226 cLxxiii. GiiAMiNE^. (J. D. Hooker.) [Aristida. 



gls. I and II. finely acuminate or awned, awh of III not articulate with 

 the gl. branches very Ion? rigidly flexuous middle one 1-2 in. Trin. Diss. i. 

 187, in Act. Pefrop. (1829) 83, (1836) 47 ; Kunth Eniim. PI. i. 350, iSuppl. 

 147; Boxh. Fl Ind. i. 350; Wall. Cat. n. 3784; Qrah. Gat. Bomb. PI. 335; 

 Dalz. ^ Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 295; Steud. Syn. Oram. 141. A. tripilis, Thunb. 

 Fl. Ceyl. Diss. 2, ex Trin. & Bupr. in Mem. Acad. Peterab. 8er. VI. vii. 

 (1849) 147. Chaetaria Hystrix, Beauv. Agrost. 80. 



The Dbccan PjEiriNsniiA, from the Concan and Central Provinces southward. 

 Ceylon {Thunberg) . 



Stem 6 in.-2 ft., as thick as a crow-qnill or less, stiff, stout and erect or long 

 inclined or prostrate and proliferously branched with open sheaths at the ramifica- 

 tions. Leaves 2-4 in., narrow, convolute, glaucous. Fanie^e 4^6 in. ; rachis stout 

 flexuous and angular, branches and branchlets smooth. Spikelets straw-colrd. ; gis. I 

 and II membranous or subchartaceous, keels smooth j II most minutely toothed at 

 the base of the awn ; III smooth, callus naked, awns most minutely seaberulons. — 

 I have seen no Ceylon specimens, for which habitat Thunberg (fid. Trinius) is the 

 authority. 



6. A. mutabilis, Trin. & Bupr. in Mem. Acad. Petersb. 8er. VI. vii. 

 (1849) 150 (excl. var. sequilonga) ; annual, panicle very narrow subeyUndric, 

 branches very short crowded, spikelets (exol. awns) J in., gls. I and II 

 shortly awned, awn of III obscurely articulate with the gl., column long, 

 branches rather short, middle one about 5 in. Steud. Si/n. Gram. 141. 

 A. articulata, Edgew. in Journ. Linn. Soc. vi. (1862) 209 ; Aitch. Cat. 

 Panjab PL 164 ; Duthie Grass. N. W. Ind. 26, Fodd. Grass. N. Ind. 47. 

 A. Kunthiana & meocana, Trin. & Bupr. I. c. 151 (ex descr.) 152 ; Steud. I.e. 

 141. A. Sohweinfurthii, Boiss. Fl. Orient, v. 493. A. spicata, Bottl. mss. 

 A. tenuis, Hochst in Flora, xxviii. (1855) 200. 



The Panjab & Rajpootana ; Multan, Edgeworth ; Jodhpore, King. Southebn 

 India, Hei/ne, Wight, &c. — Distrib. Arabia, Africa trop. 



Stems 6-12 in., many ascending from the root, simple or proliferously branched, 

 slender. Leaves 1-3 in., very slender, curved, convolute, rigid, smooth. Panicle 

 3-6 in., branches all very short and crowded, or with sometimes a few remote lower 

 down or the stem ascending from a naked hase and bearing a dense oblong fascicle 

 of spikelets, rachis smooth, branches scaberulous. Spikelets very shortly pedicelled, 

 pale green or straw-colrd.; gl. I | in., keel scaberulous; II i in., tip 2-toothed 

 below the awn ; III scaberulous, callus shortly bearded ; column of awn nearly as 

 long as the gl., slender, smootli, branches capillary. — King's specimens from Jodhpore 

 are in a starved state and mixed with A, Adscenscionis. 



Sect. II. Arthkatherum. Column of awn long, twisted, articulate on 

 the glume (obscurely in A. redacta), branches glabrous, rarely 0. 



_ 7. A. funiculata, Trin. &■ Bupr. in Mem. Acad. Petersb. Ser. VI. 

 vii. (1849) 159 ; annual, very slender, panicle lax narrow, branches very 

 short, gls. I and II ^-1 in. subequal awned, column of awn 1 in. or lesc, 

 branches capillary 1-3 in. 8ieud. Byn.. Gram. 142 ; Aitchis. Oat. Panjab 

 PI. 164 ; Boiss. Fl. Orient, v. 492 (in part) ; Duthie Fodd. Grass. N. Ind. 

 47. A. f anicularis, Trin. ex Steud. Nomencl. Ed. II. i. 131 ; Fdgew. in 

 Journ. As. Soc. Beng. xxi. (1852) 160, 163 (fcsnicularis). A. Kotschyi, 

 Eochst. ex Steud. Syn. Gram. 142. A. maorathera, A. Rich. Tent. Fl. 

 Abyss, ii. 393 ; Steud. I. c. 142; Boiss. I. c. 493 (macrauthera). A. mallica, 

 Fdgew. in Journ. Linn. Soc. vi. (1862) 209 ; Aitch. I. c. ; Duthie 1. 1, 

 c.c. A. murina, Aitchis. I.e. 164 {non Cav.); Duthie Grass. N.W. 

 Ind. 26. A. paradoxa, Schmidt Fl. Cap. Verd. 140. A. pilosa, Herb. 

 Seyne {non Labill.), A. Royleana, Trin. Sc Bupr. in Mem. Acad. Petersb, 



