308 CLXxni. OR.oiiNE^E. (J. T). Hooker.) [Ci/nosuru 



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Suppl. 323 ; Evf/1, BoL t. 316; Kncqij^ Gram. Britt t. 64; Beichk Ic K 

 Germ. t. 7; T. Nees Fl. Germ, MonocoL i. n. 96; Beauv. Agrost. 6b; 

 Steiid. Syn, Gram. 299; Ledeh. Fl Ross, iv. 348; Boiss. Fl Orient x. 

 570 ; Dnthie Grass. N.W. Ind. 36. 



Western Himalaya ; Drankar, in Piti, alt. 12-1J,000 ft., Stolizla (introtl?) 



DisTHiB. Europe, As. Min. (introil. elsewhere). 

 Perennial, iitem 1-2 ft., dender, simple, \viry, strict, stoloniferous, nakc't 

 above. Leaves very narrow, slightly hairy ; lisjvUe 2-fid. Fo.nicle 1-3 in,, seun- 

 cylindric, strict, rigid, oblong or linear ; rachis flexuons. Spikelets about ^V in., the 

 outer pectiiiately arranged, forming an involucre to each fascicle ; flg. gluvnes I uii* 

 11 oblong, Pcabrid above, very shortly awned ; neuter gls. rigid, cuspidate, concave, 

 ^ scahrid, pungent— 1 l»ave seen no Indian specimen of this common European gras?. 

 According to Boissier its Eastern limit is the Caucasus. 



102. KOEIiEXtXA, Fers. 



Annual or perennial .tufted grasses. Zear^.y narrow. Spihelets ^^-i- 

 flJ. (iippsrmost flg. sterile), densely crowded in subspiciform patjicle.-s 

 strongly laterally compresried, very sliortly pedicelled ; rachilla i*^^^^^*? 

 between the tl. gls., and produced bej'ond the upf)er. Glumes I andli 

 unequal, empty, persistent, keeled, acute or acuminate ; til. gls. broadl) 

 sciu ions, 3-5-nerved, niucronate acuminate or bifid and shortly awned m 

 the sinus; awn straight scabrid ; piilea hyaliue, 2-toothed. Lodiculf^ -" 

 Stamens 3, Stigmas subsessile, plumose. Grain oblong, laterally com- 

 pressed, free. — Species about 12, of N. temp, regions. 



Sect. I. AiiiocHLOA, LinJc. (Gen.). Perennial. Flg. {flumes entire, not 

 awned. 



1. K. cristata, Pera. Syn. i. 97; leaves short, panicle shining, 

 spikelets 2-4-tid. I 1-nerved, II longest, 1-3 nerved; flg. gls. ^acut^^ 

 or mucronate. Fl. Ban. t. 2223; Kiniih Enum. FL i. 381, hiW: 

 315; Reichh. Ic. Fl Germ. t. 93; T. Nees Gen. Fl Germ. Monocot^- 

 n.64; Steud. Syn. Gram. 292; BulhiG Grass. N.W. Ind. 36, roc(<i. 

 Grass. N. Ind. 61; Aitchis. (Jat. Pay ah Fl. 170; Ledeh. Fl Boss. iv. 

 402; Boiss. FL Orient, v. Ill- Benth. Fl Austral vii. 639. K. g^'^^^f 

 D(J. Cat. Enrt Monsp. p. 117; Ledeh. L c. K. gracilis, Pers.lc. i^- 

 Linkii. Funth Ic. K. lobata, Boem. & Sch. Si/sf. ii. 620. K. nitiJa. 



^iltt. Gen. Am. i. 74. K. valesiaca, Gaud, in Alp'ina iii. 47, -4.7''^'^''* ^•.,, / 

 Aira cristata, Linn. Sp. PL ^yPj ; Engl Bvt. i. ^IS; Knapp Gnim. BrttJ- ■ 

 30. A. glauca, Sjireng. Xaehtr. But. Gart. Halle, \, 10; Fl D(tn. t. i-^^^ 

 Kiinth I.e. i. 381. Airochloa cristata, valesiaca, pubescens, & Sf'^i^ /'' 

 Link Enum.. Ilort. Berol i. 127, 128, ii. 228. Dactylis cristata k lobata, 

 Bkb. Fl Taur. Cauc. \. 67. T). paleacea, Linn. Herb, ex Munro ?^'/'»"''i; 

 Linn. Soc. vi. (1862) 44. Poa cristata, Withering Arr. BriL i\;^]^. 

 Host Gram. Ausfr. ii. 54, t. 75. P. nitida & pyramidata, Xam/- ^ ''f;^^* 

 1. 1H2, 183. Festuca cristata. Vill Hist. PL DaupL ii. 93. F. dactyloiae-. 

 it F. glaucescens, Both. Nov. Sp. 78. 



Temperate and Ali'ink Himat.aya, and Western Tibet; from Kashmir 



Nepal, air. 5-13,000 ft.— Distrib. N. temp regions. , ..,f 



Densely tufted, btoloniferous. Stem 1-3 ft., slender, glabrous or P^^^^'^ ' ^ 

 Leaves narrow, flat or involute, glabrous or the lower ciliate; old ^1'^*^*^"^^^.- 

 lacerate; ligule obscure. Panicle 1-4 in., linear-ohlong or lanceolate ; branches v J 

 short, scabrid; peduncle glahrous or tomcntose. Spil:eltts ^-Im^y shining, gr 



