22 OLxxiii. SEAMiJiBa!. (J. D. Hooker.; [Isachne. 



hispid or bristly; III and lY subcqual or III rather the largest, glabrous or 

 pubetulous.-!. Neesiana, is rather more glabrous, and has rather more iinetlj' 

 gls. Ill and IV, bat these characters are too variable to found a distinct variety 



"^°Var. UUSolia; stem 12-16 in. stouter, leaves 2-3 by i-| in- ?;°^. ?^^}^^ 

 sparsely hairy, midrib and 2-3 pairs of principal nerves distinct.— JNUgniri niiis, 

 alt. 6000 ft., Lawson; Anamallay Hills, Beddome.-Mmost intermediate between 

 I. Kunthiana and elatior. 



2. I. elatior, Sooh.f.; nearly glabrous, stem 2-4 ft., Dodes tomen- 

 tose, leaves 3-4 in. ovate-lanceolate aoaminate thin scabnd above, panicle 

 6-7 in., branches many slender, gl. I and 11 subcuspidate 5-9-nervett. 



Ceylon, Gardner; Newera EUia, Thuiaites (CP. 314). 



Included by Thwaltes under I. Kunthiana, possibly correctly, but a very difterent 

 looking plant, from its great size, thin leaves and much larger many-fld. panicle, 

 with longer branches. 



3. !■ Xilsboee, Booh.f. ; glabrous, stem creeping, branches ascending, 

 leaves thin oblong-lanceolate, panicle with few horizontal stout hispidly 

 setulose branches, gl. I and II 6-nerved hispid. III and IV equal. 



The OoNCAir ; Mahableshwar, Lishoa. 



Stem creeping for several inches with long wiry roots, then ascending, and 6 in. 

 high, rather stout. Leaves 1-2 in. by f in., recurved, thin, acute or obtuse, finely 

 striate ; base rounded, margins ciliate j sheaths loose ; ligule 0. Panicle with the 

 rachis quite smooth. Spikelets ^ in. diam., secund on the lower surface of the 

 branches, sessile or shortly pedicelledj gl. I and II hemispheric, 5-rihbed, tip 

 obtusely cuspidate, a little larger than III which is glabrous. — I have seen but one 

 specimen of this species, which probably varies like its congeners in the smoothness 

 or hispidity of the spikelets. The 5-ribs of gl. I and II are good characters. 



t+ Glumes I and II much shorter than IV. 



4. X. multiflora, Trim. Oat. Oeyl. PI. 104. I. australis, »<w. multi- 

 flora, Thw. Enum. PI. Zeyl. 361. 



Cetlon ; Oova district, alt. 5000 ft. , Thwaites. 



Stem 1-2 ft. or more, branched, and sheaths smooth. Leaves 4-6 by J-J in., 

 smooth, deeply striate, margins hardly thickened, nerves obscure. Panicle 4-7 in. ; 

 branches many, long, suberect, and very short pedicels subcapillary. Spikelets 

 ■^g in., glabrous, glistening, purplish; gl. I oblong-ovate, 7 -nerved ; II as long, 

 glabrous; III oblong-lanceolate, empty ; IV much shorter, broadly oblong, obtuse, 

 glabrous. 



ttt Glumes I and II about equalling IV. 



§ Glumes III and IV usually equal and similar, both hemispheric and 

 coriaceous. 



5. !■ albens, Trin. Sp. Gram. Ic. t. 25 ; tall, erect, leaves and sheaths 

 smooth, panicle large pyramidal effuse, spikelets jj-tj in- rather shortly 

 pedicelled, globose. Kunth Ermm. PI. i. 137 ; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. iii. 459. 

 Dutkie Grass. iV. TT. Ind. 2 [excl. Si/n.), Fodd. Grass. JV. Ind. S. Panicum 

 albens, saxatile & ZoUingeri, Steud. Syn. Gram. 96, 97. — Isachne, Wall. 

 Cat. U.8658. 



Temperate and sobtropioai Himai.ata and theKHASiA HilLS, alt. 2-6000 ft. 

 from Simla eastward; ascending to 9000 ft. in Sikkim. Bubma, Griffith. Pekak, 

 alt. 4600 ft. Wray. — Distrib. China, Malaya. 



Stem 1-1 ft., branched. Leaves 2-8 in., very variable (|-1 in.) in width, linear. 



