238 OLxxiii. GRAMiNEiE. (J. D. Hoolcer.) [AlopecurfL<, 



Perennials, Panicle ovoid a?' ohiong. 



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1. A. blmalalcus, Hook. /. ; upper leaf-aheaths inflated, panicl^ « 

 oblong or subcapitate, spikelets \~i in., gla. I and II lanceolate sub- 

 aristatelj acuminate hirsute with spreading liair^ longer than the spilceiet 

 is broad, III mucli shorter than I and II, awn twice as long as the spikelet 



or more. 



Kashmir and Dras, alb. 10-14,500 ft., Falconer, &c. # 



Stem 6-18 in., suhsolitary, erect from a creeping base, ratlier stout. Leaves 

 3-5 in., erect or spreading, upper shorter lanceolate acuminiite ; upper sheaths 3-5 in., 

 ower appressed ; ligule large, scarious, toothed. Panicle 1-li in., grey -green or 

 purplish. Spikeleta membranous, hairs flaccid; gls. I and I[ connate below, tips 

 dark ; III \ shorter than I or II, obtuse, apiculate.— Mo^t nearly allied to i. V^^' 

 roides, Schur, of Hungary, which is hardly distinguishable from A. hrachystaclxyti, 

 Bieb-, of Siberia ; but the spikelets of ^. himalaicus are much larj^er than in those 

 species, from which its acuuiinate gls. I and II and short III at once dis' 

 tinguish it. 



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Annuals or suhperenniah. Panicle cylindric. 



3. A. arlBtulatus, Michx. FL Bar. Am. i. 43 ; stems slenderjenicj' 

 lately ascending, leaves glaucous, panicle slender, spikelets 'i2"'To 

 oblong, gls. I and JI hyaline obtuse softly ciliate, III ^^'^^^^^^' jg^l 

 mediun-dorsal short, anthers oblong bright yellow, A. fulvns, oni- ^ 

 Pot, t. 1467; FL Dan. t. 1804; Knnth Emtm. PI i. 24; Bcichh. ic. ^^ 

 Germ, i, 49 ; Ledch, Fl, Ross. iv. 464 ; Boiss, Fl, Orient, v. 487 ; ^^^j^tL 

 Gram. i()7, A. geuiculatus, Poll. Hist. PI Pal n. 66; ^""fr^^tl 

 Auslr, ii. t. 32 {nan Linn,). A. paludosus, Beaiiv. ex Mert. & h^o 

 Germ, i. 481. A, subaristatus, PursTi, Fl, Am. Sept. i. 66, ^ 



Western Himalaya; Kashmir, in marshes, alt. &-14,000 ft., Clarice, J>^^ 

 DiSTRiB. Europe, N. Asia, N- America. sbea^^* 



Btem 6-18 in., creeping below, flaccid. Leaves 4r~% in., linear, flat; upper ^^^ 

 somewhat inflated ; ligule elongate. Panicle 1-2 in. by ^^^ in. diam., ^^f^^'^^^iQ^ 

 I and II free or connate at the very base, elliptic, obtuse. —Regarded DJ 

 authors as a variety of A. geniculatus, L, 





Gram. 150. A. altissimua, Schur in (Estr. Bot. Zeitschr. ix. (looJM'j 

 A. elatior, Jacquem. mss. A. muticus, Kar. & Kir. in Bull. Soc. i>«; 

 Mo8c. XV. (1842) 527 ; Steud. I.e. 148. A.tiigrescens. Jacq. Fcloff. (?';''»'•"■ 

 t. 13. A. nigricans, Hornem. Hort. Hafn.l 68; Kuvtli Fniim. F}-]-;^ * 

 A. pratensis, Aitchis. Cat. Panjab PI. 158; DntMe Grass. ^^. Tf. i««^ :"• 

 Fodd. Grass. N. Ind. 46 {non Linn.). A. pratensie, var. ruthenicus, i" : 

 8p. Gram. Ic. t. 45. A . repens, Bieb. Fl. Taur. Cauc. iii. 54. A. ruthenicu. . 

 Wdnm, in Fl. Dan. t. 2881. A. sibiricus, Hort. Find, ex Poem, dc oc(.. 

 Si/st. ii, 271. A. ventricosus, Pers, Syn, i. 80. 



Western Himalaya, alt. 8-12,000 ft, from Kashmir to Garwhal.— D^stbib. 

 Westward to Enrope, N. Asia. .. , J- 



Stem 2-4 ft,, erect, slender. Leaves 6-10 in., acuminate ; upper sheaths ^'^j 

 inflated, 4^6 in. loner; ligule rounded. Panicle 1-3 in. by J-i in. diam., ^^^ 

 soft. Spile elets snhsWky ; gl. I and II lanceolate, acuminate, more or ^^®^ ^i? j|iis 

 at the base or to above it ; III acute, tip scaberulous ; awu subbasal. — I dou 

 being more than a form of A, prattnsiSj L. 



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