Eremochloa.'] olxxiii. gbamine^. (J. D. Hooker.) 141 



PEGtr, Kiirz. — DiSTElB. China, Tonkin. 



Very near E. zeylanica, but gl. I is smaller and narrower with the long spines of 

 E. nmricata. 



5. Xa. ZZelferl, Munro ex Sack. Monogr. Androp. 266 ; gl. I broadly 

 ovate Bubaoute, spines longer than the ^1. is broad, upper spikelet a soabrid 

 pedicelled bristle. B. ciliatifolia, Hack. I. o. 



TsifASSEBiM:, Griffith, Selfer. 



Leaves 4-6 by i-J in. (broader than in the other species), flat, ciliate, tip 

 rounded. SpiTce 1-lJ in. Spihelets i in. ; gl. I S-uerred, nerves anastomosing 

 abore. 



89. POeOMATSSRVia, BeoMv. 



Delicate annual or perennial grasses with capillary peduncles. Leaves 

 erect. SpiTcelets 1-2-fld., binate (usually a sessile bisexual and pedicelled 

 fern.) imbricate on the fr9,gile raohis of a solitary terminal capillary spike, 

 2-awned ; awns capillary, ofteu interlaced. Glumes 4, membranous ; I 

 oblong, concave, tip truncate or rounded, long ciliate; II as long as I or 

 rather longer, tip acute or 2-toothed, awn terminal ; III (in the upper 

 spikelet 0) hyaline, paleate, male ; IV hyaline, narrow, 2-fld, long-awned, 

 palea oblong glabrous. LodiculesO. (Stomeras 1 or 2, anthers long. Stigmas 

 slender. Grain oblong, free. 



The following three species are probably forma of one, being united by many 

 intermediates ; they are however for the most part readily distinguishable in India. 



1. p. saccharoideum, Beauv. Agrost. 56, t. 11, f. 7; spikelets 

 ■ro-f in., gl. I truncate retuse or tip rounded, II ciliate above the middle, 

 stamens 2 rarely 1. Thw. Enum. PL Zeyl. 365 ; Trim. Gat. Ceyl. PL 107 ; 

 Buthie Grass. N. W. Ind. 16, FoAd. Grass. N. Ind. 27. P. saccharoideiim, 

 a. genuinum, HaoJt. Monogr. Androp. 193. P. polystachyum, Roem,. ^ Sch. 

 Syst. ii. 497 ; Wight Cat. n. 1679 ; WaU. Gat. n. 8844. PoUinia polystachya, 

 Spreng. Syst. i. 288 ; Kunth JRevis. Gram. 493, t. 162. Perotis polystachya, 

 Wind. Sp. PI. i. 324. Saccharum paniceum, Lamk. Encyel. i. 595, Illust. 

 \. 40, f. 31. 



Throughout the hilly parts of India, in dry places, from the Panjab eastward to 

 Bhotan, Manipuk and Buema, ascending the Himalaya to 4000 ft., and southward 

 to Central India and Cbylon. — Disteib. China, Malaya. 



Stem 6-18 in. usually densely tufted, nodes glabrous or bearded. Leaves 1-3 in. 

 Spikes J-l in. Hairs of callus shorter than the spikelet. 



2. P. crinitum, Trin. Fund. Agrost. 166 ; spikelets iV-rV in., gl. I 

 truncate, II glabrous or nearly so, stamens 1 rarely 2. Kunth Enum, PL 

 i. 478, SuppL 380, Aitchis. Cat. Panjab. PL 173, Franch. Sf 8av. Enum. PL 

 Jap. ij. 189 (excL eit. Beaiw.). P. saccharoideum, var. jS. monandrum. 

 Bach. Monogr. Androp. 193. P. polystachyum, Kunth JBevis. Gram,. 493 

 (in part) t. 161. P. refraotum, Nees in, Hook. & Am. Bot. Beech. Foy. 239; 

 in PL Meyen. 182. Pollinia monandra, Spreng. Syst. i. 288. Pogonopsis 

 tenera, Presl Bel. Hsenk. i. 133, t. 46. JSomoplitis crinita, Trin. Fund. 

 Agrost. 166. Ischsemum crinitum, Trin. in Mem,. Acad. Petersb. Ser. vi. ii. 

 (1833) 298. Andropogon crinitua, Thunh. FL Jap. 40, t. 7. A. monandrus, 

 Roxb. FL Ind. i. 260 ; Steud. L c. 368.— Pogonathernm, Griff. NotuL iii. 81, 

 Ic. PL Asiat. t. 145, f. 2. 



