182 Catalogue of plants found in the Banda district. [No. 2. 



715. — Andropogon echinatum — Culmis tenuibus ramosis geni- 

 culates glabris nodis pubescentibus vaginis brevibus ore barbatis, ligula 

 ciliata lacera foliis lanceolatis acutis utrinque molliter pubescentibus 

 pilis basi tumidis ciliatis nee serrulatis, spicis conjugatis secundis 

 pedunculis longis pubescentibus, spiculis geminis alternantibus una in 

 racbi erosEi pubescenti sessili altera pedicellata locusta sessilis gluma 

 exteriore coriacea ovato-lanceolata acuta raargine inflexa exteriore pecti- 

 nato-serrata, dorso nervis 3-5 echinatis, gl. interiore tenuiore sub-hya- 

 lina 3 nervi, carina ciliata bifida lobis acutis, floris g paleis 2, exteriore 

 oblonga obtusa hyalina, p. interiore in aristam geniculatam tortilem 

 producto nee basi hyalino nee ciliata, lodiculis obcuneato-truncatis 

 tenuibus, stam. 3 anth. fulvis, stigmatibus elongatis fulvis. 



Fl. neutri, p. tris longioribus, 2-vel una carente in gluma superiore 

 inclusis, acutis. 



Locustae alterius pedicello compresso ciliato gl. inferiore acut& 5- 

 nervi, nervis adpresse ciliatis nee echinatis, gl. sup. tenuiore 3-nervi 

 marginibus involutis fl. $ pal. sup. acutiuscula, inf. acuminata, 

 stam. 3. 



Grows among rocks — Jharal — Budhgarh, &c. 



This approaches very near And. lanceolatus — but is easily distin- 

 guished by the echinate back. It will probably form another species 

 of Bathratherum, but the generic character as given in Endlicher 

 (sup. p. 1354) must be altered to admit it. 



722. — I am not satisfied which — this or No. 721, — is the true A. 

 Ischcemes of Roxb. 



727 — This is the most valuable grass in Bundelkund, I am unable to 

 refer it to any of Roxb. species — and unfortunately have by some 

 oversight omitted to preserve specimens of it. 



727. — Anthistivia cimicina — Culmis erectis glabris nodis annulo 

 piloso cinctis vaginis acute carinatis carina papillosa, ligula pilosa foliis 

 longiusculis acuminatis glabris scabris margine basim versus integris 

 vel papulosis apicem versus serrulatis, foliis floralibus gradatim minori- 

 bus magisque papulosis vaginis margine longe ciliatis, paniculis ramosis 

 foliaceis, plus minus nutantibus, pedunculis axillaribus squamis hyalinis 

 circumdatis, racemosis papillosis, involucri acuto cymbiformi margine 

 membranacea carina papillosa. 



Locustia 7-quorum 4 verticellatis $ pedicellatis involucrantibus 



