94 (Hxxiii. GRAMiNE^ (J. D. Hooker.) [Oryea. 



nerve faint, two intermediate very stout, lateral more slender. Jjodicules large, 

 membranoas, eabquadrate or trapeziform. Anthers very long and slender. Ovary 

 narrow, elongate. Grain not seen. — A very remarkable species. In Gen. Plant (iii, 

 1117) this is by oversight stated to be Himalayan. 



19. XiEEItSXA, Sw. 



Characters of Orzya, but empty gis. ; fl. gls. thinner not awned, 

 keel and margin ciliate; stamens 6, 3 or fewer. — Species 7, chiefly 

 American. 



1. Ii. hexandra, Sw. Prodr. Veg. Ind. Occ. 21, Fl. Ind. Occ. i. 131 ; 

 panicle contracted, stamens 6. Fl. Ban. t. 1744; Kunth Enum. PI. i. 6; 

 Host Cham. Austr. t. 35 ; Engl. Bot. t. 2908 ; Bdchb. Ic. Fl. Germ. i. t. 52 ; 

 T. Nees Gen. Fl. Germ. Monocot. i. n. 1 ; Wall. Gat. n. 8637 ; Thw. Frmm. 

 356; Trim. Oat. Ceyl. PI. 106; Dwthie Grass. N.W. Ind. 12; Miq. Fl. Ind. 

 5a*. iii. 367; Benth. Fl. Austral, vii. 549. h. nuatra-Us, Br. Prodr. 210; 

 Kunth I. c. 6. L. ciliata, Soxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 207 ; Aitchis. Cat. Panjdb. PI. 

 157 ; Duthie I. c, Fodd. Grass. N. Ind. 21. L. ciliaris, Griff. Notul. iii. 2. 

 L. glaberrima, Trim. Oryz. 7 ; Miguel I c. 368. L. mexicana, H. B. & K. 

 Nov. Gen. & 8p. i. 195 ; Kunth I. c. 6, & ii. 2, Suppl. 2 ; Revis. Gram. 178, 

 t. 1. Zizania ciliata, Spreng. Syst. ii. 136; Kunth Revis. Gram. i. 8; 

 Griff. Notul. iii. 1. Oryza ciliata, Serb. Ham. ex Wall. Gat. n. 8637 B. 

 O. hexandra, Boell in Mart. Fl. Bras. ii. II, 10. Pharns ciliatus, Betz. 

 Obs. V. 23. Peeudoryza ciliata. Griff. Ic. PI Asiat. 1. 144, f. 1. Turraya 

 napalensis, fVall. Gat. 8637 D. Blepharochloa ciliata, Endl. Gen. 1352 ; 

 "■ i.l.e.i. 



LowEE Himalaya ; in marshes, from Nepal eastward to Assam and Bnrma, and 

 southward to the Malay Peninsula and Cetion.— Distrib. Trop. Afrie., Amer., and 

 Austral. 



Stem 2-4 ft., weak, base rooting; nodes villous, ieoues erect, 8-12in. by i-^ in., 

 flat ; ligule truncate. Panicle 2-4 in., oblong, branches suberect or spreading 

 flexuous, few-fld. SpiTcelets ^ in., dimidiate-oblong, smooth or scaberulous, pale 

 green ; keel of gl. and palea rigidly ciliate. 



2. Ii. oryzoides, 8m. Prodr. Veg. Ind. Occ. 21, Fl. Ind. Occ. i. 132; 

 panicle efPuse, stamens 3. Host Gram. Austr. i. t. 35 ; Kunth Enum. PI. 

 i. 5, Suppl. 1 ; Beichb. Ic. Fl. Germ. i. t. 52. Oryza clandestina, A. Br. etc 

 Aschers. Fl. Brandenb. 799. Asprella oryzoides, Lamk. III. i. 167 ; Roem. 

 & 8ch. 8yst. ii. 266. Homalocenchrus oryzoides, Mieg. ex Poll. Hist. PI. 

 Palat. i. 53. Phalaris oryzoides, Linn. 8p. PI. 55 {excl. cit.); Schreh. 

 Beschr. Grsese, vi. t. 22. 



Kashmik, Falconer, Thomson. — DisTEiB. Trop. and temp, regions. 



Stem 2-3 ft., nodes villous. Leaves glaucous, scaberulous ; sheath compressed ; 

 ligule lacerate. Panicle 3-7 in., base embraced by the upper leaf -sheath. Spihelets 

 few, remote, i in. long. 



20. KVGROXIBXZA, Nees. 



A floating glabrous grass. Leaves short, broad, flat. BpiJcelets few, 

 lanceolate, 1-fld., shortly pedicelled on the few branches of a broad spreading 

 panicle, articulate on the annulate tip of the pedicel. Glume solitary (empty 

 gls. 0), flg. membranous, lanceolate, narrowed into a long awn, 5 nerved, 

 keel and nerves ciliate ; palea acuminate, 3-nerved, keel scabrid. Lodiculea 

 2, gibbous. Stamens 6, anthers very long. Styles short, free, stigmas 



