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rhachis and joints glabrous. Spikelets £ in., solitary, without the 
stalk of a second. Stamens 3 ; anthers nearly as long as the 
flowering glume. Awn minute, included, sometimes wanting. 
W. Himalaya, 2000-6000 ft. — China. 
A specimen from Bussahar in the Kew Herbarium has a stem 3 ft. long, 
bearing several spikes in the axils of the upper leaves in addition to the 
terminal spike. 
3. Arthraxon ciliaris, Beauv . ; FI. Br. Ind. vii. 145. Stems 
6-12 in., glabrous throughout. Leaves ovate or lanceolate, about 
1 in.; margins and sheaths fringed. Spikes 2 or 3, rarely more, 
in., usually tinged with purple ; rhachis glabrous or nearly so, 
joints minutely fringed. Spikelets } in., with the stalk of a second 
rarely bearing rudimentary glumes. Nerves of the lowest empty 
glume minutely prickly. Stamens 2, rarely 3 ; anthers less than 
half the length of the flowering glume. 
Simla. — Hilly districts throughout India, ascending to 5500 ft. 
The Simla plant is var. muriculatus of the FI. Br. Ind., very closely 
allied to A. microphyllus. 
4. Arthraxon microphyllus, Hochst . ; FI. Br. Ind. vii. 147. 
Stems 6-12 in., hairy just below the inflorescence. Leaves 
oblong-lanceolate, about 1 in., acute. Spikes 2-8, often tinged 
with purple, -g-f in- j rhachis and joints hairy. Spikelets T V in., 
with the stalk of a second spikelet usually bearing rudimentary 
glumes. Nerves of the lowest empty glume rough but not prickly. 
Stamens 2, rarely 3 ; anthers less than half the length of the 
flowering glume. 
Simla. — Temperate Himalaya, 4000-5000 ft.— Burmah, China, Africa. 
17. APLUBA. A name used by Pliny for a small, slender 
grass. — Tropical Asia, Pacific Islands. 
Apluda aristata, Hack . ; FI. Br. Ind. vii. 150, under A. varia. 
Perennial ; stems solid, leafy, branched, 1-5 ft., decumbent near 
the base, bent at the joints. Leaves flat, rough, narrow, 4-18 in., 
finely pointed, the sheaths of those on the panicle dilated, spathe- 
like, the blade being often much reduced. Ligule short, rounded. 
Spikelets in numerous, short, sheathed spikes terminal on the 
branches of a long, leafy panicle and containing 3 spikelets, one 
sessile, the second rudimentary, the third stalked. Each spike 
about J in., enclosed within a rather shorter, narrowly ovoid, 
pointed bract and borne on the dilated extremity of a slender, 
glabrous stalk. Sessile spikelet 2-flowered, about l in. ; glumes 
nearly equal, transparent ; empty glumes 2, the lower oblong- 
lanceolate, obtuse, the upper dilated, tip bifid ; flowering glumes 
2, the lower containing a male flower, the upper the shortest, 
deeply bifid, long-awned, containing a 2-sexual flower. Rudiment- 
ary spikelet consisting of a single, nearly sessile, oblong-lanceolate 
glume. Stalked spikelet 1 -flowered ; stalk flattened ; empty glumes 
