Eygrorhiza.']' clxxiii. qeaminb* (J. D. Hooker.) 95 



laterally exserted. Gh-ain narrowly oblong, free within the membranous 

 glumes. 



B. arlstata, Nees in EAinh. New Phii. Jburn. xv. (1833) 380; Steud. 

 Sj/n. Gram. 5; Thw. Enum. PI. Zeyl. 356; Trim. Cat. Oeyl. PI. 106; 

 Bnthie Grass. JST.W. Ind. 12, Fodd. Grass. N. Ind. 20; AitcUson Oat 

 Ptmjah PL 167 ; Wall. Cat. n. 8638 ; Wight Cat. n. 1739. Leersia aristata, 

 Poxb.Fl. iBrf.ii. 207; Griff: Notul. iii. 3; 8teud. I.e. Pharns aristatus, 

 Hetz. Ohs. V. 23. P. natans, Herb. Mussel, ex Wall. I.e. Zizania aristata, 

 Xunth Bevis. Gram. i. 8, Enum. PI. i. 10. Z. Eetzii, Spreng. Syst. ii. 136. 

 Potamoohloa Eetzii, Griff. Notul. iii. 3, 8, Ic. PI. Asiat. t. 139, f. 147, & t. 

 UQ.—Bheede Sort. Mai. 1. 1. 12. 



Uppee and Lower Gangetic Plains, Assam, Chitta&ong, Pegu, the Decoan 

 and OErioN. — Distbib. Tonkin. 



Stem as thick as a crow-quill, 12-18 in. long, with feathery whorled roots at the 

 nodes. Leaves 1-3 by ^-| in., ovate-lanceolate to linear-oblong, scaberulous above ; 

 base and tip roanded, or tip acute and base cordate ; sheath broad, inflated, compressed, 

 mouth auricled ; ligule 0. Panicle 2-3 in. long, and broad triangular, branches few, 

 spreading, slender, lower whorled, often deflexed. Spikelets \ in. long, pale green, 

 pedicels articulate with a red annulus below the middle. G-Lume dorsally convex ; 

 palea as long, awn longer than the gl. 



21. XiEPTASPXS, Br. 



Tall moncBcious grasses. Leaves petioled, elliptic-oblong, flat, nervules 

 trabeculate. PajjicJe terminal, erect ; branches whorled, long, stiff, bearing 

 a raceme of spikelets at their tips, of which the upper are male. Spikelets 

 not jointed on the very short pedicels. Male, glumes 3, I and II small, 

 ovate, empty, 5-7-nerTod, spreading; III paleate, hexandrous; filaments 

 short, anthers long. Fbm. a utricle open at the top, enclosing the ovary 

 and a linear palea, the tip of which is exserted. Lodicwles smaU, truncate. 

 Stifles 3, very long. Grain free within the inflated accrescent utricle.— 

 Species 3 or 4, tropical Asia, Africa, and Australia. 



1. Xi. urceolata, Br. in Benn. PI. Jav. Bar. 23, t. 6 ; leaves 7-12 in. 

 long-petioled elliptic-lanceolate or oblanceolate, branches of panicle many 

 stout, utricles turbinately pyriform. Wall. Cat. n. 8901 ; Miq. Fl. Ind. 

 Bat. iii. 374 ; Steud. Si/n. Oram. 8 ; Thw. Enum. PI. Zeyl. 357 ; Trim. Cat. 

 Oeyl. PI. 106. L. zeylanica, Nees ex Steud. I. c. L. manillensis, Steud. I. e. 

 Pharua urceolatus, Boxh. Fl. Ind. iii. 611. 



Penang, Roxburgh, Johobe, King's Collector. Ceylon, Thwaiies. — Distbib. 

 Java, Sumatra. 



Uootstoch creeping ; stem 2-3 ft. Leaves subdistichous, 2-4 in. broad, abruptly 

 acuminate,- petiole ^2 in. ; sheath 3— 10 in., flattened. PanWe 6— 12 in. long j lower 

 branches 6-10 in. Fern, spikelets ^ in. long. 



2. Xi. cochleata, Tkw. Enum. PI. Zeyl. 357 ; leaves 4-10 in. shortly 

 petioled oblong-lanceolate, branches of panicle few slender, utricles oblong 

 incurved 6-ribbed tomentose with hooked hairs. Trim. Cat. Oeyl. PI, 

 106. 



Cbxlon j in the Central Province, alt. 4000 ft., Thwaites. 



Stems 2-3 ft. from a procumbent base. Leaves l|-lf in. broad, acuminate ; 

 petiole J-J in. J sheath 1-3 in. Pamiele Q-S va. ; branches 3-1 in., ternatejy whorled. 

 Fern, spikelets -f^ in. ; glumes broadly ovate, aCuminate. Utricle i in. long. Oraiti 

 not seen. 



