Chloris.] oi.xxiii. GRAMiNB^. (J. D. Hooker.) 291 



Syn. Oram. 204 ; Balz. (^ Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 296 ; ? ButUe Fodd. Grass. N. 

 Ind. 54, t. 66; Lisboa in Journ. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc. vii. (1893) 368. 

 0. tria-ngulata, Socket, ex A. Ridh. Tent. Fl. Abyss, ii. 409 ; Sfeud. I. c. 

 203; Duthie Grass. N.W. Ind. 33. Otenium indicuin, Spreng. Syst. i. 274. 

 Tetrapogon triangularis, Hochst. PI. Arab. Sehweinf. n. 967. 



RiJPOOTANA J Oodeypore, W'mgate {Herb. Duthie). SoiND, Stocks. Khandeish, 

 SalzetX. South India, Roxhurgh, Wight. — Di^teib. Arabia, Abyssinia. 



Stem 10-18 in., weak, branched from the base. Leaves 6-10 by J-J in., flaccid j 

 ligule short, truncate. Spike 1-2^ in., erect, flit. Spikelets large, ^ in. long and 

 more, bifariou? ; gls. 5 or 6, I and II ovate-lanceolate, hyaline ; I acute ; II i longer, 

 shortly awned ; III as long as II, coriaceoas, nerves distant from the margin and 

 keel villous; awn subdorsal, straight, spreading; keels of palea finely hairy; IV 

 half as long as III, narrower ; V and YI still smaller, fan-shaped, awned. 



tt Spikes 1-3 ; gl. Ill ovoid, hirsute all over. 



6. C. villosa, Pers. 8yn. i. 87 ; perennial, stout, spikes 1-3, spikelets 

 4-awned, gl. Ill ovoid acute hirsute all over with long hairs, margins 

 hyaline. Kunth Fnum. PI. i. 267, Suppl. 217, t. 16, f. 3; Jaub. Sr Spach 

 III. PI. Orient, iv. 40, t. 327; Coss. & Bur-. Fl. Alger. 87; Steud. 8i/ri. 

 Gram. 204; Aitchis. Cat. Panjah PI. 167. C. tetrapogon, Beauv. Agrost. 

 158. Tetrapogon villosus, Be'sf. Fl. Atlant. ii. 388, t. 255 ; Trin. Fund. 

 Agrost. 760 ; Boiss. Fl. Orient, v. 555 ; Buthie Grass. N. W. Ind. 33, Fodd. 

 Grass. N. Ind. 55, t. 68. 



The PiNJAB J Peshawur, Stewart; Bawul Piudu, Aitchison. Eajpootana; 

 Oodeypore, King. Multan, Hdgeworth., — Distrib. Westward to the Canaries. 



Stem 6-10 in., from a densely-tufced stout wooily ba<e, which is clothed witli 

 eqnitant leaf-sheaths. Leaves 1-3 in., very narrow, acute, flat or twijted, rig'd; 

 ligule obscure.. Spikes H-2i in. by i-i in. broad, erect, pale yellow. Spikelets 

 J in., obconicj gls 5, I and II lanceolate, shortly awned; I acuminate; II i-^ 

 longer, tip 2-toothed; III about as long as II, coriaceous, with broad hyaline margins 

 bounded by the lateral nerves, imperfectly triandrous, tip entire or minutely 

 2-toothed, hairs much longer than the gl. "silky; awn spreading, keels of palea 

 scaberulous; IV not half as long as III, also hirsute; V very small, caneate; VI 

 reduced to an awn. 



ttt Spikes 4-10 ; gl. Ill bearded at the base and on the margins above 

 the middle. 



7. C. virgataj Sw. Fl. Ind. Occ. i. 203 ; spikes 6-9, spikelets 2-awned, 

 gl. II tip 2-tid awned in the sinus, III ovate bearded with loner hairs 

 above the middle, IV narrowly enneiform. Trin. Gram. Unifl. 136; 

 Boell in Ma/rt. Fl. Bras. ii. III. 0. compressa, BC. Gat. Sort. 

 Monsp. (1813) 94 ; Trin. Gram. Unifl. 230 ; Nees Agrost. Bras. 421, FL 

 Afr. Austr. 240 ; Steud. Syn. Gram. 204. 0. caudata, Trin. ex Bunge 

 ilnum. PL Chin. Bor. 70. C. cryptostachys, Sfeud. in Schmidt FL Cap. 

 Vind. 148. 0. decora, Nees in Serb. Boyle; Steud. I. c. 205. 0. elegans, 

 Kunth Enum. PL i. 264. 0. meocana, Sorhst. & Steud. ex Schult Ind. 

 Sem.Sort.SaL (1843)7; Steud. Lc; Boiss. FL Orient w.ht'k-,Buthxe 

 Grass. N.W. Ind. 33. 0. montana, Griseb. in Goett. Nachr. (1868) 84, 

 AbhandL 300 ; Buthie L c. (nan Moxh). 0. pallida, Link Sort. Berol. i. 56, 

 ii. 223. 0. peniciUata. Sort, ex Nees I. c. {non Poir.). 0. polydactyla, 

 Burand Biss. Chlorid. (1808) 14. 22 ; Jaoq. Eclog. Gram. 12, t 9 (non 8w.}. 

 C. tetrastachys. Hack. mss. (e.r Serb. Buthie). Heterolepis elegans ^Arf. 

 ex Boiss. I. 0. ; Eabdoohloa virgata, Beaw,. Agrost. 84.— Chlons, Walt. Cat. 

 3212 (in Herb Benth.). 



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