^. 



?Mmm.] CLixiii. gramine^. (J. D, Hooker.) 237 



Sfeud ; c. 150. P. nigricans, Willd. ex Trin. in Mem. Acad. Petersh. Ser. 

 Tl. V. U (1840) 123. P. ovatum, Jacquem. mss. 



Temperate aud Subalpine Himalaya, alt. 10-13,000 ft., from Kashmir eastwards, 

 *e' places.— DiSTBiB. Arctic and Alpine regions, Puegia. 



btem solitary, 6-18 in., ascending from a creeping base, smooth, stiff. Leaves 

 norc, spreading ; ligulg short. Panicle i-l^ in., green or purplish; gl. I aud II 

 t in. with the awu. 



?• ^- ^r«narium, Linn. Sp. PI. 60; annual, upper sheaths inflated, 

 panicle cyhpdric or oblong narrowed at the base, gl, I and II lanceolate 

 ™eiy acuminate hardly aw lied keels ciliated above, III very small hairy. 



Lp^; r; V,^^^' ^^^'^^^1' J^num. PI. i. 28; Belckb. Ic. Fl. Germ. t. 50; 

 ™. it Boss. iv. 456 ; 8teud. Syn. Gram. 151 ; Boiss. Fl. Orient, v. 481 ; 



rv/f P . '^"•''''** -P^- 158 ; Duthie Grass. N.W. Ind. 28. P. ramosum, 

 t S«' ^"'''^- "• ^^^- Piialaris arenaria, Widd. Sp. PL i. 328 ; Bnc/l. Bot. 

 Chii"o li ^''^■^ ^^^"^- ^'•iii- t- 4- Orypsis arenaria, Desf. Fl. Atlant. i. 63. 

 ^T"^*^^ ar^^naria, Beauv. Agrost. 37. Achnodon arenarius. Link Enum. 

 -f^ero^. 1. 6o. Achuodonton arenarium, Trin. Diss. i. 166. 



e ANJAB and Western Himalaya; in Kashmir and Kislitwar, ascending to 



Sfm/ fi-^i^^''^^' <fec.— DisTRiB. Westward to the Atlantic, 

 flonrrate X\ ^"'* tufted, fjlabrous, leafy. Leaves flat, sheaths smooth ; lignle 

 J-Mn \l\^l^' Panicle 1-2} by i-§ in., glancous, sometimes lobed. Spikelets 

 ^ar ThlT •' P^^"^"^^^ hesfond gl. Ill ; gls. I and II punctulate; III S-nerved.— 

 foti'ne-nuwr-^^ "*^^^' ^" ^'^^^t. Nachr. (1868) 83. I find no character whereby to 

 S"isQ tins from the common form. 



L**; ^»P«rum, 



! ■. 



^ ■ 



»v 



^^'•IF:"j^7 9q'"^^- ''• ^81; Aitchis. Cat. Panjab PL 158; Duthie Gr 

 n. Anql.'S', 7 ^^^*^^' ^''^- ■^'^- ^ft^ewi. ii. 232. P. paniculutum, Hi 



ass. 

 Huds. 



■ veatnVr^ ^^"""h '^'^"•) 5 ^^^^'^^ ^^*- t. 1077 ; Knap§ Gram. Britt. t. 8. 

 ^«^z Obx -^ ^'^^"c/i Jfe//i. 177. p. viride, ^/Z. Z.c Phalaris aspera, 

 Sort. ii:e»/^' 07^' ^^"^ Gram. Austr. ii. t. 37. Phal. paniculata, Ait. 

 Germ, t 5i' ^' Chilochloa aspera, Beauv. Agrost. 37 ; Beichb. Ic. FL 



Th 



»It.^(X»f/*? Himalaya, Soi/le, &c. Kunawur (Herb. Mimro). Kashmie, 



^tlie Atlantic "''*"*"""'*' *°- '^'^'® ^^^"^ Kangk. iiicAison. -Disthib. Westward 



^■n byi-if„'V. *"fted, stout, rigid. Leaves hroad, margins scabrid. Pantol^ 

 '^^''^^. the 2 !"• '-'^i^'^eZe** green, J,-i in. ; gl. I and II rigid, glabrous or 

 '^^O'branou, i, .l^t'tween thein rounded, 3-nerved, dilated above with gibbous 

 'WAuOT. "^"gins. Ill membranous = | of I and II.-SL-ent of Anthon. 



3 



lateral Jcomn P^^'^nnial grasses. Leaves flat. Spikelets 1-fld., strongly 

 C^^ted on tbp +^^^ • • ^oibricating in a cylindric or oblong spiciform panicle, 

 K^ond si m ^^^7 tip of the very short pedicels, rachiUa not produced 

 ''^^«n connate >> ™«e* 3, I and 11 subcqual, strongly couipressed, keeled, 

 ■^■^^olnte wi+^^ ^^'^ i»argius below; III as long as I and II, hyahne, 

 ^'^- Lodicuh ^^^'^^'^y a basal or median dorsal awn ; palea (in Indian 

 '"^pressed f Stamens 2 or 3. Oarj/ glabrous. Gratn laterally 



' '■ee.— Species about 20, temp, and cold regions. 



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