3-)8 CLXXiii. GRAMiNEiE. (J. D. Hooker.) [Bromus, 0. Stapf. 



Var. rillosus, Mert. & Kocb in Rbhl. Deutscli. Flor. i. 675; spikelets pubef^t 

 to villous lower sheutlis and leaves more or less hairy.— Kashmir and Oiigii. 



y&r.confinh, Stapf; stem l|-2^ ft., leaves hardly ^ in. broad hairy, pamci^ 

 nsnilly rtnliiced to a raceme, spikelets densely pubescent. B. confinis, J>ee» 

 Stewl. Syn. Gram. 320; Duthie I.e. 42. B. pubescens, Jacquem. ms?. o- 

 Muuroi, Jioiss. Fl. Or. v. 643. — Kuuawur and Gilgit. 



2. B. asper, Murraij Prodr. Stirp. Gotting. 42; rootstock sliort 



panicle large, spikelets up to 1^ in., awn of fig- S^s- 1 , 



long as the gl. straight. Host Gram. Austr. i. 6, t. / ; ^ Ji- 



■2; Eeichh. Ic. Fl. Germ. t. 76; Steud. Syn. Gram.J'10\ Leae. 



"-" " • "' Orient, v. 643: Griseb. in Goett. Nachr.\l^^ 



pricmorse, panicle large, 

 nearly as 

 Bof. t. 1172 



64 ; Duthie Grass. N. W. Ind. 42. B. altissimus, Weber in Wigg ^'^■'' 

 Holaat. 9 (non Pursh.). B. dnmetorum, Lamlc. Fl. Fr. iii. 605. -»• giR* 

 tens, Vill. Hist. PL Dauph. ii. 118 (ww Linn.). B. hirsatissimu , 

 CyriJl. ex Roem. 8^ Sch. Syst. ii. 643. B. hirsutus, Gurt. ^^- -^.^"i'/ j' 

 ii. t. 8 {non Schrcxnk.). B. montanus, Sroj). Fl. Cam Ed. II. J- f^'(y,o 

 nemorahs, Huds. Fl. Anal Ed IE. i. 61. B. nemorosus, T^"'- '-j' 17' 



Steud, L c. Festuca asoera. Mert 



F. scaberrima & Wightiana, Steud. Z. c. 316. Schedonorus asper, era _ 

 ex Boem. ^ Sch. /, c. S. Benekeni, Lange in FL Ban. t. 2826. S. ^f J^^'V^; 

 Rosfoup in Kjoeb. Videush MeddeL (186 ^) 119. S. bromoides, ^Tl^l rr 

 in Wight Cat, n. 1795.— Bromus, n. 10 (partim), Herb. Ind, Or. UJ. c.^ ^'^^^^ 



Temperate Himalaya, alt. 6-11,000 ft., from Kaalimir to Sil^kim. ^a^^^ 

 HiLts, alt. 5000 ft., J. D. E, and T. T., Clarke. Nilghiki and ^^^^V 

 Wight ; alt. 7000 ft., CZarfce. —Distrtb. Europe, N. Afr., W. and N- A^>*' .^^te. 



interns 2-6 ft., erect, smooth. Leaves l-\\ ft. by ^-4 in., ""^^{/'^jHous or 

 flaccid, hairy above, beneath and margins scabrid, nerves many; sheaths ^^ 



retrorsely hirsute, upper glabrous; ligule short, obtuse, ciiiolate. -^^^^^^^jjj^te or 

 1 ft., loose, open or contracted, rachis rough or smooth below ; branches ^ '^^ 



scabrid ; 



gl. I \~\ in., linear-lanceolate; II \- nearly ^ in., broader, more ^^^^^ll^\,^,\ ox 

 nearly J in., oblong-lanceolate, keeled below the tip, glabrous pubescent ^m) 



1 ft., loose, open or contracted, rachis rough or smooth below; branches .- 

 lower 3-5-nate and unequal up to 7 in., spreading or deflexed, naked below, 

 lets linear to oblong, green, loosely 7-9.fld. ; gls. rather tirua ; ^^^'j^^'V . 



Imear. Grain ^ in., Imear-oblnng, flat tightly -adherent to the gi. **"" r ^^ ^^^^ed 

 Sikkim, Khasia and some Nilghiri specimens have more acute and strong ^^^^^^ 

 gls. than most of the N.-Western ones; but they are linked by niau} 

 diates, and similar variations occur all over Europe. , 



3. B.hlmalaicus,.S'i'fl'i)/; rootstock very short, panicle ^^^^f^^^jonger 

 to a raceme, spikelets up to 1 in., awn of fig. gl. as long as the gl. o ^ 



recurved. B. asper, & Bromus n. 9 & 10 {partim), Jlerh. Ind. Ur. ^^'^^ 



Tempkrate Himalaya; E. Nepal, Sikkim and W. Bhotan, &c., alt- 8- 

 ft., J. B.H, ^^jove. 



Stems 2-2i ft. Leaves 6-9 by \-i in., finely acuminate, flaccid, nairy ^^^^^ 

 beneath and margins scabrid, many -nerved; sheaths tight, g>»^^^".V 5_7 iOm 

 hairy when young; H^ule short, truncate, usually dark colrd. \^"* ^ ti,© lo'^^^ 

 open or contracted; rachis rough, or smooth below j branches 2-nate, or .pgij 



