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Alopecurus.] CLXXiri. qramine.e. (J. D. Hooker.) 239 



i- A. g'enlculatus, Linn. Sp. PI. 60; stems erect or geniculate 

 below, leaves not glaucous, spikelets y'^-^ in. oblong, gls. I and 11 connate 

 at or above the base subacute or obtuse hyaline ciliate, III truncate, awn 

 snbbasal, anthers linear orange-yellow. Engl. Bot. t. 1250; Knapp Gram, 

 lint-i. 18; Kuntli Enum. PL i. 24, Suppl. 18, t. 7, f. 1 ; Trin. Sp. Gram. 

 ^ct. 42; Steud.Syn. Gram. 147; Aitr/iis. Cat. Panjah PL 157; Duthie 



(rras 



W. Ind. 25. Fodd. Gra.tx. N. Tnd. 46: Eekth. FL Hi 



^. Austral vii. 555. 



Stend. I. c. U8. PA. diandrus, Griff. Xotul. iii. 11, Ic PL AsiaL t. U2', 

 ••• ^^- Paniceus, O. MueU. in FL Dan. t. 861. A. ramosuB, Poir. JSncycl. 

 ^". ^76 ; Steud. L c. 146.— Alopecurus, Wall Gat. n. i5780 0. 



Temperate and Subtropical Himalaya, alt. 3-7000 ft., from Kashmir to Bliotan. 

 f Assam, Griffith.— Di ST UIB. Most temp, regions. 



^tew* 6-18 m., stout or slender. Leaves |-a in. broad; upper sheaths more or 

 Sd!m f f ' "'^"'^ oblong. Panicle 1-3 iu. by i~l in. diam., greenish-yellow. 

 Jlljf. ..^^^ tban in A. aristulatus, not so membranous; gl. Ill with the 

 l^ncate tip sub-erose. Stamens 2 or 3.— Of Griffith's A. diandrus, there are under 

 in Bh^* """'•'^^^ (Kew distrib. 2693) slender narrow-leaved specimens from Rydang 

 .a„^„ L ,' ^"^i^.bke the western Indian plant, but also a much larger one from the 



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anthers m "^^'^ ^'^'"^ "°^ young sheaths are gkucous, and he figures tlif? 



•pikes rM"^ ^^^ yellow, whi.h are charncters of aristulatus ; but the habit and 

 re those of geniculatus. It may prove to be a distinct species. 



S. A. 



below ^'•f^'®**'*'' ■^'"«"- ^P- F^' J^<i- II- ^9; stem erect or geniculate 

 Wis n? 1 ^ i in. gl. I. and II. connate to or below the midJle obtuse, 

 twicea 1*"°^^ ringed, III narrowly oblong tip truncate, awn eubbasal 

 iii I i.j°°|,^8 the spikelet recurved. FL Dan. t. 697 ; Host Gram. Ausir. 

 ■Pi i '9^ T • ^'- ^^*- ^- 8-i8; Knapp Gram. Brit. t. 16; Kunth Fniim. 

 S08S V Ift?'^- ^P- ^''«»»- 1"-- t- 37 ; Jieichb. Ic. FL Germ. t. 19 ; Ledeb. FL 

 Grass AT it V ^^"'^- '5<'«- Gram. 149; Boiss. FL Orient v. 485; Duthie 



Antral J-' S" ^^' ^^'"^'^- ^'•«««- ^- ^«'^- 46 : Benth. FL Honqh. 407, FL 



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vu. 655. A. myosuroides, liuds. Fl Angl 23. 



Ij^^tE^OO^ot Subtropical HiMA 



~*'*'*'8. alf ^riAA r --^-"f^-"* j-i-^^^iLATA: Kashmir, &c. 

 ^•»ndK A • V ^^*'''^'^- MUNXEPOKE, alt. 3000 ft., Watt.- 



jj^nile oblonff ^°P ^^ ^"^''®' Leaves scaberulous, upper sheaths 

 ^^^icate rati ^^^*^^^ ^-^ >»• by i~i in. diam., pale green. 

 '*^^*^"R. ti^nc t ^ harrow, glubrous except the keels of gl. I and IT ; 



The Panjab. Khasia 



-DiSTEiB. Europe. 





slightly inflated ; 



Spikelets loosely 



gl. Ill narrowly 



Anthers long, narrow.— Possibly 



VVatt describes it as found iu rice-fiolds in Munneporc. 



Gram. 148; stem erect or 



^N middle « t^^^^ding. spikelets J^-a in. obovate, gl. I and II connate to 

 *'P truncatP '^^'^^^ ^^^^^ narrowly winged scabrid, III narrowly oblong, 

 ^..^0.11 cJ^^^^^^^^ ^^^» snbbasal very short or C— A. naviculari?, Ham. 

 'We g °' ^^^ ^-—Alopecurus, Wall Cat L c. A. B. 



^•"'^al, /„ ^f^^^'c Plain; Oude, Hamilton. The Panjab; Lahore, Thomson; 

 - Perl,.' *''5«er»ionf. 



f^* "lacb^/nl^jiy * f°"n of 4. agrestis, which it closely resembles, but the spikelets 

 ^' of the Blum -"'"^ ^'^!'-Y closely imbricate, less contracted at tbe base, and the 



e^ume is not ciiiat 



e. Stamens 3, anthers long 



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