587 



(2) P. HOHENHACKEHI. (Mochst.J 



Ident. Hochst in herb. — Hohenhack. No. — Stendel 1. c. p. 103. 



Spec. Chae. Boot strongly fibrous : culm erect, simple, straight, 

 2 — feet or more, glabrous : sheaths broadly sheathing, compressed, 

 striated, glabrous, hairy at the mouth and lowest base : leaves 

 narrow, folded upon themselves, stiff, quite glabrous, narrowed- 

 bristly, equal to or shorter than the culm, a little scabrous at the 

 edges : ligula hairy at the edges : spike solitary, a little loose, 

 bristles unequal, partly longer partly shorter than the spikelet: 

 spikelets sessUe : lower glume 4 times shorter than the spikelet, 

 ovate-lanceolate, obscurely 3-nerved, upper one equal it. length to 

 the floret, 3-nerved at the ■ apex, glaucous, hermaphrodite valvelet 

 smooth, quite glabrous :* style long-exserted. 



Neilgherries. 



(3) P. IMBBEBE. (Edgvo.) 



Ident. Edgeworth in As. Joum. 1852, p. 184. — Steudell. c. p. 

 104. 



Spec. Chae. Erect, branched : culms and knots quite glabrous : 

 sheaths glabrous : ligula short, torn and ciliated : leaves sub- 

 petiolate, bearded with a few hairs, broadish, very acuminate, 

 scabrous above, smooth below, serrulate at the edges : spikes ter- 

 minal and axUlary, cylindric, lax : rhachis compressed, winged on 

 both sides, involucre sessile, bristles connected at the base, unequal 

 in an almost simple row, one more than twice longer than the rest : 

 spikelet solitary, 1 -flowered : glumes two, deeply purple-red, gla- 

 brous, outer one longer acute, inner 3-toothed, margins involute 

 glassy : valvelets pale, acute, ciliated at the apex, afterwards 

 hardened embracing the seed. 



Gurhrampore. 



(4) P. aeaneostim:. (JEdgew.) 



Ident. Edgew. 1. c. p. 180. 



Spec. Chae. Erect : culms geniculate, rooting, and with the 

 knots glabrous : lower sheaths pubescent, glabrous : ligula ciliate- 

 membranaceous : leaves broadish, flat, glabrous, bearded near the 

 base with very few long scattered lairs, smooth below, scabrous 

 above, serrulate at the edges : spikes terminal : involucres many- 

 bristled in a double row, outer bristles smaller, inner very unequal, 

 cohering near the middle with long cObweb-like hairs, naked and 

 hispid at the apex, one twice longer than the rest, bispiculate : one 

 spikelet sessile, 2-flowered, the other pedioelled 1 -flowered : outer 

 glume of the sessile flower twice shorter than the flower, very lojig, 

 cobweb-cHiated, inner one 3 — 5-nerved, shortly mucronate : lower 



