645 



Spec. Chab. Culms erect, 3-feet, simple telow, dioliotomouBly 

 branched above, semi-terete, smooth, and shining : sheaths smooth, 

 keeled, ciliated on the margin: leaves petioled, broad-lanceolate, 

 very thin and tender, sparingly pilose on both sides, bristle-pointed : 

 petiole 4-inches long, slender, grooved : inflorescence whitish, 

 panicled : panicle branched below, above composed of simple alter- 

 nate spikes 1-inch long ^ sessile spikelet with the glumes glabrous, 

 the pediceUed one bearded at the base, and covered with long white 

 hairs, all 7 — 9 -nerved : ' paleae of both spikelets awned, that of the 

 pedicelled spikelet much larger. 



Bombay. The existence of a distinct petiole in this species, so 

 unusual in grasses, is a remarkable fact. (DalzeU..) 



(50) A. SPEENSEin. (Kunth.) 



Ident. Kunth En. I. 508. 



Syn. PoUinia fulva, Spreng. pitg. II. 10. ^ 



Spec. Chak. Culm 2-feet, glabrous : lower leaves flat, slightly 

 obtuse, ciliated : sheaths pilose : rays of the spreading panicle 

 verticelled, capUlary: pedicels furnished with a very long tawny 

 beard : outer sheaths of the florets awned, bearded, ciliate : awn of 

 the hermaphrodite twisted, very long. 



Bengal. 



(51) A. nfCEESCEisrs. (Stewd.J 



Ident. Steudel 1. c. p. 396. 



Spec. Char. Culm much branched, straight : leaves longer 

 than the sheath, linear, acuminate, callosely denticulate: rays, of 

 the panicle 3 — 5-spiked, one spikelet fertile, bristled much longer 

 than its own spikelet : upper glume of the fertile [spikelet long- 

 bristled, glabrous at the back : male spikelets acute : pedicels rusfy 

 hirsute from the base. 



Courtallum. 



(62) A. PBimfSTOJE. (Steud.J 



Ident. Steudel 1. o. p. 396. 



Syn. Chrysopogon Arnottianus, Nees. 



Spec. Chab. Culm branched : leaves Knear-elongated, sub-ciliate 

 at the base : branches of the panicle S-spiked : male glumes and 

 upper valve of the fertile floret subulate-acuminate : lower glume 



