Arundinella.] Olxxiii. gbamineji. (J. D. Hooker.) 73 



var. Mmalaica. G-1. Ill is more acute than is usual in the genus and its palea 

 larger. 



Var. Wightii j leaves very narrow convolute, basal sheaths woolly. 



Var. Heyne ; taller, stouter, basal sheaths nearly naked, leaves longer broader 

 and flat 12 by ^ in., panicle 4 in. long. Andropogon paniceus, Rerb. Heyne ew Wall, 

 Cat. n. 8663 A.— Courtallam, Wight. 



Var. himalaica ; basal sheaths naked, leaves 2-6 by i— J in. flat, spikes some- 

 times shortly peduncled, gl. IV 2- toothed. A. Hookerii, Munro ms. — Bhotan, E. 

 Nepal and Sikkim Himalaya, alt. 6-11,000 ft., Griffith, J. D.S., Clarhe. 



12. A. blrmanlca, Bodk.f.; annual, stout, stem glabrous, leaves 

 linear-lanceolate flat hirsute, panicle linear-oblong interrupted, branches 

 sessile simple or sparingly divided, raohis oiliate and scaberulous, spikeleta 

 i-j in. densely crowded subsessile glabrous or with a few setae, gl. I 

 =: I II ovate Bubaristately acuminate 5-nerved, II ovate-lanceolate long- 

 acuminate 5-nerved, III acute 5-nerved, IV oblong-lanceolate scabrid, awn 

 not twice the length of the spikelet. 



Burma ; Rangoon, M'Lellwnd, Scott, Kure. 



Stem tufted, 1-2 ft., stout, soft, leafy, nearly as thick as a goose-quill, nodes 

 bearded, iea'ue* 4-8 by i— | in., base subcordate, sheath hirsute; ligule a narrow 

 oiliate membrane. Panicle 3-7 in., very pale, branches or spikes 1-2 in sessile, 

 erect; gl. Ill male female or neuter, awn of IV with twisted included column. — 

 Ntax A. villosa, but annual, with soft stems and leaves much smaller and hardly 

 setose spikelets, stem glabrous below the panicle. 



13. A. brasiliensis, JRaddi, Agrost. Bras. 37, t. i. fig. 3 ; stem erect 

 stout or slender, leaves broad or narrow, panicle pyramidal subcorymbose 

 or thyrsiform sparingly or copiously branched, spikelets ^Jin. subsecund 

 longer than their pedicels usually quite glabrous, gl. I = § II ovate-lanceo- 

 late acuminate 3-nerved, II lanceolate finely acuminate 5-nerved, III sl^b- 

 acute 5-nerved, IV oblong-lanceolate acute scaberulous, a-wn twice as long 

 as the spikelet. Trin. Diss. ii. 62, Panic. Gen. i!46, Sp. Gram, Ic. t. 266 ; 

 Bodl in Mart. Fl. Bras. ii. II, 298, t. 38. A. Ecklonii, Nees Fl. Afr. Austr. 

 8". A. martinicensis, Trin. Diss. ii. 62; Panic. Gen. 246; Oriseb. Fl. Brit. 

 W. Ind. 556. A. Mikani, Nees Agrost. Bras. 465. A. nepalensis, Trin. Diss. 

 ii. 62 ; Panic. Gen. 335, Sp. Gram. Ic. t. 268 ; Duthie Grass. N. W. Ind. 13 ; 

 Steiid. Syn. Gram. 115 ; Lishoa in Jov/m. Bomb. .Nat. Hist. Soc. v. (1891), 

 343. A. pallida, Nees Agrost. Bras. 465. A. rigida, iVees Fl. Afr. Austr. 80. 

 A. Ritchiei, Munro ex Lishoa I. c. A. stricta, Nees in Hook. JCew Jowrn. ii. 

 (1860), 102 ; P Dalz. &, Oibs. Bomb. Fl. 293. Acratherum miliaceum, Link 

 Mori. Berol. i. 320. Orthopogon agrostoides, Trev. ex Bteud. Nom.,Ed. II. 

 ii. 234. Aira brasiliensi-s, Spreng. Syst. Veg. i. 278. GolUbachia Mikani, 

 Trin. in Spreng. Neue Entdeok. ii. 81. Isohsemum hispidum, H. B. & K. 

 Nov. Gen. if 8p. i. 194 ; Kunth Mevis. Gram. i. 373, t. 100 ; F:num. PL i. 

 515. Eiedeliea Mikani, Trin. ex Kunth Enum. I. c. Holcus nervosus, Roxb. 

 Fl. Ind.i. 318. Thysanachne scoparia, PresZ Nov. PL Gen. Diss. 1829, cum 

 Ic. Bel. Hcenk. i. 253. Andropogon hispidus, Willd. Sp. PI iv. 908. A. ? 

 epiphyllus, WaU. Cat. n. 8667 A. A. virens, Spreng. Syst. i. 287. — 

 Airacea, Griff. Notul. 53, Ic. PL Asiat. t. 141, f. 11.— Arundinella, WaU. 

 Cat. n. 8666, 8667. 



Throughout the hilly parts of India, from the Himalaya, ascending to 7000 ft., 

 to BuBMA and Cbylon. — Distkib. China, Malaga, Australia, S. Africa, trop. 

 America. 



Perennial ; rootstock stout, hard, creeping and sending out stout sheathed 

 branches sometimes as thick as a goose-quill, or tulted and intricately branched. 



