266 CLXXiii. GRAMINE.E. (J. D. Hooker.) ;■ [Deyeuxia, 



is very minute or absent, but the hairs of the callus are more or less crowded at 

 the base of the palea. - ' 



A. Racliilla bearded or penicillate, 

 Avm of glume III basal or siihhasal. 



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1, D. sylvatica, Kunth Eevis. Gram. i. 77, Enum. PL i. 243, 

 Swppl 188, t. xiv. f. 5 ; tall, leaves long scabrid beneath, panicle contracted 

 at length open, spikelets ^ in., gU I and II subequal ovate-lanceolate, lU 

 rather shorter than I tip shortly lacerate, callus loosely bearded, awn about 

 twice as long as its gl., palea rather shorter than its gl., rachilla shortly 

 bearded. Calamagrostis sylvatica, DG. FL Ft. v. 253 ; Host Gram. Am^r, 

 iv. 28, t. 48; Trin. Gram. Unijl. 223, t. 4; Reichb. Ic, FL Germ. t^\ 

 Ledeb. FL Hoss, iv. 427 ; Boiss. FL Orient v. 526. C. arundinacea, i^or/i. 

 Tent Ft Germ. I 33. C. pyramidalis, Host L c 28, t. 49; Beiclib. U. 

 Arundo sylvatica,'Sc?ira^. J'L Germ. i. 218, t. 4, f. 7. Agrostis arundmacea^ 

 idnn. FL Sp. 61. . . . , , 



. Western Himalaya ; Kunawur, alt. 8000 ft., Thomson; Kashmir, alt. 10-11,000 

 ft:; Duthie, — Distbib. Europe, Reg. Caucas. r = ■ *^ 



S^em 3-5 ft ./from a creeping base. Leaves Vineav, 1-2 ft. by i-^ m., nn^y 

 acuminate; ligule short. Panicle erect or drooping; branches short, ^^^'^"/ 

 Spikelets green or purplish ; gl. I 1-nerved ; II 3-nerved ; awn of IH ^^^^J 

 exserted,— I have seen only two Indian specimens,' which I think belong to i'^ 

 sylvatica, Kunth, one from Thomson, with a very large panicle 16 in. long bas ^ 

 callus hairs scanty, about \ the length of the gl,, the other from Duthic oas 

 shorter panicle, a much shorter rachilla, and the callus hairs are more copious a 

 twice as long. I do not venture upon further citations than are given above, 

 Bynonymy of hoth Deyeuxia and Calamagrostis being in great confusion. 



2. B. elatior, Uooh.fl;, very tall, stout, leaves long, panicle 172- 

 pyramidal brandies' long spreading, spikelets J in., gl. I and II ^.""^^u^g 

 lanceolate acuminate. III rather shorter than il tip truncate ^^*^^?'. ^^^.^r 

 laxly bearded, palea rather shorter than its gl., awn exserted, rachiUa ; 

 short its hairs about half the length of the gl. or longer. Calamagrosu=' 

 scabrescens, var, elatior, Griseb. in Goett Nachr. (1868) 79.— Deyeuxia* 

 No. 7, Herb. Lid. Or. Hf. & 1\ 



Khasia Hills, alt. 5-5500 ft., Griffith, &c. , ;, . ^^^'^^. 



ceous, closely nerved, midrib prominent beneath, erlabrous or hairy beneath; » ^ ^ 



Stem 5-6 ft., as thick as a swan's quill below. Leaves 2-3 ft. by s-f J"" 



hirsute or glabresccnt ; ligule short, scarious. TanicleA-S in, broad when expa ^^^^^ 

 branches scabrid, lower fascicled. Spikelets subscaberulous ; gl. I and II thin, 



size and habit, and the difterent position of the nwu which is subbasal. 



3. B. triaristata, Hoolc.f.; very slender, leaves narrow, P^^^^ 

 flexuous contracted, rachis and branches capillary, spikelets i m- ^^ '^^^ 

 I and II subequal narrowly lanceolate, III | shorter than I ^^^^^^ '^{^n 

 lateral nerves produced into long awns, two intermediate macros, m 

 awn exserted, palea = I its gl., hairs of callus = I gl. III. 



SiKKiM Himalaya ; lu woods, Yeumtong, alt. 12,O0O ft., J. B.H. ^^^ 



