Garnotia,] Clxxiii. gramine^. (J. D. Hooker.) 243 



truncate, ciliate. Pamole 8-18 in.; rachis stout, strict; brancliea slender, rigid. 

 Spiheleis rather few and distant, geminate, lower subsessile, upper on capillary 

 pedicels. 



B. Leaves scattered, linear or very narrowly lanceolate, flaccid, articulate 

 on the sheath. 



6. C polypoeronoldes, Munro ex Olwer in Hook. Ic. PL t. 1481 ; 

 stem 6-12 in. slender, leaves y'p-J in. broad lanceolate from a narrow base, 

 panicle contracted flexuous, spikelets ^ in. base bearded, gl. I and II entire 

 one or both long-awned. III 3-awned. G. polygonoides, Buthie Grass. 

 N.W. Ind. 12. Berghausia Emodi, Endl. ex Miq. Analect. Bot. II. 20. 

 Miquelia Emodi, Am. <Sf Nees m Nov. Act. Nat. Cur. xix. Suppl. I. (1843) 

 179; Steud. Syn. Gram. 119.— Gen. Nov. Wall. Cat. n. 8884. 



Tbmpebate Himalaya. ; from Garwhal to Sikkim, alt. 6-9000 ft. 



Stem tufted) rarely branched, about as thick as a crow-quill. Leaves 4-6 by 

 jL-l in., hirsute towards the base ; sheath with glabrous or pubescent margins ; 

 ligule very short, fimbriate. Panicle 2-5 in. ; branches subscaberulous. SpStelets 

 green or brown J gl. I narrowly lanceolate, 3-nerved; II broader; III dark brown, 

 2 lateral nerves excurrent as minute bristles, median awn many times longer than its 

 gl,, base twisted. 



7. G. stricta, Brongn. in Buperr. Voy. Bot. 132, t. 21 ; stems 2-3 ft. 

 tufted, leaves iV'i i°- hroad, lower lanceolate from a narrow base, panicle 

 2-10 in. very narrow, branches in distant fascicles, spikelets ^V-i ™' base 

 sparsely hairy, gl. I and 11 finely acuminate or II notched below the awn, 

 III entire or notched awned or not, awn shorter or longer than its gl. 

 G. ascendens & Griffithii, Munro in Cat. PL Crri£. JHeZ/. ^c. ined. G. 

 augustata, Hack. mss. G. sandvicensis, Hillehr. FL Hawaii, 513. ? Ber- 

 ghausia pallens & B. tenella, Am. ex Miguel Analect. II. Bot. 21, 22. B. 

 ascendens, Munro mss. Andropogou adscendens, Heyne ex Wall. Cat, 

 n. 8906. — Ohrysopogon ?, WaU. Oat. n. 8789. — Tripogon ?, WalL I c. 

 n. 8891. — Gramin. WaU. I. c. n. 8906. — Aira, Grif. Notul. iii, 56, lo. 

 FL Asiat. t. U5.—Herb. Wight, n. 3243, 3244. 



SuETEOPicAL and Tbmpeeate Himalaya, from Garwhal to Mishmi and Burma, 

 alt. 4-9000 ft. Khasia Hills, alt. 4-6000 ft. Behae ; on Parusnath, Clarke. 

 Chota Nagpoeb and WESTEKisr GhAts, from the Concan southward, Wight, &c, 

 {Seto disirib. 6780, 6781, 6787).— Bistbib. Sandwich Islds. 



Annual ? Stem usually geniculate and branched at the base, rarely thicker than 

 a crow-quill, stiff, nodes glabrous or pubescent. Leaves 6-10 in., lanceolate or linear- 

 lanceolate, flat or margins involute, glabrous or hirsute or scabrid above ; sheath 

 glabrous or hirsute above ; ligule short, truncate. PoisicJe strict or flaccid, branches 

 scaberulous. Spikelets pale ; gl. I and II 3-nerved, median nerve sometimes ex- 

 current, III 1-nerved or nerveless, median awn ^ in. or less. — Probably G. patula, 

 Munro, of China and Tonkin, which has densely tufted leaves, is this species. 



Var. khasiana, Stapf ; stout, 3 ft. high, leaves sometimes nearly 1 in. broad, 

 panicle a foot long. 



Var. breviaristata, Stapf j gl. I and II not awned, 



8. G. arundinacea, Hook. f. ; stem branched, leaves lanceolate 

 from a rounded or subcordate base flat acuminate, panicle 4-6 in. nodding, 

 branches fastigiate capillary, spikelets fj-f ^^-i gl- I and II notched and 

 awned, awn of III twice as long as its gl. Andropogon arundinaceus 

 Hei/ne in Herb. Bottler. 



NiLSHiBi Hills, alt. 2-6000 ft., Sei/ne, &c. 



Stem reedy, as thick as a pigeon's quill, branches ascending. Leaves 2-3 in. by 



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