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(1) A. pEBTTJSxrs. fWilld.J 

 Idmt. Eoxb. 1. c. p. 258.— "Willd. ep. iv. 920. 

 Syn. Holcus pertusus, Koen. 

 EngroA). Beauv. Agr. t. 23, fig. 2. 



Spec. Chae. Culm jointed, smootli, ascending, 1-foot : nodes 

 glabrous or bearded : leaves linear, narrow, glabrous or pubescent : 

 spikes 4 — 7, somewhat fascicled : joints and pedicel of the male 

 spike sUghtiy villous, uppermost hairs longer : awn five times 

 longer than its own spikelet, the latter bearded below, ciliated 

 above, foveolate in the middle. 



Bengal. Peninsula. 



(2) A. SEEEATTTS. fRet%.j 



Ident. Eetz. obs. v. 21. — Koxb. 1. c. p. 253, 



Syn. Lepeocercis serrata, Ti-in. fund. — A. caricosus, Linn. 



Engrm. Trin. 1. c. 208, t. 18. 



Spec. Chae. Culm decumbent, much branched, 2-feet and 

 upwards, filiform, bearded at the knees : sheaths glabrous : ligula 

 very short, membranaceous, torn : leaves linear, scattered with 

 pUiferous glands towards the base : spike soUtary, simple : joints 

 and pedicel of the male spikelet bearded : outer glume of the lower 

 spikelet obovate, obtuse, tridenticulate, 11 — 13-nerved, inner one 

 narrower, of equal length, ovate-lanceolate, 3-nerved : valve very 

 narrow, ending in a twisted geniculate awn. 



Bengal and elsewhere, in pasture grounds. 



(3) A. siEiATTJS (Klein.) 

 Ident. Klein in Willd. spec. iv. 903. 



Syn. A. nervosus, Rottl. in Edin. N.'P. Jowrn. 1835,^. 185. 



Spec. Chae. Boot fibrous, woody : culms branched at the base, 

 ascending : leaves striated, glabrous : sheaths bearded at the mouth : 

 spike solitary, terminal : outer glume of the hermaphrodite floret 

 3 — 5-nerved, acuminate, ciliated at the margin, awn many times 

 longer than the flower : outer glume of the male spikelet 5-nerved, 

 cuspidate, ciliated at the margin, ending in a capillary awn. 



Malabar. 



(4 A. coNTOEiiTs. (Linn.) 



Idmt. Linn. sp. 1480. — Boxb. 1. o. p. 253. 



Syn. Heteropogon hirsutus, Fers. syn. — H. contortus, Hoem. and 

 SoJmlt:' — Stipa spicata, Thimb. prod. 19. 



