^Sropyron.] ^ .', cLxxiir. graminej;. (J. D. Hooker.) 371 



ipparentlj from the same plant, a specuuen with scaberulous leaves and sheaths, 

 ova.e-Jaaceolate acuminate shortly awned 3-5-nerved empty gis. and fewer 



Puta acuminate shortly awnedflg. gl3. 



Var. ?elatum, Hook. f. ; stem 3-4 ft. stout, leaves l In. broad, empty gl. i- J in. 



B 7 n **^!^ fl °^^^^^*^^ acuminate shortly awned entire or notched on one side 

 o-/-Derved, fl. gig. narrowed into a short awn.— Kashmir ; Dras, alt. 12-13,000 ft., 

 onwon.--Ferhaps this had better be referred to semicostattm or striahtm. It 

 ^ placed m repens by Munro. 



130. KOXIDEUIII, Lvvi. 



2-W^ ?^i^}ia], rarely perennial grasses. Leaves flat. Spikelets 1-fld., 



laWni fi*^ *. ^lollows or at the nodes of a simple cylindric spike, the 

 mlln A , imperfect; rachilla iointed at the base of the fl. gl. and 

 eZ? ^ '^ ^'^^ sometimes an imperfect gl. Glumes I and II 



otten"/^Ti.°'^'''*"^' "S^^' persistent, the outer of each cluster of spikelets 

 »bovP r^^ /^^^°^^'^"g an involucre; III dorsally rounded, 5-nerred 

 2, ciliaf ^'"'^o^ ^°*^ ^° ^""ect or recurved awn ; palea 2-keeIed. Lodiaihs 

 Bsual V -IT '^^'^"^^'^s 3. Styles very short. Grain grooved in front, tip 

 of tPmL^ . ^' a*ilierent td the palea or free.— Species about 12, natives 

 'emperate regions. 



* Annuals. 

 aW] ^"d*^^^^' -^'""- SP' PI- 84; spikelets 2-6-ranked. fl. gl- long- 



^''^Oe.'^T-/^'''''*- ll'^' t. 21, f. 1 ; Host Gram. Austr. iii. 23. t. 34; T. 



Om> Nw r^.^*'^- ^^""('^ot. i.n. 83; Steud. Sj/n. Gram. 357; DidJue 

 ^r<u '±^i V "f '^^' ^''dd. Grass. N. Ind. 69, t. F. f. 32 ; Neea Agrost 

 f^eriiT ur ^- ^"'- "• 3789 ; Hack, in Engl, ct Franil Pflanzenfam. u. 80 ; 

 U08 TT '"^ ^^^dh. der Getreideh. ii. GOO. H. sativum, r«-.y. >S>«. 



Var '\l^^?' f.^?^^ '" ^- Indta iind up to 13,000 ft. in the Himalaya. 

 *fWz/»! e*"^""' ^'tcbi.s. Cat. Panjab. PJ. 171; spikelets G-ruaked, H. iiex.i- 



'^'»A. Cal r'- ^„2*' *• 35 ; Orenn. Carp. ii. 10, t. si, f. 3; iZo.J. I'L J. cJ . . 358 ; 

 ^*5; Steud T ^^- 23^' -D^^^- ^t Gibs. Bomb. Fl. Snppl. DG ; .Teesi(7»-oif. ^m-^. 



I3«rw1'''* '. 'P'^^^''*^^« 2-ra«ked. H. .lisliebon, Linn. I. c. 85 ;//o.sf Z. c. 3.5, 



^'''•- Aaro'Jf, I ^''' ^^^'^'^- 5''««- ^''^i.- Ste.d. I.e. 351. Zeocnton d.sticu.n, 



^*<iinto „Tw' A'^'-^''-'- Cat. Punjab PI. 171 ; spikelets E-ranked gl. Ht pro- 

 ^'' ^ll.Bot Tv'^ ,^-^"^ appen.lngo uith tbe lateral lobes deflexcd. ^"- Aepceras, 



am. Koerv. (y ntm. i. >-. ■• -•-> -• » 

 y 4'""° ^egiceras, £. ile7"lnd"Sem" Hort. Eegiom. 1848. 5; *» ^«h. •^'^• 

 "'aU ! ^^^- =ti (IBW^ o-o -';. ^1 ns-.n 195 Triticutu 1 ordeiforme, 



■^'^td. Nomencl. Ed. II. ii. 716.— Thibet Barley, //oo*. LoncC. Jomn. 



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