 very distant j gl. I and II persistent, oblong, obtuse; III and IV oblong, obtuse, 

 glabrous. 



16. X. Gardner!, Benth. in Gen. PI. iii. 1100 ; tall, slender, leaves 

 lanceolate acuminate margins hardly thickened, panicle very lax, 

 branches and pedicels very long filiform, gl. I much shorter than II 

 3-nerved, II 5-nerved. I. nilagirica. Trim. Gat. PI. Geyl. 104 (non 

 Hochst.). Panioam Gardneri, Thw. Enum. PI. Zeyl. 359. 



NiLGHiBi Hills; Madawattan, alt. 6000 ft., Lawson. Anamaliat Hills, 

 Beddome. Ceylon ; Central Provinces, alt. 4-6000 ft., Gardner, Thwaites, &<: 



Stem 2-3 ft., slender, quite smooth, decumbent below. Leaves 2-3 by i-j in., 

 thin, glabrous or sparsely hairy beneath, base broad cordate, principal nerves 3-4 

 pairs, very slender ; mouth of sheath ciliate. Panicle with widely spreading 

 sparingly divided branches ; tip of pedicel thickened. Spiielets \-^ in., few, distant, 

 oblong ; gl. I and II obtuse glabrous or sparsely setose, I ovate ; 11 ovate-oblong ; 111 

 and IV elliptic-oblong, acute, quite smooth. 



4. FANXCUItX, IAn7i. 



Annual or perennial grasses. Leaves various. Spikelets small, 1-2-fld., 

 terete or dorsally or laterally compressed, articulate on their pedicels, very 

 rardly awned, never silkily villous ; glumes 4, I and II empty, epaleate ; 



