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Spec. Chak. Eoot fibrous : culms caespitose, erect from a 

 decumbent base: leaves flat, stiffish, undulated, cartilaginous- 

 margined, scabrous. 



Pulney IdUs. 



GEFUS XIV. AKUNDINELLA. 



Vpiandria Dig'ynia.. Sex: Syst: 



Gen. Chae. Panicle compound : spikelets solitary or twin, while 

 closed lanceolate-ovate : glumes 3 — 5-nerved, usually acuminate, 

 lower one shorter : lower floret male, seldom neuter, 2-valved, the 

 substance of the glumes, muticous : upper hermaphrodite or female, 

 coriaceous, ovate-lanceolate, girt at the base with shortish hairs, 

 simply _or 2-cleft, awned at the apex, awn often long, usually 

 twisted, geniculate, sometimes very short : lower valve closely 

 embracing the upper : stigmas plumose : caryopsis oval, beardless. 



(1) A. CTT.TATA. (Roxb.) 



Ident. Eoxb. 1. c. p. 318 (under Holcus). 



Spec. Chae. Erect, hairy : panicle linear, hirsute : glumes 

 papillose, ciliated, 2-flowered : flowers sessile : one hermaphrodite, 

 awned, the other male, muticous. 



Coromandel. 



(2) A. NEEVOSA. fRoxb.j 



Ident. Eoxb. 1. c. 



Spec. Chae. Erect, hairy : panicle oblong : glumes 3-^5-nerved, 

 cuspidate, 2-flowered : flowers sessile : one hermaphrodite, awned, 

 the other male and muticous; 



Coromandel. 



(3) A. HiESUTA. fNees.J 



Ident. Nees Ms. in Steudel 1. c. p. 115. 



Spec. Chae. Culm with few knots, 1 — 2-feet : sheaths shorter 

 than the internode, hirsute with the linear flat leaves: knots 

 glabrous : spikelets subulate-acuminate : glumes hirsute : fertile 

 floret smooth. 



CourtaUum. 



(4) A. EtrscATA. fNees.J 

 Ident. Nees 1. c. 



Spec. Chae. Leaves shorter than the culm, lincar-lancoolato, 



