276 CLXxiii. GRAMiNEJi. (J. D. Hookex.) [Aven^, 



subsecuud, spikelets 2-fla., gls. I and II 9.ner\red, III and IV thin not 

 scaberulous 2-fid with awned lobes densely hirsute below the middle. 

 Ledeh. FL Boss. iv. 41J; Boiss. Fl. Orient, v. 643; Griseh. inGoett Nachr 

 (1868) 78. A. athenaathera, Presl Gram. & Cyp. Sic 30. A. hirsnta, Both 

 Gatalect. Bot. iii. 19 ; Kunth Enum. PI. i. 302 ; Wchb. Phyt. Ganar. lu. 

 400, t. 247 ; 8tevd. Syn. Gram. 230 ; Roi/le III. Himal PL 417. A. hirtula, 

 Lag. Gen. & Sp^ Nov. 50 ; Kunth I. c. & SuppL 256. 



Western Himalaya; Kumaon, Thomson. — Disteib. Mediterranean region, W. 

 and N, Asia. ^ 



Habit of A. fatua, from which its hairy leaves, &c. distinpruish it.— Tb^ 

 Avenaceous weeds of cultivation have not been much collected in India, where tne 

 above and others no doubt abound. 



Sect. II. Annual, dwarf. Spikelets erect, gl. I 1-nervel, II 3-nerred, 

 top ot fl. gl. 2-aristate. Ovary glabrous, narrow. 



3. A. Cavanillesii, Koch Syn. FL Germ. Ed I. i. 797; leaves flat 

 or convolute, panicle spiciform, spikelets 2-fld. A. Loefflingiana, Caf. iC.i. 

 t. 45, f. 1 : Gaud. AarosL Helcet i. 327 : Balh. Misc. Bot. i. 12 (non Lmn.y 



A. valesiaca, Nym, Syll. Fl. Europ, 414. Trisetum Cavanillesii, 



ex Duthie Grass. N.W. Ind. 31. T. valesiacum, Boiss. ex Nym. Conspecc. 

 bl4. 



British Beluchistan ; at Killa Abdulla, Duihie. Peshawcr, Stewart {«' 

 Du^?iie).— DiSTRiB. Westward to Spain. , . _ 



Stems 4-6 in., densely tufted. Leaves i-1 in., linear, obtuse, sparsely hairj^ 

 rather thick; ligule oblong, hyaline. Panicle 1-2 in., oblong; branches a 

 pt^dicels very short, smooth. Spikelets ^ in., shining, green with parpbsh aff ' 

 2-ad. and with u third imperfect ; rachilla densely villous, hairs longer than ^"^^^^ 

 gl. I and II very unequal, keels smooth ; I lanceolate ; II oblong, acute; ^■^^.'^ | 

 shorter than II, lanceolate, hyaline above and 2-nerved, the nerves ending i"^*^ ^ . 

 awns as long as the gl. ; callus bearded; dorsal awn nearly twice as long as the g.' 

 palea narrowly linear, nerveless. 



Sect, III. Perennial. Spikelets erect. FL gls. &-9-nerved. Ovar^ 

 hirsute. 



4. A. pratensis, Linn. Sp. PI. 80 ; panicle contracted, sP^^^^J^^ 



erose 



the tip. FL Dan. t. 1083 ; Host FL Austr. ii. 38, t. 51 ; EngL Bot. t. ^- J 

 Knapp Gram. BritL t, 91 ; Reichh. Ic. FL Germ. i. t. 99 ; Kunth Ef^^^ 

 i. 300, SuppL 254 ; Steud. Sm. Gram. 231 ; Ledeh. FL Boss, iv. 414;^^ .^ 

 FL Orient, v. 546; Vutkie Grass. N.W. Ltd. 31. A. alpiua, ^'^•, 

 Trans. Linn. Soc. x. (1811) 335; Kunth 1. c. 301 ; GrUeh. in GoetL i^« ^ 

 (1868) 78. A. argfea, Boiss. L c. A. bromoides, Mert 4' Koch in i«^'J% |, 

 Deutsrhl. Ed. III. i. 570. A. secunda, Jarquem. mss. (non ^-^^^^ 

 Heuffelia prseusta & pratensis, Schur Enum. FL Transs. 780. ■»*• 

 tralis, Fourn. in Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, N.S. xvii. (1869) 183. ^ 



Western Himalaya; from Kashmir to Garwhal, alt, 9-15,003 ft.— ^^^^ 



Earope, Asia Minor. 



6^10 



Stems 10-18 in., densely tufted, rather stout, strict, leafy below. Le^}^ ^^j\j 

 hy i-,i in., erect, coriaceous, scaberulous above, margins thickened ; ^"^^^ gi,orti 

 tfjiiootl) ; ligule oblong, iacer ite. Panicle 3-4 in., erect or inclined ; hrBnch ^^ ^ 



1. S^dkeleis \~l in., narrow, ghstening, K 



erect, and pedicels scaberulous 



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