76 CLXxiii. QRAMiNE^. (J. D. Hooker.) {Arundinella. 



lanceolate acute S-nerved, III oblong obtuse, IV ovata-lanoeolate, awn 

 very shortly exserted base twisted. 



SiKKiM Teeai, Ola/rhe. 



Stem 6 ft. or more, "stouter than a swan's quill above. Zeaveg 2-3 ft. by 1 in., 

 coriaceous, hairy beneath j sheath long, margins fimbriate ; ligule a ridge of hairs. 

 Fanicle 12-18 by 4f-6 in.; rachis stout, erect, angular, nearly smooth; branches 

 rarely divided, filiform, scaberulous. Spikelets solitary or 2-nate, pale, usually 

 longer than their pedicels. — The great size, large panicle with long branches, the upper 

 far exceeding the rachis, will characterize this gigantic species. 



19. A., leptochloa, Sook. f. ; tall, slender, leaves narrow, panicle 

 pyramidal or subcorymbiform often interrupted, branches short simple 

 slender alternate whorled or fascicled, spikelets -^ in. 1-2-seriate secund 

 sessile or pedioelled glabrous, gl. I = f II ovate acuminate 3-nerved, II 

 ovate-lanceolate acuminate 5-nerved, III ovate-oblong subacute 5-nerved, 

 IV lanceolate scaberulous base naked, awn minute or 0. Panicum lep- 

 tochloa, Nees ex SteuA. Syn. Cham. 62 ; Wight Oat. n. 1621 ; Steud. Syn. 

 Gram, ^^i Thw. Enwm. PL Zeyl. 360; Trim. Oat. Oeyl. PI. 105. P. 

 zeylanioum, Am. mss. Leptochloa P paniooides, Serb. Wight, n. 125, eso 

 Steud. I. c. L. pectinata, Steud. I. c. 



Maiabab ; at Quilon, Wight. Cetlon, not uncommon, Thwaitea. 



Stem 2-4 ft., from a woody rootstock, as thick as a, crow-quill or less; nodes 

 glabrous. Leaves 6-10 in., rarely i in. broad, glabrous or hairy ; sheath smooth or 

 haiiy ; ligule obscure. JPanicle 2-14 in., rachis faintly scaberulous ; branches 1-4 in., 

 suberect, rarely spreading, slender, not flexuous ; axils bearded or ciliate. Spikelets 

 rarely longer than their pedicels ; gls. thin, nerves of I scabrid. 



Var. gracilUma; more slender, leaves narrower, panicle pyramidal, branches 

 alternate very distant, spikelets more distant very shortly pedicelled. — Cochin, 

 Johnstone, in wet places. Nilambar, Lawson. 



20. A. Iiansonl, Mook.f.; tall, stout, leaves linear-lanceolate acute 

 scabrid above, panicle tall pyramidal, rachis scabrid, branches fascicled 

 or_ subverticillate ereoto-patent filiform strict simple or lower branched, 

 spikelets ^ in. solitary or 2-nate glabrous about equalling their pedicels, 

 gl. I = f II ovate acuminate 3-5-nerved, II ovate-lanceolate acuminate 

 5-uerved, III obtuse 5-7-nerved, IV lanceolate scaberulous base naked, 

 awn 0. 



NiLQHiEi Hills ; in swamps at Goodaloor, alt. 3000 ft., Lawson. 



Stem erect, 3-4 ft. high, nearly as thick as the little finger below. Leaves, lower 

 few, 8-12 by | in., narrowed from the base to the acuminate tip, flat, rigid, upper 

 very narrow; midrib slender; nerves very many and close, margins scabrid; 

 sheath hairy; ligule 0. Panicle dull blue- purple ; rachis strict and branches 

 scaberulous ; branches alternate or fascicled, lower 4-6 in. branching at the base. 

 Spikelets glabrous, sessile or pedicelled, longer or shorter than their slender pedicels ; 

 gls. rather coriaceous, nerves strong. — A very distinct-looking plant, unlike any 

 known to me, but I have seen only one specimen, and it may prove to be a form of 

 A. leptochloa. 



21. A. g-ig-antea, Balz. in Bah, & Qibs. Somh. Fl. 293 ; tall, stout, 

 upper leaves 1-lJ in. broad lanceolate base rounded or subcordate, panicle 

 subcorymbosely thyrsiform, rachis stout, branches 2-4 in. densely crowded 

 slender simple erect angular, spikelets -^^ in. 2-3 seriatQ secund very shortly 

 pedicelled, gl. I = f II broadly ovate acute 3-nerved, II ovate acuminate 



