hmiselum.] clxxiii. gramixe^e. (J. D. Hooker.) 85 



contracted, mouth of the often ciliate sheath bearded. Spikes 2-6 in., rather slender, 

 ry pale, often flexuous ; involucels subsessile ; bristles nearly straight or flexuous, 

 one Often very much the longest, all free to the base. 



compressum 



JP Q^ J?o^ or^less villous, spikelets i in. solitary lanceolate, gl. I minute 

 '. ~- a~a III ovate-lanceolate acute or obtuse 1-nerved, III ovate 

 ? n'oom® ^~^'°^^^®*^ epaleate, IV = III 5-nerved. Schrad. in Unnaa, 

 iMl«d8;431; Benth. Fl. Austral, vii. 495; Steud. Svn. Gram. 102. P. 



, . .- - .. „„„.,^.. vii. 495; Steud. Syn. Gram. 102. _. 



aiopecuroides, Spreng. Syst. i. 303 {in part). P. chinense, Steud. Z.c.108. 

 p ^Dosuroidea, Wall. Cat. n. 8653. P. hordeiforme, Spreng. Syst. i. 302. 

 r.nigncans, Trin. ex Steud. Norn. Ed. II. ii. 297, Syn. Oram. 103. P. 

 japonicam, Tnn. in Spreng. Neue Entdeck. ii. 76, Diss. li. 63, Pan. Gen. 88, 

 iir^^'^'lr' *• -^^ ' ^^«'^^A- ^i Savat. Enum. PL Jap. ii. 164. Penicillaria 

 103 ^p' * ^^ Steud. I. c. Gymnothrix compressa, Brongn. Voy. Coq. Bot. 

 IA«. ?.eQchroidea, Roem. & Sch. i. 499 (in part). G. hordeiformis, Nees in 

 c^n, p' ^"-(1832) 276. G. japonica, Knnth Enum. PI. i. 158. G. nigri- 

 Pan r\^^' H^>^fc. i. 31'5. G. purpurascens, Sw. ex Trin. Diss. ii. 64, 

 tornn, ■ ^- ^ ^enchrus hordeiformis, Thunb. Frodr. PL Gap. 24. C. 

 pressa r °''/^"''^- '"'^ ^^«^»- ^"»^- '^'o'^- ii- (1^94) 329. Setaria com- 

 Linn\ r.K^'^'"^^- (^ram. 46, Enum.. i. 150. Panicum alopecuroides, 

 '• «?• PI. 55. P. flri9+,i^r.s^oa ITA77,/ ^y '^r.^pnn Rust. 1. 31)2. Pan. 



Rort 



Pan. hordeiformp, 



Bp. P/" 6A_i'- ^^' ^- ^.(e.cc;. cit. Afr.). ? Alopecurus hordeiformis, Lmn. 



60. — lTVmTir^+kv.;„ rrr 



WalLich: S>inn HlUa nlh 4.000 ft.. JfaH'ierJ.—DlSTBIB. 



sely tufted. Leaves 12-18 in., very narrow, con- 



PerenT?'. '^°"'''"' ^"^tralia. 



'°W silvV ^-n" ^~^ ^*-' Jt-usely tutted, i^caws llJ-ia m-. verjr uai.«.., 



SptW2-4 ^ " "^ towards the base ; sheath glabrous or ciliate ; liffule obscure, 

 '•ristles fZ "• ' P'^^'Plisli in Indian specimens; involucels pedialled, pedicels villous; 

 *" free at tkrk^ unequal, one or two much longer than the rest and an inch long, 

 ^'■"D. iCenrhl '^^*^--T"nius refers to P. compressum, the Alopecurus hordeiformis, 

 *PPear to mn?\ '"■'^"^'''■'»**. Thunb., Gymnothrix cencAroides, R. & S.), which 



">« to be more probably P. Alop 



'ecurus. 



«oud; 1*!^?*°.^«'",» I^'^i^e Fl. ^gypt 



""ually ani.-i. 1 ^'Kiu, peduncle and racms giaoroua, Bpus-oici-o 3 x^. 

 ^^ == IIT 1 ""^ lanceolate, gl. I = § HI ovate-lanoeolate acuminate, 

 l^^ JHssT'^pa^^^^ acuminate 5-7-nerved, HE = IV both 5-nerved. 

 ^'^'"^- sL n ' ^''''- ^^«- y4; iTzi^^A i:.^^. PI. i- 161, ^'w^i'Z- 110; 



?«»'. ii. 147 . Ar ' . '^''^ ^'•«s«- -^-W^- J'l^- 1^- P- phalaroides, *Sc-/aiW. 

 E"'- Gnf i: ^f s ^i7'-08i?. £ra*. 283. Gymnothrix longiglumis. Munroin 

 ^}i Dall si f^l- ""l ina^ne). Cenchrua ramosissimus, Poir. E>o 

 ^'"<»i.20 p„ • *• *'''^*- Fl. 294. Phalaris selacea, Forsk. J^L 



Panjab , ^"^^"^ dichotomum, P^orsk. I. c. ; Steud. I. c. 105. 

 ?f. G^fzuEA? !Ilf ^•^^- Provinces (fid. Dufhie). Pbshawcb, ^/^uAuo^. Sind 



Africa. ' on Band hills, -S^oc/ts.— D18TEIB. Affghan. and westwards to N. 



i^'^^^tersompwrf ""?''' P^l^' the longer nearly twice as long as the spikekt, 

 ' ^^"i'^b or ZZ^'^ PJ""^««^- all free at the base.-I have seen uo specimens from 



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