290, CLXxiii. GEAMiNEJ!. (J. D. Hooker.) [Ohloris. 



specimen of Edgeworth's plant, but have received one so named from Dr. King. It 

 agrees with Edgeworth's characters except in respect of an obscure passiige in that 

 author's description which reads as if gl. Ill was much shorter than II. 



2. C. myosuroides, Sooh f. ; annual, spikes solitary or geminate 

 \ in. broad, awn very long capillary. 



Gan&etic PiAiN J ravines near Etawah, Duthie. 



A much smaller plant than C. pallida, 6-12 in. high, with very narrow spikes 

 2-3 in. long, often recurved, smaller spikelets and shorter awns, i-f in. long, bat 

 perhaps only a variety. 



** Spikelets 1-fld., rachilla produced beyond the flg. gl. and bearing 

 one or two awns. Eachis of spike terete or angular. 



3. C. delicatula, Clarke mss.; annual, spikes 6-10 capillary I5-2 io. 

 long alternate on the tip of the stem, awns ^^ in. straight. 



Chota Nagpore ; Mandu, Hazarabagh, Clarke. Pegu-Tomah, Seri. Kun. 



Stem 3-12 in., erect, slender, wiry, subsimple. Leaver J-1 in., all cauline, 

 spreading, subulate, concave or convolute ; ligule of hairs. Spikes erect. Spikelets 

 about jL-J^ in. ; gl. I very narrow, almost subulate ; II J longer, rather broader, 

 both setaceously acuminate, keels sealjerulous ; III oblong, finely hairy, tip 2-16bed ; 

 rachilla produced and half as long as the gl., bearing 2-3 capillary awns; palea 

 narrow, 2-tootlied, keels glabrous. Grata very narrow, cylindric. — The Pegu speci- 

 mens are larger than Clarke's. 



4. C. incompleta, Soth. Nov. Sp. 60; tall, perennial, spikes 4-10 

 whorled 4-6 in. long, awns \ in. straight. Sieud. Syn. Gram. 207. 

 0. digitata, Sieud. I.e.; Buthie Grass. JV.W. Ind. 23; Lisboa in Journ. 

 Bomb. Nat. Hist. Sac. vii. (1893J 369 {excl. Syn.). C. radiata, Heyne ex 

 Both. l. c. 61 ; Thw. Enum. PI. Zeyl. 371 ; Trim. Cat. Geyl. PL 409. C. 

 'S,oth\a:g\ni, Bdgew. in Journ. As. Soc. Benq.xxi. (1853) 160, 183; Duthie 

 Fodd. Grass. N. Ind. 54, t. 65 ; Lisboa I. c. 368. C. tetrameris, Trin. 

 Gram. Unifi. 235; Steud. I.e. 206. Digitaria elongata, Spreng. 8yst,<-i., 

 271. Gymnopogon digitatus, Nees in, Wight Gat. n. 1753 ; Steud. Norn^ 

 Ed. II. "i. 713. Melioa digitata, Boxb. Fl. Ind. i. 326; Kunth Enum. Pl.i. 

 37. Ctenium digitatum, Spreng. Syst. i. 274. Cynodon elongatus, Trim, 

 in Bpreng. N. EntdecJc. ii. 64; Eunthl.c. Agrostis flliformis, Koenig in 

 3.eirh. Banks, ex Trin. I.e. 



Throughout the Plains of India, from the Fanjab to Burma and southward. 

 Ceilon. Andaman Islds,, Kurz. — Distbib. Affghan., China. 



Stem 2-3 ft., or more, stout or slender, often branched, straight or geniculate. 

 Leaves 6-12 by ^-J in., flat ; ligule of long hairs. Spikes very slender, spreading. 

 Spikelets very variable, ^-i in., narrowly lanceolate, green ; gl. I not i of II which 

 is narrowly lanceolate notched and shortly awned at the tip ; III as long as II, ovate- 

 lanceolate, tip 2-toothed, base bearded ; palea very narrow, keels nearly smooth ; 

 rachilla produced to half the length of the gl., bearing a very minute long awned gl. 

 that is bearded at the base. 



*** Spikelets 1-fld.; rachilla produced beyond the flg. gl., and bearing 

 1-3 reduced empty gls. (In C. villosa, the gl. IV contains imperfect 

 anthers.) 



■j" Sjpihes 1-3 ; gl. Ill broadly cuneiform. 



5. C. tenella, Boxb. Fl. Ind. i. 329 ; annual, slender, spike solitary, 

 spikelets 3-4-awned, gl. Ill broadly cuneiform, upper margin truncate 

 naked. Kunth Enum. PI. i. 267; Spreng. Neue Entdeck. iii. 126; Steud. 



