Eulalia madkotiensis

HABIT Perennial. Culms erect; 30–50 cm long. Leaf-sheaths pubescent. Ligule an eciliate membrane. Leaf-blades filiform; 25–50 cm long; 2 mm wide. Leaf-blade surface pubescent. Leaf-blade apex attenuate.

INFLORESCENCE Inflorescence composed of racemes.

Racemes 5–9; digitate; erect; 5–9 cm long. Rhachis fragile at the nodes. Rhachis internodes linear. Rhachis internode tip transverse.

Spikelets in pairs. Fertile spikelets sessile and pedicelled; 2 in the cluster. Pedicels linear; angular.

FERTILE SPIKELETS Spikelets comprising 1 basal sterile florets; 1 fertile florets; without rhachilla extension. Spikelets elliptic; dorsally compressed; 3.2 mm long; falling entire; deciduous from the base, or with accessory branch structures. Spikelet callus base obtuse; attached transversely.

GLUMES Glumes dissimilar; exceeding apex of florets; firmer than fertile lemma. Lower glume elliptic; 1 length of spikelet; chartaceous; without keels; 2 -veined. Lower glume surface convex; pilose; hairy below. Lower glume hairs 1.5 mm long. Lower glume apex dentate; 2 -fid; awned; 2 -awned. Lower glume awn 7–9 mm long. Upper glume elliptic; 1 length of spikelet; 1-keeled. Upper glume awned; 1 -awned. Upper glume awn 12 mm long.

FLORETS Basal sterile florets barren; without significant palea. Lemma of lower sterile floret lanceolate; 3 mm long; hyaline; ciliate on margins; fringed above; acute. Fertile lemma elliptic; 3 mm long; hyaline; without keel. Lemma apex lobed; 2 -fid; with lobes 1 mm long; awned; 1 -awned. Principal lemma awn from a sinus; geniculate; 25 mm long overall; with twisted column. Column of lemma awn 3 mm long; glabrous. Palea ovate; 2 mm long.

FLOWER Lodicules 2; cuneate; truncate. Anthers 3; 2 mm long.

DISTRIBUTION Asia-tropical: India.

NOTES Andropogoneae. Kandwal et al 2007.

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