lErianthus.] CLXxni. graminej;. (J. D, Hooker.) 125 



Hristulate from a notched tip, 8-nerved, keel smooth, margins villous j III oblqng, 

 hyaline, oopionsly ciliate; IV variable in length, l-nerved j palea usually half as 

 long as thegl., very narrow. — In Journ. Linn. 8oc. I. c. the authority for the name 

 longisetosut is by oversight given as Thos. Anderson (late Director of the Calcutta 

 Sot. Gardens.) 



§§ Gl. I dorsally villous at the base or all over. 



9. XS. Kookerl, Sack. Mbnogr. Androp. 142 ; stem pubescent below 

 the linear-lanceolate panicle, sessile spikelets }-J in. oblong-laneeolate 

 rather longer than the reddish hairs of the callus, gl. I ohartaoeous acute 

 tip membranous dorsally flat densely villous below the middle, l-nerved 

 between the scabrid keels, IV obtusely 2-toothed, awn twice or thrice as 

 long as the spikelet, gl. I of pedicelled spikelet 5-nerved villous all over. 



SiKziM HiMAiATA, alt. 1-3000 ft., J.D.H., Olarke. Bhotan, Berh. Calcutta. 

 — DiSTBiB. Yunan. 



Stem 2-3 ft., often branched below. Leaves 2-4 ft. by \-l\ in.; sheath puberulous, 

 villous at the top ; ligule rounded, ciliate. Panicle 10-18 in., rachis pubescent, 

 branches short, 2-S-nate j spikes unequal, joints and pedicels = J the spikelet, ciliate 

 with long hairs. Spikelets rusty red ; gl. I villous with white hairs, margins inflezed 

 above the middle, nerves often anastomosing ; II oblong, chartaceous, 3-nerved, keel 

 acabrid above ; III shorter, lanceolate, nerveless, ciliate, tip dilated ; IV awn brown 

 subdorsally inserted j palea minute, long-ciliate. — Very near B. longisetosus, and 

 nersicolor ; hardly distinguishable except by gl. I being dorsally villous below the 

 middle. 



10. E. chrysothrix, Hack, in (Estr. Bot. Zeitschr. xli. (1891) 6; 

 stem rusty tomentose below the large panicle, spikes long hairy joints 

 villous with rusty hairs, sessile spikelets ^ in. linear-oblong, gl. I charta- 

 ceous narrowly truncate, dorsally villous all over, lY oblong 2-fid, awn very 

 short or 0. Saocharum longifolium, Mimro ex Benth. in Journ. Linn. Soc. 

 xix. (1861) 66. S. fallax 0, Balansa in Journ. de Bot. {Paris, 1890) 81. 

 Brioohrysis longifolia, Munro mas. 



Khasia and Naga Hills, alt. 2-4000 ft., Griffith, Ac— Distbib. Tonkin, 

 Borneo. 



Stem 8-10 ft., as thick as the middle finger, solid, smooth. Leaves 2-8 ft., 

 glabrous or hirsute ; sheaths with tubercle-based tairs ; ligule short. Fanicle 1-2 

 ft., erect, contracted, dense-fld., sometimes rustily villous; rachis angular, hairy, 

 fragile; spikes whorled, 2-3 in.; joints and pedicels half as long as the spikelet, 

 villous. Spikelets brown ; gl. I 2-nerved, dorsally flat, keels ciliate ; II keeled, 

 truncate, 3-nerved; III shorter, oblong-lanceolate, ciliate; IV = J III, ovate or 

 linear-oblong, acutely 2-ttd, ciliate ; awn in the cleft, |— i in. ; palea minute, broad, 

 truncate, ciliate with long hairs. — Very unlike any other Indian species. 



B. Lower branches of the panicle almost as long as the rachis. 



11. B. fasti^iatus, Nees ex Steud. Syn. Gram. 409 ; stem silky 

 below the panicle, spikes crowded subdigitately fascicled, spikelets ^-^ in. 

 lanceolate much longer than the white hairs of the callus, gl. I chartaceous 

 purplish-brown base dorsally and margins sparsely villous, keels above 

 aculeolate, IV oblong or lanceolate 2-deritioulate, awn terminal as long as 

 the spikelet or longer. Mack. Monogr. Androp. 150. Saocharum fastigiatum, 

 Steud. I. c— Saccharum, Wall. Gat. n. 8847, 



Tropical SiKKiM, the Khasia and Mishmi Hills, Assam, Silhbt, Chitta- 

 SONO, Chota Naopoee, Cla/rke, Belgaum, Ritchie. 



Stem 2-8 ft., stout or slender. Leaves 1-2 by |-i in., linear from a narrow 



