Andrqpoffon."] CLXXIII. GRAMINEJE. (J. D. Hooker.) 207 



beneath, branches of panicle few, spathes and spikes densely fascicled red-brown 

 when dry, proper spathes about f in. very narrow, sessile spikelets as in A. Nardus 

 proper, of which this is a small state with highly coloured spathes. A. coloratus, 

 Nees eso Wight Cat. n. 1703. Wall. Cat. n. 8794 B (in part).S. India, Heyne, 

 Wight. 



Var. flexuosus, Hack. I.e. 603; stem slender, panicle decompound, branches very- 

 slender flexuous almost zigzag, proper spathes about in. narrow divergent, spikes 

 very short with 2-4 pairs of spikelets, joints and peduncles slender laxly ciliate 

 with spreading hairs, sessile spikelets -f- in. lanceolate, gl. I acuminate 2-cuspi- 

 dnte dorsally flat nerveless keels margined scabrid, gl. IV ciliate, awn short. A. 

 flexuosus, Nees ex Wight Cat. n. 1704; Steud. I.e. 388. Southern India, Heyne, 

 Wight. 



Var. microstachys, Hook. f. ; tall, very slender, leaves narrow, panicle very long 

 slender erect bearing few distant solitary or subsolitary erect filiform branches 

 with one or few very small deflexed spikes, sheaths very narrow tubular erect 

 \-\ in., spikes i- in., joints 2-3, pedicels rather stout shortly ciliate, spikelets - 

 in. ovate-oblong or -lanceolate, gi. I dorsally flat or concave below the middle, 

 keels margined or winged nerves obscure or 0, IV very narrow lobes ciliate. Forests 

 of Oudh, Thompson. Garo Hills, Mann. A very distinct-looking plant, from the 

 long erect lower branches and narrow sheaths of the very long slender panicle, short 

 spikes and small spikelets. In the Oudh specimen gl. I is rather broadly winged, 

 and awn short; in the Garo one gl. I is scarcely margined and the awn in. long. 

 In some respects it approaches 74, A. tnicrotheca. 



Var. exsertus, Hack. 1. c. 608 ; stem not tall slender, leaves very long and 

 narrow, panicle elongate very narrow, branches short distant, spikes few subsolitary 

 long-peduncled, proper spathes about 1 in., spikes -1 in., joints 5-6 and pedicels 

 rather slender shortly villous, sessile spikelets y in. ovate or oblong 2-toothed dorsally 

 flat or slightly concave 1-2-nerved keels margined or shortly winged, IV eciliate 

 awned. A. Schoenanthus, Wall. Cat. n. 8794 M. Hort. Bot. Calc., Wallich. 

 Bengal, Griffith (Kew distrib. n. 6763, probably Hort. Calc.). Probably a form, of 

 A. Nardus altered by culture. 



Var. ktrachet/i, Hook. f. ; tall, slender, leaves long narrow, panicle strict erect 

 very narrow lax-fld., branches short with few spikes, proper spathes about f in. 

 cymbiform, spikes -1 in. brown, joints 6-8 and pedicels subclavate shortly ciliate, 

 spikelets - in. lanceolate or linear-lanceolate, gl. I bicuspidate, dorsally flat or 

 more or less hollowed nerveless keels hardly margined, IV broad lobes elongate strongly 

 ciliate, awn in. A. Martini, Herb. Strach. 8f Winterb. n. 2. Kumaon, at 

 Kalenath, alt. 6000 ft., Sir. 8f W. Kunawur, Pangi, Stolizka. 



73. A. distans, Nees ex Steud. Syn. Gram. 387 ; rootstock 0, roots 

 fibrous, stem 1-2 ft., leaves almost filiform flexuous, proper spathes -1 in., 

 spikes 1-1| i n - solitary or few together scattered forming a subsimple 

 panicle, joints and pedicels narrowly clavate silkily ciliate, sessile spikeleta 

 -5 in. narrowly lanceolate dorsally flat 5-7-nerved between the narrowly 

 winged keels, keels of II winged above the middle, lobes of IV ciliate. 

 Duthie Grass. N.W. Ind. 19. A^ Nardus var. distans, Hack. Monogr. 

 Androp. 608. 



TEMPERATE HIMALAYA, alt. 4-7000 ft. (to 9000 ft. in Garwhal, Duthie), from 

 Kashmir to Kumaon, Royle, &c. 



A very distinct odoriferous form or species, confined to elevations above 4000 ft. 

 on the Himalaya, conspicuous for its almost simple (not paniculately branched) 

 stems, leaves very narrow and tufted at their bases, distant large pale or reddish 

 long deflexed spikes and very narrow long spikelets with strong nerves on gl. I of 

 the sessile, tips of gl. I of the sessile spikelets more or less, sometimes deeply 

 ^cuspidate, margins of gl. II pubescent, IV broader than in A. Nardus pro- 



