159. GRAMINE.E. 401 
SugNsIr: Mt. Miaowansan (Hugh!) Mus. Brit. 
Japan, Himalayas, and generally distributed in alpine and 
Írigid regions. 
1. Avena Delavayi, Hack. in Oest. bot. Zeitschr. lii. (1902) 
p. 189. 
Yunnan: * Mountain pastures of Heechanmen (Lankong) at 
10,000 feet ” (Delavay, fide Hackel). 
I have seen no specimen. 
2. Avena fatua, Linn. Sp. Pl. p. 80; Steud. Syn. Gram. 
p. 230; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 430; Hook. A Arn. Bot. Beechey's 
Voy. p. 274; Thunb. Fl. Jap. p. 54; Mig. in Ann. Mus. Bot. 
Lugd.- Dat. i. p. 279; Franch, § Sav. Enum. Pl. Jap. ii. p. 173 ; 
Hack. in Bull. Herb. Boiss. vii. (1899) p. 703; Hook. f. FL 
Brit. Ind. vii. p. 275. 
Kranesu: Shanghai (Faber, 276!) ; FokikN: Foochow, spon- 
taneous (Gregory, in herb. Hance, 1266 in part!); SZECHUEN : 
Tongolo (Soulié, 249!); Honexona (Hance, 1266 in part’). 
Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. 
Europe, Temperate Asia, North Africa. 
Var. glabrata, Stapf, MS. in herb. Kew; glume fertiles 
glabræ; earum callis breviter et dense hirsutis; rhachis hirsuta. 
Hvurrn : Ichang, wild at side of wheat-fields &c. (A. Henry, 
3474!); Corra: Chemulpo (Carles, 164!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. 
Kew. 
No. 3474 of Henry is referred by Pilger (in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. 
xxix. p. 225) to Avena strigosa, Schreb. 
3. Avena nuda, Linn. Amen. Acad. ii. p. 4015 Steud. Syn. 
Gram. p. 230; Host, Gram. Austr. iu. t. 43. 
Avena nuda, Linn., var. chinensis, Cat. Gor., ex Trin. in Bunge, Enum. 
Pl. Chin. Bor. p. 71, probably belongs here. 
Hurren (A. Henry, 6098 !), cultivated oats, Yenmeh of the 
Chinese, Ichang (4. Henry, 3573!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. 
Cultivated. 
4. Avena pratensis, Linn. Sp. PI. p. 80: Steud. Syn. Gram. 
p. 231; Franchet, Pl. David. i. p. 333; Maxim. Prim. Fl. Amur. 
p. 323; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. vii. p. 276. 
