410 CLXxiii. GRAMiNEji!. (Bamhusecs, Gamble.) [Pseudostachyum. 



petiole, midrib pale, nerves 7-11, nervules oblique ; ligule short. Panicle large, 

 leafy, branches fascicled, raohis wiry angled. Grain subtended by the gls. and 

 lodicules, pericarp cruBtaceous. — Spikelets in diseased specimens converted into 

 rounded softly liairy masses, 



141. TEXNOSTACSZVUm, Munro. 



Shrubby cr ai'boresoent ; stems thin, arching. Stem-sheaths usually 

 thin. Leavei various. Panicle spiciform, on leafy branches. Spikelets in 

 bracteate whorls, long, narrow, many-fld., upper and lower fls. imperfect; 

 empty gls 1-2, muoronate ; fl. gls. similar, mucrog longer ; palea convolute, 

 keels ciliate. Lodinuhs 3, 3-9-nerverl. Stamens 6, filaments free, slender. 

 Anthers obtuse or obtusely apiculate. Ovary ovoid or depressed-globose, 

 apex produced enclosing the style, stigmas 2-3 plumose. Grain ovoid, 

 acuminate, beaked, pericarp crustaceous. — Species the following. 



1. T. Griffithii, Munro in. Trans. Linn. Soe. xxvi. (1868) 143, t. 3; 

 stem-sheaths auricled, leaves 6-10 by J-1^ in. oblong-lanceolate glaucous 

 beneath, spikelets 2-3 in. linear puberulous, empty gla. 1 or 2 (the second 

 sterile) narrowly ovate mucronate, fl. gls. 3-5 ovate acute mncronate 9-11- 

 nerved, lodicules glabrous. Gamble Bamh. Brit. Ind. 98, t. 86. Cepha- 

 lostaohyum Griffithii, Kurz For. Fl. Burma, ii. 566. 



The Khasia Hills, Assam, Chittagon& & Bubma. 



Stems 25-50 by ^-J in. diain., slender, arching, straggling or subscandeut, 

 branches whorled, internodes 18-26 in., walls tbin. Stem-sheaths 6 by 1^ in. or more, 

 strigose with white hairs above; bliide 3-4 in., dilated into large auricles fringed 

 with long onrved reflexed bristles, shaggy within j ligule short. Leaves cuspidate, 

 base rounded, petiole wrinkled, midrib with clusters of long hairs at the base, nerves 

 8-10 pairs with transverse pellucid glands ; sheath keeled, auricles falcate and 

 short ligule ciliate with deciduous hairs. Panicle leafy, branches often whip-like 

 with few often pedicelled spikelets or axillary fascicles, rachis smooth striate; 

 rachilla jointed between the gls. Palea longer than the fl. gl., keels fringed half 

 way down, 4-nerved on each side. Lodicules ovate-lanceolate, glabrous, 7-9-nerved. 

 Anthers yellow. Ovary stipitate, glabrous, style triquetrous. Grain obliquely 

 ovoid, tapering at both ends, beaked, glossy. 



2. T. Wigrhtiij Beddome Fl. Sylvat. t. ccoxxiii. ; Forest. Man. p. 

 ccxxxiii. {excl. Syn.) stem-sheaths papery hirsute top truncate not auricled, 

 leaves 6-15 by 1-2 in. oblong-lanceolate, panicle with spiciform drooping 

 brancblets, spikelets J-l in., empty gl. 1 ovate mncronate 5-7-nerved 

 dorsally hirsute, fl. gls. 1 or 2 mucronate nerved transversely, lodicules 

 short ciliate. Gamble Bamh. Brit. Ind. 99, t. 87. 



Westeen Ghats, alt. 3-5000 ft., from N. Canara to Cape Comorin. 



Stem 10-20 ft., by l-lj in., semi-scandent, branches pendulous, nodes narrowly 

 ringed ; internodes bright green, rough above, walls thin. Stem-sheatlis 10-12 by 

 \-l\ in., hairs black-brown ; blade subulate, 5-7 in., decurrent on the sheath ; ligule 

 Jj in. Leaves acuminate, tip scabrous twisted, whitish and sparsely hairy beneath 

 midrib broad yellowish, nerves 6-7 pair, tesscUate by glands; sheath glabrous; 

 ligule narrow. Panicle large, spiciform branches bracteate, rachis smooth, slender. 

 Hachilla of spikelets slender, flattened and concave below, thickened and ciliate 

 above. Lodicules ovate, 3-5-nerved. Ovary stipitate, depressed -globose, smooth, 

 style included in the long beak of the ovary. Grain stoutly stipitate, ovoid, beaked' 

 glabrous. ' 



3. T. attenuatum, Munro in Trans. Linn, Sac. xxvi. (1868) 143 • 



