Dey^uxla.] CLxJciil. graMine^. (J. t). Hooker.) 269 



land II l-nerved; III glabrous, nerves faint; hairs of callus longest under the 



paiea.— Eesembles Agrostis alba, from which the long callus hairs at ouce distinguish 

 it, 



B. Bachilla minute, glabrous ; callus hairs very short. 



\^- Ji' Trentlerl, Siapf in JTook. Ic. Plant t 2396; tall, slender, 

 J>amcle elongate lax-fld., spikelets yV-rV ^^-f gl- I and 11 very unequal 

 lanceolate subacute scaberuloua, III longer than II coriaceous obtuse 



apQ fulfill ^•,- T_ % 1 -*^*»T1 iv<1*i» 



scaberulous, palea as long as the gl., rachilla very small styliform, 

 callus minutely hairy. Milium Treutleri, 0. Kuntze Rev. Gen. Plant 780 



\jtarhn). 



SiKKiM Himalaya, alt. 7-12,000 ft., in woods. J. D. JJ., Treutler, Clarke. 



iitm 2^4 ft., leafy nearly to the top. Leaves 8-10 by i'i in., linear -lanceolate, 

 j ™|°^**» flaccid, scaberuloua beneath; ligule oblong. Panicle ovate, flaccid, at 

 ength rigid, scaberulous ; branches in distant whorls. Spikelets narrowly ovoid, pale ; 

 f/'^^^^^^-^anceolate, acute, 1-nerved ; II longer, subacute, 1 -nerved ; III longer 

 la^" 11 *^^^^'^*^ compressed, keeled ; palea about as long as the gh Grain oblong, 

 wrally compressed, tightly wrapped in the gl. and palea.— A very anomalous species. 



Tribe VII. Avene^. (See p. 6.) 

 76. ERZACKNEi Br. 



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few 9^0^ ^®^^«^y ttifted grasses. Leaves filiform, convolute. Spikelets 

 imn'+i : ^y^ ^- perfect), not jointed on their long pedicels ; rachilla 

 S .-^^^ ^^^^' "o*^ produced beyond gl. IV. Glumes 4, I and II 

 (,.':•• ^^bequal, persistent, keeled, many-nerved; III and IV subeqnal, 

 oj J°^.' f length rigid, awned or not ; palea rigidly coriaceous, 2-cuspida^ 

 8t2?t ' °®'''®^ obscure. Lodicules 2, oblong, truncate. Stamens 2-3. 

 Srw.;! l^' ^^'Pmas plnmose. Grain free within the rigid gl. and palea.— 



and 2 Asiatic. 



knc^W *'*?®ta> Nees ex Steud. Syn. Gram. 237 ; gl. I and II linear- 

 fl ^^^% ill and JV long-awned. palea long-awned. Trim. Cat Ceyl. 

 fi W s-o**^" ^^^- ^^«»^- 237. Megalachne zeylanica, Thwaites Enuvi. 



^'l^i^i'^o^i.' ^^'■&»'. Grijlth, Heifer. CEYtox ; Colombo, Thwa!tes. 

 •W r;i;=;''^^^-'^'^"^«'"' erect, branched below. Leaves 3-iierved; ligule very 

 •nd II nh • ^'*'""'=^« 2-4 in. Spikelets with the awns ^ in. long, purple; gl. i 



aoanstate, glabrous ; III and IV" narrow, silky ; callus long. 



in TV ' P^llescens, Br. Prodr. 184 ; si T and II ovate acuminate, 

 GroMAo^""^ palea bicuspidate. Kunth Enum. PL i. 310; Steud. Syn. 

 ^r. ij"^^; S^jfA. Fl. Austral vii. 630. E. chinensis, Hancem Ann 

 K.Hoakl • !iV ^^' ^^- (1861) 228, in Joum. Linn. Soc xui. (18^3) 136. 



^"mrR?""' -^^ ^- -^^ * T. T. Pahanq. i?/JZ^y. Nicobab Islds.. Kurz. 



StemloT' ^r^"'''"' ^^»"n»' Australia. , ,, ., . ., 



*"* the «» , -^'"^"«* plHbrous or slightly hairy. Panicle very lax. bpikelets 

 ^nio^V^f ^ '"•' el- I and II Blightly'hairv f III and IV narrow -H -l^a 

 ^^ Z ^""^ •''■ III 'ind IV about = the gl., of palea very short.- 

 '^'"tridi/ '^ "** *'»<^'''e' but in the Indian specimens they terminate i 



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