Phleum. TRIANDR1A DIGYNIA. 313 



Obs. In the foliage this is perfectly like my P. nervosum 

 and p lical urn. 



52. P. monianvm. R. 



Culms erect, smooth, from three to four feet high. Leaves 

 lanceolate, unequally divided by the nerve. Panicle oblong ; 

 ramifications capillary, straight. Corol two-valved. Seed 

 smooth, oval, three-nerved on the back. 



A native of the Circar mountains. 



Root fibrous, from a ligneous perennial head. Culms erect, 

 smooth, of a finn woody texture, as thick as a crow's quill, 

 and three to four feet high. Leaves lanceolate, large, beau- 

 tifully striated lengthways, somewhat hairy, lower margins 

 next the mouths of the sheath ciliate; the nerve divides the 

 leaf unequally, which is an uncommon circumstance in grass- 

 es. Panicle linear, oblong, from twelve to eighteen inches 

 long, composed of straight, sub-erect, capillary ramifications. 

 Flowers small, oval, remote. Calij.r as in the genus. Corol 

 as in the family ; this is one of the few instances of the want 

 of a male or neuter floret. Seed smooth, brown, with three 

 stripes. 



PHLEUM. Schreb.gen. X. 123. 

 Calyx two-valved, sessile, linear, truncated, with a bicus- 

 pid tip. Corol inclosed. 



1. P. crinitum. 



Grows in tufts. Culms ascending. Panicle linear, crowded 

 with innumerable soft, bearded ramifications; both glumes 

 of the calyx awned and ciliate, and the large glume of the 

 corol awned. 



A native of Nepal, and of the northern part of India. 



From the former country it was introduced into the Botanic 

 garden by Dr. Buchanan ; and from the latter by Col. Hard- 

 wicke. 



