Arigtida.] clxxiii. qbaminb^. (J. D. Hooker.) 227 



Hist 



A. stipacea, Ehrenb. & Hempr. ex Trin. & Bupr. I. c. Chaetaria murina, 

 Aeesex Trin. ^- Eupr. I. c. 160. C. murina, /?. villosa, Nees ex Wight Cat. 

 5; 1736. C. Koyleana, IVees ex Steud. Sun. Gram. 143. Arthratherum 

 Kotschyi, Eochst. ex Trin. I. c— Aristida, Wall. Cat. n. 3787. 



Plains of the Panjab from the Sutlej westward. Rajfootana, and from the 

 toxcAN southward.— DiSTBiB. Beluchistan, Arabia, Trop. Africa. 



litems many, geniculately ascending, 10 in.-2 ft. Leaves very slender, flat or 



convoiute, base ciliate with long hairs. Fanide 4-10 in., branches erect capillary. 



optieJets variable in length, pale; gl. I rather shorter than II, keels scaberulous ; 



I smooth, callus sparsely bearded or naked; column of awn very slender, minutely 



Maberulous, twisted, branches straight capillary. 



Var. Moyleana, leaves eciliate, spikelets smaller, on more distant spreading 



exnous branches, gl. I \ in. or less, column of awn i-i in., branches more nnequal, 



oDgest « m —A. Royleana, Trin. S( Rupr. I. c. 160 ; Steud. I. e. 143. Chaetavia 



Vhu' ^ ^'^ Steud. I. c. Arthratherum lloyleaimm, Edgew. ex Aitchis. I. c. 



-»ne i-anjab, Kangra, alt. 3000 ft., Clarke. 



"• ^ Sioc-ksii; gl. 1 = 4 II._Concan? lfer&. Stocks. 



TerJ" i"^" ^y^*r*cula, IJdgew. in Joiirn. Linn. Soc. vi. (1862) 208 ; dwarf, 

 the ^ ^^I!' ^'"^ in. high, panicle very small narrow much shorter than 

 cfln*^°^'/ ■'■ ^^^ II i ^^- subequal or I shorter aristately acuminate, 

 P„^\ ?,, ^"^^ i ill- twisted, branches subequal i-| in. Aitchis. Cat. 



a«;a6PJ. 164; Dut/ae Grass. N.W. Ind. 26, Fodd. Grass. N. Ind. 47. 



• "inicalata, Boiaa. Fl. Orient, v. 493 (the Beluchist plant only). 



BeluchlsU*^^^^ ' ^^"^'^^"> •^'^.S'ewortA. Scind ; near Kurrachee, S/ocfo.— Distrib. 



•iibulatl"*'' ^1*"'* ^'^""y ™*"y ^""^"i the root, ^-1 in., densely crowded. Leaves 

 '>'^nchp J""^"' convolute, acuminate, glabrous. Panicle without the awns ^-1 ui.; 

 Hi mimf , *^' ^^^^t^- Spikelets erect; gls. I and II very narrow; callus of 

 eitremet •f^^^'"°"^' column of awn capillary, twisted, smooth, branches of 



tenuity. 



E-f 



iHorti 



twisted T^'^®^ about ^ in. long, II deciduous, column of awn capillary 

 ^f. &T • °°^es or very short. A. depressa, Eetz. Herb. Ind. Or. 

 Sitt cL'"-^'"'^- Stipa aristoides, /S^aB/ea!/i*?)off i« /oztm. Bomb. Naf. 

 «• ^oc. vu. (1892) 358. 



''«»Tiuf"p^^^®*'^' Burdwan, Clarke. The CoNCAX, Central India, and the 



AnnoVT/''^''*' ^''"'^^s. -^«'''. &C.-DI6TE1B. S. Persia. , , . , 



P^oliferonli" , ^'"* ^ '"--2 ft., rather stout or slender, densely tufted, simple, or 

 "■^''te wia^ "'■''"ched in robust specimens. Leaves 4-8 in., very sh^nder, convolute, 

 ^'^nehes nllu ^ v'^"^'"' "' t^'^ base. Panicle 6-12 in., rachis slender smooth; 

 ""« or few «n!t ^ '°''^^' capillary, flexuous, smooth, erect or spread mg. each with 

 *^'«™n of ,Tn ^'*- Spikelets on short or long capillary pedicels, green or purplish ; 

 ^'""ne from f? ^'"'^"^I'y dilating below, 3-nerved, convolute and passing int.. the 

 joint, ^"® ^°V of which it separates readily but without an indication of the 



Sect, in Q.„, 



10 A ^^^*^'^°STis. Aicn feathery. 



''"y 8lende?*'**?^.^»*^a, Sleud. Nom. Ed. II. ii. 231, Si/n. Gram 144 ; 

 f^'^^Iniien;^f^TTj^ narrow strict or flexuous, branches very short, gl. 1 

 T^ral mnl I' ^11 mnriculate, awn capillary plumose middle branch I5 m. 

 ^- W«^ o " "^J^^'i of extreme tenuity. Trin. & Bupr. m Mem. 



*°- -^er. VI. V. (1812) 171; Aitchis. Cat. Panjab Fl. 1,64; 



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