606 



(4) C. EOXBUKGHIANA. (Schult.J 



Ident. Scliiilt. Mant. II. 239. 



Syn. C. polystachya, Roxh. I. e. p. 330. 



Spec. Chae. Culm somewhat decumbent at the base, ascending, 

 2-feet: spikes fasciculately umbelled, several (10 — 20), spikekts 

 somewhat 3-flowered : glumes unequally lanceolate, muticous : 

 lower valve of the sessile hermaphrodite floret ciliated at the margin, 

 awned : two neuter florets peduuoled, 1-valved, muticous. 



Peninsula. 



(5) C. TETBAMEBIS. fTritl.J 



IdenU Trin. Ms. ap. Steudel 1. c. p. 206. 



Syn. Aira fiUformis, Koen. Roxl. I. c. p. 326. — Cynodon elon- 

 gatum, Trin. — Digitaria elongata, Spreng. 



Spec. Chak. Culm filiform, roughish, glaucescent : sheaths 

 swollen above, glabrous, sparingly hairy at the mouths, ligula very 

 short : leaves very narrow, linear, retrorsely scabrous : spikes in 

 whorls of four, erect, spreading : spikelets imbricate-erect, lanceo- 

 late : glumes very unequal, upper one bristly : lower valve 3- 

 nerved, 2-cleft at the apex, terminated at the middle nerve in an 

 awn 4-times longer than the valve itself. 



Peninsula. Bengal. 



(6) C. WiGHTiANA. fNees.j 

 Jdent. Nees Ms. Steudel 1. c. p. 206. 



Syn. C. incompleta, Wight herb. 



Spec. Chab. Culm branched, angular, tubercled above or rough 

 with glands, younger part pubescent, at length glahrescent : sheaths 

 and leaves acute, villous : spikes digitate, 3 — 5, compact, short : 

 upper glume emargiaate-mucronate at the apex, nearly equalling the 

 hermaphrodite floret, the latter rough, densely bearded with villi on 

 the edge above, and below on the back, all the florets ventricose- 

 iaflated, neuter ones iu whorls of four, bristle-bearing from the base, 

 lower neutral bearded, rest naked, bristles equal, upper hermaphro- 

 dite valve broad, flat, lower very shortly 2-toothed at the apex. 



Peninsxila. 



(7) C. DiGiTATA. (Steudel.) 



Ident. Steudel 1. c. p. 207. 



Syn. Melica digitata, Roxb. I. c. p. 326. — C. Eoxburghiana, 

 Edgew. in As. Jov/rn. 1852, p. 183. 



Spec. Chab. Culms procumbent at the base, ascending, 4 — 5- 

 feet : leaves above and sheaths at the mouth hairy : spikes 4 — 5, 



