Ichndnthus.] olxxiii. geamineje. (J. D. Hooker.) 61 



SiKKiM Himalaya; ascending to 3500 ft. Khasia Hills, alt. 1-4000 ft., 

 Assam, and Benoal. — Ceylon, alt. 4000 ft. — Distbib. Tropics generally. 



Stem 1-2 ft., weak, dfcumbent ; loosely branched, more or less pubescent. Leaves 

 3-6 by ^-1 in., broadly-lanceolate, thin, flat, caudate-acuminate, scaberulous ; base 

 rounded or cordate, ciliate; sheath lax; lignle a few hairs. Panicle Z-i in., uni- 

 lateral; branches erect or spreading, and pedicels scaberulous. Spi&elets \ in. long, 

 green ; gl. I-III persistent, keels scabrid ; I more than \ III, ovate-lanceolate, sub- 

 aristate, 3-nerved, II acuminate 5-nerved ; III obtuse 5-nerved, palea large; IV = 

 ^ III deciduous, smooth, pale, turned half round so that the long diam. is at right 

 angles to the plane of the spikelets ; appendages obscure. — The oblique position of 

 the grain is very peculiar. 



2. !• foliolosus, Munro in Serb. JEeto ; dwarf, hispidly hairy, 

 fastigiately branched from the base, leaves short almost subulate, apike- 

 leis ^ in. in short panicles half immersed in the leafy tips of the short 

 branches erect, gl. I neaily=:III 5-nerved, II longer than III sub- 

 aristate, III epaleate 5-nerved, IV ellipsoid acute, appendage minute 

 antioous 2-lobed. Panicum foliolosum. Wall. Oat. n. 8680. 



Bukma ; Ava, Wallich ; Mengoon, J. Anderson, 



Densely tufted, 6-8 in. high, stiff, branches suberect or prostrate to the tips. 

 Leaves 1-li by tV^ in., flat, strongly many -nerved, clothed like the short sheaths 

 and panicles with spreading hairs ; ligule of rigid hairs. Panicles with short erect 

 angular branches. Spikelets green, tips scabrid j gl. IV much shorter than III, 

 stipitate, base truncate. — A very peculiar species. 



6. TKVSAM OZkAENA, Neea. 



A very large glabrous grass ; stem solid. Leaves broad, flat. Panicle 

 very large, eflEuse, with myriads of crowded long filiform compound sub- 

 erect branches and branchlets bearing innumerable subsecnnd very minute 

 1-fld. spikelets which are jointed on very short pedicels. Glumes 4 ; I and 



II minute, concave, obtuse, awnless ; I shortest nerveless ; II nerveless ; 



III much longer, epaleate, empty, coriaceous, acuminate, I-nerved, harden- 

 ing; IV rather shorter membranous, oblong, acute, clothed with white 

 erect hairs, palea short, truncate. Stamens 2-3, anthers short. Styles 

 free. Grain most minute, free within the hardened glumes. 



T. AgTostis, Nees in Edinh. new Phil. Journ. xviii (1835) 180; 

 Steud. Syn. Gram. 119. T. maxima, Serb. 0. £untze. T. acarifera. Am. & 

 Nees in Nov. Act. Nat. Our. xix. Swppl. i. (1843) 181 ; Wall. Oat. n. 8882; 

 Zisboa in Journ. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc. v. (1890) 347 ; Duthie Grass. N. W. 

 Ind. 13, Fodd. Grass. N.Ind.^l. Panicum acariferum, Trin. 8p.Grami. 

 Ic. t. 87 ; Baker Fl. Mav/rit, 437 ; Miq. Fl. Ind, Bat. iii. 517. P. Amlisa, 

 Herb. Ham. ex Wall. I. c. C. Myriachaeta arundinacea, Zoll. Sf Mor. Syst. 

 Verz. Zoll. 101 ; Steud. Syn. Gram. 404. M. glauca, Mor. ex Steud. I. c. 

 404 ; Zoll. Syst. I. e. Melica latifolia, Boxb. Fl. Ind. i. 328. Agrostis 

 maxima, Boxb. I. c. 317. A. latifolia, Heyne in Herb. Bottl. (non Trevir.). 

 A. scoparia, Koenig ex Herb. Bottl. {non Steud.). Arundo montana. 

 Herb. Ham. ex Wall. I. c. B. 



Subtropical Himalaya, from Kumaon eastwards and the Khasia Hills, alt. 

 4-5000 ft. Bbhae ; on Parns-niith. The Deocan, BubMa ; NicOBAB Islls., and 

 Pbnano. — Distbib. Eastw. to New Guinea. 



Siem 4-12 ft., sometimes as thick as the little finger. Leaves 1-2 ft. by 2-4 in.^ 

 coriaceous, tapering to a fine poiut, base cordate; mouth of sheaths hairy; ligule 



