IsehcBmum.'] olxxiii. gramineJ!. (J. D. Hooker.) 129 



§§ Pedicel of upper spileelet J the length of the lower spihelet or more. 



5.1. dlplopog'oii, Mook.f.; annual, branching upwards, leaves 

 lanceolate from a narrow base, upper sheaths spathiform, spikes 2 pale, 

 peduncle flexuous, joints dorsally oiliate, sessile spikelets J-i in., gl. I 

 oblong 2-cu8pidate glabrous shining, II awned 3-nerved lateral nerves 

 pectinately oiliate with stiff hairs above the middle, IV very short 2-fid 

 lobes acute ecUiate awned in the cleft. 



BoMBiT J near Bhorkus, Woodrow. 



Stems 12-18 in. or more, branched from the base and upwards, smooth, stout or 

 slender, internodes long, nodes glabrous. Lewses 4-6 by i-| in., acuminate, 

 narrowed from below the middle to the base, dark green, rather shining above, 

 margins smooth, nerves 3-4 pairs and midrib very slender ; sheath glabrous, of upper 

 leaves open ; ligule very short, glabrous. Pedunoles many from the upper spathiform 

 sheaths, solitary, filiform ; spathes 1-3 in., compressed, lanceolate. S-pilies 1-1^ in., 

 compressed ; pedicelled spikelets divergent ; joints and pedicels = \ the lower spike- 

 lets or longer, subclavate, dorsaUy rounded, ventrally concave. Sessile spikelets 

 white ; gl. I nerves obscure, margins narrowly incurved j II dorsally smooth, awn as 

 long as itself; III linear-oblong, l-nerved, eciliate ; IV 3-nerved, awn \ in. capillary, 

 palea very small, oblong. Pedicelled spikelets often imperfect, not awned ; gl. I elliptic, 

 2-cnspidate, green, margins white ; II acuminate. 



6. Z. King"!!, Soole. f. ; annual, leaves ovate-lanceolate base rounded 

 or suboordate, hairy beneath, sheaths of uppermost spathiform, spikes 2 

 ovate pale villous, joints and pedicels very stout densely ciliate tops 3-lobed, 

 eessile spikelet \-\ in., gl. I oblong or oblong-lanceolate 2-cuspidate or 

 2-aristulate dorsally glabrous shining, sides bulging at about the lower j 

 keels ciliate above, II awned dorsally rounded with a broad pencil of stiff 

 hairs on the upper third, IV 2-fid lobes stoutly awned between the lobes. 



Eajpootana ; Mt. Aboo, King. 



Stem 10-12 in., ascending, glabrous. Leaves 1-2 by J-J in., acuminate, rather 

 thin, margins scaberulous, midrib and nerves very slender ; sheaths lax, upper open, 

 glabrous; ligule short, membranous. Peduncles sheathed, sometimes up to the 

 spikes, slender. Bpikes 2 in. ; joints shining. Sessile spikelets with a short rounded 

 bearded callus ; keels of gl. I minutely scaberulous ; II scabrid, tip 2-toothed; III 

 lanceolate l-nerved ; IV much shorter, 3-nerved, lobes triangular-ovate, eciliate ; 

 palea about as long, ovate-lanceolate, 2-nerved, eciliate ; awn about 1 in. long, 

 Pedicelled spikelets variable, much smaller ; gl. I elliptic, acute, many-nerved, flat, 

 margins not incurved ; II shortly awned, dorsally nearly naked. 



7. X. aug-ustifollum, Sack. Monogr. Androp. 241 ; base of stem 

 woolly, leaves long narrow rigid subpungent, spikes 2-4 on axillary and 

 terminal filiform peduncles, gl. I of sessile spikelet lanceolate 2-3-toothed 

 dorsally convex with a tuft of hairs strongly 3-nerved margins not inflexed, 

 II lanceolate 2-toothed aristulate, IV linear entire or 2-toothed shortly 

 awned. Oliver in SooTc. la. PI. t. 1773; Xew Bulletin, 1888, 157. I. 

 sparteum. Ham. Ox Wall. Gat. n. 8845. Spodiopogon augustifolius, Trin. 

 in Mem Acad. Petersb. Ser. vi. ii. (1833) 300, Sp. Oram. Ic. t. 836. S. 

 laniger, Nees in Boyle III. Himal. PI. 416; Steud. 8yn. Gram. 373. 

 S. notopogon, Nees ex Steud. I. c. Pollinia eriopoda, Hance in Journ. Bot. 

 iv. (1866) 173; Dyer in Jowrn. Linn. 8oc. xx. (1883) 409. Andropogon 

 binatus, Betz. Ohs. vi. 21. A. involutus, notopogon & obvallatus, Steud. I. c. 

 — Eriantho aflSne, Wall. Cat. n. 8845. 



LowBB HiMALATA ; from Kashmir to Sikkim, ascending to 7000 ft. in Garwhal, 

 DutUe. The Pakjab. RajpooiaNA, on Mt. Aboo. The Satfuba HiiiS. Behab 

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