1852.] Catalogue of plants found in the Banda district, 181 



Grows among the granite rocks on the hills about Banda. Differs 

 from P. triflora in having but 1 or 2 flowers, the form &c. arachneo- 

 sity of the involucre and the mucronulate palese of the g . 



699. — P. imberbe — Erecta ramosa, culmis nodisque glaberrimis 

 vaginis glabris, ligula brevi lacero-ciliata, folia sub-petiolatis pilis paucis 

 barbatis latiusculis acuminatissimis utrinque glabris supra scabris 

 subtus laevibus margine serrulatis, spicis terminalibus axillaribusque 

 cylindricis laxis rachi compressa utrinque (pedicellis adnatis ?) alato 

 involucris sessilibus setis basi connexis sub-simplice serie insequalibus 

 una ceteris plus duplo longiore locusta solitaria 1 flora, glumis 2 

 intense rubro-purpureis glabris exteriore longiore acuta interiore 3 den- 

 tata, marginibus involutis hyalinis (an potius gluma exteriore carente, 

 et hac palea neutra ? floris secundi ?) paleis pallidis acutis apice ciliatis 

 demum induratis semen amplectentibus, stam. 3 antheris flavis locellis 

 parallelis muticis glabris, stylis longis dense barbellatis pallidis. 



Grows among bushes 3-8 feet high, leaves 6-18 inches long, 4-16 

 lines broad — habit much as the two preceding found at Gurhrampiir, 

 November. 



711. — Sorghum giganteum — This is I apprehend rather a variety 

 of S. Halepense than a distinct species. It differs principally in size, 

 the great breadth of the leaves (1 inch) and having 2-pedicelle $ 

 flowers to the sessile $ . 



706. — Pogonatherum tenue — culmis filiformibus ramosis vaginis 

 glabris, ligula membranacea ciliata folio cordato-ovato acuminata 

 ( 1 poll long.) pedunculis elongatis gracilibus spicis conjugatis, rachi 

 articulata pilis albis insequalibus longi ciliatis, articulis 1 -floris, locustis 

 solitareis. Gluma exteriore binervi bi-mucronata nervis hispidulis g. 

 superiore ovata in setam ipsa longiore producta palea inferiore profunde 

 bi-partita laciniis acutis hyalinis cum arista longa tortili e fissura 

 orta, p. superiore hyalina, lodiculis o, stigmatibus plumosis. 



This is a small delicate grass growing among rocks at Gurhrampur, 

 quite distinct from either of the Himalayan species of which I have 

 specimens, it resembles in habit Leptatherum molle. The ciliate 

 rachis at once distinguishes it from Andropogon filiforme, Roxb. 

 which appears to belong likewise to this genus, though the 

 character as given in Endlicher should be slightly altered to admit 

 them. 



