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Spec. Chab. Culm fasckulately branched at the apex : leaves 

 lanceolate-linear, hairy: spikes twin, all the spikelets hemiolo- 

 gamous, lower one bristly, upper muticous: lower glume of both 

 transversely wrinkled beyond the middle, cartilaginous. 



SUhet. 



(16) A. ABisTAimi. fRoxb.J 



Ident. Eoxb. 1. c. p. 319 (under Ischeemum). 



Spec. Chae. Culm decumbent at the base, rooting, branched, 

 ascending, 1— r2-feet : nodes woolly : leaves ensiform, hairy, cor- 

 date at the base, coloured at the edges, hispid : spikes secund : 

 angles of the flexuose jointed rhachis and pedicels hairy : outer 

 glume of the sessile floret membranaceous at the edge, 2-oleft 

 and striated, inner boat-shaped, keeled, ciliated, somewhat awned : 

 hermaphrodite florets of each flower awned. 



Bengal. Peninsula. Wot common. Chiefly found in newly 

 formed pastures. 



(17) A. ELATTjs. (Nees.) 



Ident. Fees Ms. in Steudel 1. c. p. 376. 



Spec. Chab. Culm branched at the base, strong : leaves lanceo- 

 late-linear, elongated, attenuated at both ends, hirsute : ligula 

 ovate-oblong, stiff, 2-parted : spikes twin or single : lower glume of 

 the sessile spikelet oblong, cartilaginous beyond the middle, hirsute 

 at the back, strongly 3 — 4-nodulose on both sides towards the base : 

 joints of the rhachis and pedicels ciliated. 



Silhet. 



(18) A. EXTGOSTTs. fOcertn.) 



Ident. Goertn. in Steudel 1. c. p. 376. 



Syn. Ischoemum rugosum, Salish. Roxib. I. c. p. 320. 



MigrwB. Goertn. Carp. III. t. 181. — Salisb. lo. I. t. 1. 



Spec Chak. Culm simple, procumbent : nodes glabrous : leaves 

 lanceolate-linear, very narrow : spikes twin : joints triquetrous, 

 obsoletely hairy at the lateral angles, pedicel surrounded at the base 

 with short hairs, hairy at the angle of the back : lower spikelet 

 transversely wrinkled, awned, nodulose below or smooth, male 

 muticous. 



Bengal. Peninsula ; growing among rice. 



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(19) A. SEMISAGITTAITTS. (Roxh.) 



Ident. . Roxb. 1. c. p. 320 (under Ischoemum). 



