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rhacMs, afterwards spreading i glumes oblong, obtuse, 3-nerved, 

 short-awned : florets imbricated, at length distiobous : lover valve 

 encircled at the base ,by a bundle of very short hairs. 



Mysore. Neilgherries. 



(2) T. FiLiFOEMis. INees.) 



Ident. Nees in litt. Steudel 1. c. 



Spec. Chae. Leaves filiform, loosely villous : spike lax, lower 

 glume twice shorter, subulate-acuminate, broader side truncate and 

 2-tootbed : lateral bristles of the valve much longer than the seg- 

 ments, twice shorter than the middle bristle. 



Peninsula. 



(3) T. Grifpithii. (Wight ^ Am.) 



Ident. "Wight and Am. ex Nees Ms. — Steudel 1. c. 



Spec. Chak. Culm low, slender : leaves narrow, pubescent : 

 spike lax :. lower glume twice shorter, obovate, obliquely emargi- 

 nate and 2-lobed, lobes acute, muticous, longer one extrorsely 1 — 2- 

 denticulate : lateral bristles much shorter than the middle one, the 

 latter nearly equalling the valve. 



Peninsula. 



(4) T. uNiDENTATtrs. - (Nees.J 



Ident. .Ifees in litt. — Steudel 1. c. 



Spec. Chak. Leaves convolute-setaceous, glabrous : spike 

 straightish, lower glume twice shorter, acuminate,, the other side 

 coarsely 1 -toothed : lateral bristles 3 times longer than the segments, 

 twice shorter than the middle bristle. 



Peninsula. 



GENUS XXXIX. FESTUCA. 

 Triandria Digrynia. Sex: Syst: 



Derw. From the Celtic word Fed, meaning food. 



Spec. Chah. Panicle or raceme : -spikelets at length flattened, 

 2-r-many-flowered : florets distichous : glumes 2, unequal, herba- 

 ceous,»usually keeled : palese 2, herbaceous, lower one acute at the 

 apex, mucronate or awned : upper 2-keeled : scales 2, glabroug, 2- 

 cleft : stamens 2, seldom 1—2 : styles short : stigmas plumose : 

 caryopsis linear-oblong, flattened, adhering to the paiese, or free. 



