Agrostis.] clxxiii. gramine^. (J. D. Hooker.) 255 



owad. Panicle 2^3 in., lobed, branches very short with densely fastigiate branchlets, 

 m crowded very shortly pedicelled green spikelets.— Described as annual by 

 i^nsebach in Ledeb, Fl, Ross., but as perennial by other authors. 



; L 



,Q.';*' subaristata, Aitch. & Hemsl in Joum. Linn. Soc. xix. (1882), 

 ^«i.ti. .9; leaves scabrid, ligule long, panicle elongate contracted or sub- 

 sraT' 1 ^^^.^^ ^^P^^ scaberulous. spikelets ^ in., gl. I and 11 subequal 



sjabernlous tips aristulate, keels scabrid, III about ^ shorter, tip truncate 



It ' ^^^ *^ ^^ minute, palea nearly as long aa the gl., callus quite 

 glabrous. Boiss, Fl Orient, v. 514, 



Di.t^tI^^/^/^^^''"*^^'' «t Sreenuggur and Nowgunii, alt. 5-6000 ft., Clarke.— 

 •3AHJB. A%hanistan. 



slender"* ^p^ ^.^^^^^^^ , ^^^ rooting below (as in vulgaris) then ascending, stout or 

 ^ettxiAh ^^^^l^ ^"^ "*•) dense- or lax-tid., branches flowering to the base. Spike- 

 tbe S' ^^^^ ^^o^'tly pedicelled. often densely packed. Gl. I and 11 membranous, with 

 Afikhan^^ "^^^^ sometimes produced into a very short awn ; III dorsally awned in 

 4 XMJaa. *P.^^'P^*?^^-^'^PP^r^"tl7 a very distinct species, strongly resembling 

 Xie Aff h^^*^ • ^'' ^^^ awned gl. I and II are found iu no other Indian species, 

 gaan specimena have larger and more scabrid subhispid spikelets. 



»iarroifl,f ^t**^®"^^*"**' -^oo^./. ; tall, very slender, erect, leaves very 

 ^ranches 2^ ^^"^^^ short, panicle as broad as long very lax and open, 

 sr Diorp f^ ^'^^^^ ^^^ branchlets long capillary simple in the lower half 

 Hsubenn 1 t'tt^ sparingly branched and few-fld., spikelets i in., gl. J anrl 

 ksal el ;' A °^^i^ly = 11 stronely 4-nerved tip truncate 2-_ari8tulate, 

 2-HervP^ !u* ^'^^^"^ ^^ry shortly bearded, palea 

 Dj, ^^^^ ^^ ^o»g as the gl. A. Hookeriana, Eerh. Wig) 



St^^r^^^'^^' ^'ff^^ (<^a«- n. 1746, in yart) ; ? Pulney Mts., Wight. 

 ^ty ' in ?°''*'' ^rect from the very base, stiff, leafy up«ards. Leaves flat, 



■^'^tant Uori c^"*^^^ acmninate, Benrly smooth. Panicle 3-4 in., branches in 



P'T'le, tins nf' ^if ^*^^^ smooth. Spikelets groen or purple. Anthers very large, 

 8'- 1 and IT ti, almost beaked.— The Puhiey plant has narrower nioreaciimiiiiite 

 'dentical. its t " ^^'*^ others, and HI is shorter in proportion, but it is otherwise 



' ^""aens are imperfect. Closely resemblei Calamagrostis jpilosula. 



1 and 

 awn 

 1. Ill lanceolate 



I*alea short or 0. 

 ^ ^i- III awned. 



5 A 



'anline veJ'^^*"*' -^*""- ^P- -P^- 62; radical leaves narrow convolute 

 ?"»tracted ir^^fTT' ^'^^^"^ oblong, panicle oblong or ovate spreading in fl. 

 Weolate aTnl ' ^^^^^hes lax-fld., spikelets -,i^-j% in., gl. land II unequal 

 ?'®*^'antoho 1 "'" acuminate, III i shorter tip truncate 4-toothed, awn 

 ';,222; Sntin' P*^^^ ^' callus glabrous, anthers long. iir«w//i Enuw. Fl. 

 ^^■"•t.2l » • z?- ^"«^'-- iv. t. 53; Engl. Bot. t. 1856; Knapp Gram. 

 ^29; Buthi.^"^^-^''- ^'^- «^»-'".t. 33 ; T.Nees Gen. Fl. Genu. Monocot.u 

 ^'""i- V 51 fi -n"'^- ^"^^ ^- J«'^- 29 ; Xerfe?^. Fl Boss. iv. 440 ; Boiss. Fl. 

 ^=^iiDus, V„ ; -^"chodinm caninum, Schrad. Fl Genn. i. 198. Agraulus 



'^l^- ^grost. 5, t. 4, f . 7. 



alt. 9-12,000 ft., Clarle, 

 Clarke (introd. ?).— Distkib, 



^ -^^. -agrost. &, t. 4 f 7 



2*'^''; Lahuf'i^''^^^'^ ""'^ Western Tibet ; Kashmir, 

 o""?- fegion, ^^* ^''J^^BiRi HiiLS, alt. 8000 ft., Clai 



leaves Jj-^V in. broad. Panicle 



r P'*; awn Pr! *:"P'"ary, scaberulous or nearly smooth. Spil-eleis green, pale or 

 ^' *'^s of 30 rp ^'" ! ' geniculate; callus sometimes minutely scabrid.— There are 



^corded synonyms of this plant. 



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