Bracliypodium,] CLXxiii. geamine.e. ^J . B. Hooker.) 363 



BoisK Fl. Orient, v. 657. B. Fontanesianum, Nees Fl. Afr. Awtr. 457. 

 iJ. lontanpsu, Ness in Merh. Ind. Or, Hohenacl. n. 914. B. graciie, Beauv. 



•l\R d' /^' ^^- ^^^"^- ^- I*'- ^- nepaletise, Nees ex Steud. Sifn. Gram. 

 X , scabemmum, TFi(?rA^ & Am. in Wight Cat. n. 1796; Sieud. 

 r^~- ^d.ll. i. 221. Bromus silvaticus, PoUic/i Hist Fl. Palat. i. 118 ; 



p/V''"'f- ^^'^^'■- ^- 17' *• 21 ; Eugl. Bot. t. 729. B. dumosus, Vill. Hist. 

 r" n ^^- "• 119. B. gracilis, Weig. Ohs. 15, t. 1, f. 11. B. pinnatus, 



..! ^^"^ TT ^"^'' -^^««'' )• Fesiuca gracilis, Moench Meth. 191. F. 

 "ivatica, ^wf^s. iP/. ^^^^. ;Ed. I. 38 ; X«a;)^ Gram. Bntt. t. 76 ; Steud. 



fn' ^""""J-.^IS- Triticum sylvaticum, Moench Enuni. PI. Hass. 54; Xunth 

 mT"i ;'• "^^^^ 1"- graciie, Brot. Fl. Lusit. 121. T. scaberritnum, Steud. 

 /qT r.''" ^17- Tragus gracilis, Pa»z. m Denkschr. Al'ad. Muench. (1813) 

 ^!«)—restuca, Wall. Cat. n. 3800. 



Knlfu^^^l^xT ^'MAi-'^YA, alfc. 6-12,000 ft., from Kaslimir to Sikkim. The 

 6000ft w- 1 HiLis, alt. 4-6000 ft., Clarke, &c. Nilghihi HitLS, alt. 



8. Africa *c-— ^eylox, alt. 8000 ft., Walker, &c,— Disteib. Europe, N. Asia, 



flweid fi ~t ^'^" ' '''^.'■y ^'^'^'^er, simple or branched. Leaves J-f in. broad, usually 

 2-6 in' ^^^ ''^""^'°ate ; sheaths more or less hairy ; ligule short, obtuse. Spikes 

 Ms byXl""*^^' "°*^'l'"?' rachis compressed, glabrous, edges ciliolate. Spikelets 

 «nd U'J~ '?'' ^'een, glabrous sparselv hairv cr scaberulous, nerves strong; gl. I 

 "cote acn ■ ^ nerve 1; I subulate, i shorter than II or less; II oblong-lauceolate, 

 '"'o a stenrt'"**^^ °^ shortly awned ; flg. gls. about i in. long, gradually narrowed 

 Tbe char t ^^^''^ "^"' ^""'^''ved ; awn J-i m. Anthers i-i as long as the palea.— 



acters of the following varieties are far from constant. 



Kumao; !n?n"i J*'"'"'"' °°°^- ^- ! ^S- g'- i '«-. ""'"S i'i in.-N.W. Himalaya ; 



Var A .^"'''ousie, alt. 6-9000 ft. 



Var wT-T' ^°"^' *'■ ' <^''^'"s of fl. el. Tilloa^awn up to U in.-Khasia Hills. 

 ""•If asior "' u'^^- ^•' ^**^"^ stouter, b.wer spikelets pedicelled, pedicel of h)we8t 

 ^attii rf T ■ ^P'^i-'lt't or less pubescent, awn about as long as the gl. B. 



''«iTow'er^*r''''-f **''"'^^2/on, ""ok. f. ; stem short 10-18 in. strict, leaves very 

 ""•1 Kuniaon *^^ ^'^^^ ^*=^ closer together, awn = half thegl. or shorter.— Kashmir 



Ws c'(^ ***^"**UM, Beauv. Agrost. 101, t. 19, f. 3 ; rootstock creeping, 

 ^Mw r; -^ .^®' ^Pij^e erect, flg. gls. mucronate. Ledeh. Fl Poss. it. 345 ; 

 ^- Gm,; ?r'''^- ^- 65S; PeicU. Fc. Fl. Germ.t. 16, 17; T. Nees Gen. 

 B- ccesni ; ^^""""i- J- t. 70. B. Barrelieri, Poem. 4* -S'^'^- *V^- "• ^'^l- 

 4u*/;..Y7''9™' "^t?^"* ^ -^^^^ l-c._7Z7;Beirhb. I.e. t.^l7;^i/osJ^ Gram. 



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•^ilatjm" Tin r^,-^- conetrictum, Presl Cvv. & Gram. Sic. 40. B. corni- 

 U iv ?'i.^- -^^- F^<^nc. V. 608. B. rupestre. Poem. & Sch. I. c. 736 ; Host 



J>i. 78. 'jri'r- Broinus gracilis, Xey*. Fl. Hal. 26. B. pinnatus, Lmn. bp. 



if, 

 t 



I. /y . 77>, . Vv -"'""'US gracilis, j^ew.y. r*. ji«(. -ij. oj. p*-"""" > — •- ^ 



Wi ult .'■"''^- ^''*'''- i- t. 22 ; F>>gl. Pot. t. 730. Festnca p.nnata, 

 • 75 r^f.^- 191 ; Hud,. Fl. Angl. Ed. II. i. 48; Knapp. Gram. Bntt. 

 graciie rln^?" bromoides, Weher ex Wigg. Prim. Fl. Hohat. u I. 

 <1838) ' loV ^- -^^- "^- 84. T. macrourum, Turc. in Bull. Soc. ^^t^J^osc. 

 ^nui p?- J- Plioenicioide.s, DC. I. c. vi. 284. T. pinnatnm, Moench 

 f'^oatuf p^""*- ^3 ; Kunth Enum. PI. i. 445, Suppl. 364. t. 35. Tragus 

 Soiliii^ Frod''% ^" I>^nkschr. Acad. Muench. (1813) 256. Avena laeta, 

 J I*. 22. 



, ^WonJ' ' o!- ^°^ ft-. C/ari-^.-DisTBiB. Eastwd. to Europe. N. Asia. _ 

 *'""^t «lahrn„ ^*^'" ^-3 ft-, very slender, n.iked above, smooth. Leaves rigid. 

 ^ ^'°"'- '•"ely fl.at ; ligule ciliate. Spike 1-5 in. ; rachis flattened, smooth. 



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