330 CLXXili. GHAMi^VK^. (J. 1). lloolvcr.) [Mrlira. 



micrantlia, Boifs. & TTeldr. var. ina^qualis. Griscb. in Goett, Nadir, (1868) 

 76. M. persica, Kunth Bevis. Gram, i, 351, t. 89, ^Erium. PL i. 375, Snppl 

 ;U1; Ledeb.Fl. Jioss. iv. 39S; Duthiel.r.; GrisehA, c. 76, 77. M. trachy- 

 autha, Boiss. Diagn. Ser, I. vii. 124. 



Wkstekn Himalaya; in tlie drier repjious from Knmaon westwards, aa- 

 7-11,000 ft. Westkkn TinKT,aIt. 8-11,000 ft. — Distrib. Westwards to Spin v.iv] 

 N. Africa. ^ . 



Stems ^IS in., densely tufted, creeping below, very slender. Leaves 2-8 ni.. 

 very narrow, Hat or convolute, and as well as the sboatlis glabrous puberulous o'- 

 tomeutose with spreading or reflexed hairs; ligule o\)long, short, or 0. Panicle 

 2-4 in.; rachis tiliform, smooth; branches very sliort and pedicels scabernlous. 

 Spikeleis more or less secund, i-^ in. long, suberect or spreading, pale straw-colr . 

 or dark purple ; rachilla glabrous, very short slender and geniculate below the tig. 

 gl., stouter and strict beyond ^t, articulate beneath the neuter gls. Ghmes al 

 scaberulous, I ^-J shorter than II, ovate, subacute, 1-3- rarely 5 -nerved ; II lanceo- 

 late, acute, 5-nerved ; flg. gl. about as long as II, clothed with straight hairs nearly 

 as long as itself that spread when dry, 7-uerved ; palea oblong, 2-toothed, scaberunn^* 

 Iceels ciliolate ; lower neuter gls. coriaceous, glabrous scabrid hispidulons or r;iie \ 

 sparsely hairy, usually obliquely clavateand truncate, rarely oblong, strongly npr^e 

 Lodicnles or most minute. Grain fusiform. — A most variable plant, presenting, 

 according to Boissier, eight varieties, and under which are ranged fourteen specie» o 

 hia own and other aiithors. The Indian specimens may be roughly classed unner l 

 very distinct-looking forms, which, but for Boissier's wider experience and authority* 

 I should have been disposed to regard as species; though I find specimens wliicn 

 seem to be intermediate between them. These are, 31. Cupaiii, Guss. ^^whicli inclnues 

 trachifantlia, Boiss.) with stems 12-18 in. iiigh, pale str:tw-colrd. spikelets 4'5 >"' 

 long, with gl. II usually only about ^ longer than I ; and M. persica, Kunth (nicludin^ 

 Jncquemontii, Decnc.), with stems 6-12 in. hij,h, purple (rarely pale ydlowisiu 

 spikelets ^-~\ in. long, and gl. II almost twice as 'long as I. In both the leaves o 

 their sheaths or both, are glabrous or tomentose, and the club-shaped neuter g- 

 from nearly smooth to scubrid. 



2. M. nutans, Lijin, Sp. PL 06; patiicle racemiform very laK, ^V^^' 

 lets 2-fld., gls. I and II cvmbiform very obtuse. III quite glabrous. J^ - 

 I)f'u. t. 9H2; Host Gram. Auslr, ii. 9, t. 10; Gsirtn, Frnct. ii. 5, fc. SO,J.^^> 

 Schreh. Gram. ii. 62, t. 6, f. 2; EngL Bot. t. 1059; Kna^p Gram. I^''lf 

 t. 42 ; Xnufh Enum. PL i. :^76; Car. Ic. t. 175 ; Peirhb. Ic. PL Germ, t.^y 

 Steiul Spi. Gram. 291; T. Xees Gen. PL Germ. Monocot. i. n. GO; X^rf^'- 

 FL Boss. iv. :^99; BoUs. PT Orient v. 568. 



Kashmir, Falconer; at Hirpoor, alt. 8000 ft., Clarice.— Bistrib. Europe, *■ 

 A sin. 



scaberulous. Lodicnles minute, connate. Grain fusiform. 



** Panicle with fipreadinr/ branches; spikeleis not jmnted on > 

 pedirrls; gL J and 1 1 persistent \ neuter gls. forming a small oblong t)0 y* 

 lodiriiles 2, connate, 



X M. scaberrima, i//Wf./ ; branches of panicle elongate opp^^^|*^ 

 alternate or ^-nate, spikelets 3-5-flcI., gls. I and II ovate-lanceolate, J^s^ 

 gls. narrowly lanceolate. Fefttuca scaberrinia, Nees ex Steud. Sy^^- ^ ^i 

 ;U6. Glyceria scaberrima, Steud. l,c.\ Diitlde Grass. K.W. i^'^'* 

 Poa Zizania, Jacquem. mss, A - r-\ 



