244 CLXxiii. GRAMiNE^. (J. D. Hookei.) [Oarnotia. 



I in. broad at the base j sheath villous at the top j ligule very short, pubescent. 

 Pcmiele flexuous, branches and capillary pedicels scaberulous. Spikelets pale, base 

 sparsely hairy ; awns variable in length, median very slender, not twisted. 



9. C Ferg'ussonil, Trim, in Journ. Hot. xxvii. (1889) 170; stem 

 1-3 ft., leaves linear densely bearded at the base, panicle 4-6 in. oblong, 

 branches at length spreading, spikelets often in dimorphic pairs, upper 

 ^ in. base obscurely bearded, gl. I and II entire awned or not, III entire 

 or tip 2-fid, awn twisted at the base at length, deflexed. G. patula, Thw. 

 mss. (C.P. 3947) ; Trim. Gat. Geyl. PL 106. Andropogon Beckettii, Thit. 

 mss. 



Ceyion ; Matale district, Beckett ; Knuckle's Mts., alt. 5-6000 ft., Fergusson. 



Stems smooth, branched. Leaves 4-8 by i-i in., and sheath glabrous or sparsely 

 hairy ; ligule short, truncate. Panicle pale green or purplish, branches smooth. 

 Spikelets in pairs, the upper often reduced to a glume j gl. I and II oblong- 

 lanoeolate, awn short or ; III with a single awn about i in. long. 



10. G. courtallensls, Thwaites Enum. PI. Zeyl. 363 ; stem 8-18 in. 

 slender, leaves linear not densely bearded at the very narrow base, panicle 

 1-3 in. lax, branches at length spreading, spikelets sometimes in dimorphic 

 pairs J in. base obscurely hairy, gl. I and II lanceolate awnless or muoro- 

 nate. III entire or tip notched, awn geniculate twisted below the knee. 

 Trim. Oat. Ceyl. PI. 106. Miqnelia courtallensis, Am. ex Nees in Nov. 

 Act. Nat. Cur. xix. iSuppl. i. (1843) 179; Steud. Sj/n. Gram. 119. 

 Berghausia courtallensis, Nees ex Miq. Analect. Bot. II. 20. — Wight Serl. 

 n. 2876. 



NiLeHiBi and Teavancobe Hilis, Wight, &c., alt. 6000 ft., Latosbn. 

 Cbylon ; Adam's Peak, alt. 4000 ft., Gardner, &c. 



Stems simple or branched. Leaves rarely 3 in. long, lanceolate, acuminate, 

 spreading, membranous, more or less hairy, as are the sbeaths; ligule very short. 

 Panicle pale ; branches smooth or slightly scaberulous. Spikelets few, shortly pedi- 

 celled ; gl. I and II broader than usual in the genus, I thin, 3-nerved. — Batratherum, 

 Wall. Cat. n. 8827, Andropogon minutissimus , Herb. Heyne, referred here by Steudel, 

 is a totally different plant (see p. 147). 



11. O. micrantha, Thwaites Enum. PI. Zeyl. 363 ; stem 1-3 ft. 

 branched and often creeping below, leaves linear-lanceolate from a narrow 

 base, panicle 2-10 in. contracted lax-fid., branches capillary, spikelets 

 tVtV i"- subsolitary, gl. I and II acuminate, III shortly awned or mucro- 

 nate. Trim. Cat. Ceyl. PI. 106. 



Ceylon; Central Province, alt. 2-4000 ft., Thwaites (C.P. 945). 



Stems elongate, branched, tufted and ascending, or creeping below. Leaves 4-6 

 by l-f in., sparsely hairy beneath ; sheath glabrous except at the tip ; ligule very 

 short, truncate. Panicle pale green, at first contracted j branches scaberulous, nt 

 length spreading. Spikelets obscurely hairy at the base j awn about \ in., strict, 

 not twisted. 



Var, nana, Stapf ; stem short very slender, panicle 1^-2 in., gl. Ill not awned 

 Berghausia mntlca, var. nana, Munro mss. Ceylon (C.P. 944). 



12. O. fuacata, . Thwaites Enwm. PI. Zeyl. 363 ; stems short tutted 

 and creeping, base leafy, leaves short linear, panicle narrow f ew-fld., spike- 

 lets \ in, base shortly bearded, gl. I and II with setaceous tips. III with a 

 long awn compressed aad onee twisted at the base. Trim. Cat. Ceyl. PI. 

 106. 



Ceteok ; Saffragam district, alt. 4000 ft., Thwaites. 



