Phi ('.urn."] CLXXIII. GRAMiNE-ffi. (J. D. Hooker.) 237 



Steud. 1. c. 150. P. nigricans, Willd. ex Triii. in Mem. Acad. Petersb. Ser. 

 VI. v. II (1840) 123. P. ovatum, Jacquem. mss. 



Temperate and Subalpiae HIMALAYA, alt. 10-13,000 ft., from Kashmir eastwards, 

 in wet places. DISTEIB. Arctic and Alpine regions. Fuegia. 



Stem solitary, 6-18 in., ascending from a creeping base, smooth, stiff. Leaves 

 short, spreading ; ligule short. Panicle -! in., green or purplish ; gl. I and II 

 ^ in. with the awn. 



2. P. arenarium, Linn. Sp. PI. 60 ; annual, upper sheaths inflated, 

 panicle cylindric or oblong narrowed at the base, gl. I and II lanceolate 

 finely acuminate hardly awued keels ciliated above, III very small hairy. 

 Fl. Dan. t. 915 ; Kuntli Enum. PL i. 28 ; ReicM. Ic. Fi. Germ. t. 50 ; 

 Ledeb. FL Ross. iv. 456; Steud. Syn. Gram. 151; Boiss. FL Orient, v. 481 ; 

 Aitchis. Gat. Punjab PL 158; Duthie Grass. N.W. Ind. 28. P. ramosum, 

 Gilib. Exercit. ii. 519. Phalaris arenaria, Willd. Sp. PL. i. 328 ; Engl. Sot. 

 t. 222 ; Knapp Gram. Britt. t. 4. Crypsia arenaria, Deaf. FL Atlant. i. 63. 

 Chilochloa arenaria, Beauv. Agrost. 37. Achnodon arenarius, Link Enum. 

 Hort. Berol. i. 65. Achnodonton arenarium, Trin. Diss. i. 166. 



The PANJAB and WESTERN HIMALAYA; in Kashmir and Kishtwar, ascending to 

 9000 ft., Jacquemont, &c. DISTEIB. Westward to the Atlantic. 



Stems 6-14 in., tufted, glabrous, leafy. Leaves flat, sheaths smooth ; ligule 

 elongate, oblong. Panicle 1-2^ by ^- in., glaucous, sometimes lobed. SpiJcelets 

 f-t in., rachilla produced beyond gl. Ill; gls. I and II punctulate; III 3-nerved. 

 Var. Thomsonii, Griseb. in Goett. Nachr. (1868) 83. I find no character whereby to 

 distinguish this from the common form. 



3. P. asperum, Jaca. Collectan. i. 110, Ic. Ear. t, 14 ; annual, 

 panicle long slender cyliudric, gl. I and II cuneately obovate truncate 

 cuspidate, keels scabrid above, III oblong obtuse pubescent. Vill. FL 

 Delph. ii. 61, t. 2, f . 4 ; Kunth Enum. PL i. 28 ; Steud. Syn. Gram. 151 ; 

 Boiss. FL Orient, v. 481 ; Aitchis. Cat. Panjab PL 158 ; Duthie Grass. 

 N.W. Ind. 28. P. viride, All. FL Pedem. ii. 232. P. paniculatum, Huds. 

 FL Angl. 23 (excl. Syn.) ; EngL Bot. t. 1077 ; Knapp Gram. Britt. t. 8. 

 P. ventricosum, Mbench Metli. 177. P. viride, All. I.e. Phalaris aspera, 

 Jtetz. Obs. iv. 14 ; Host Gram. Austr. ii. t. 37. Phal. paniculata, Ait. 

 Hort. Kew, i. 87. Chilochloa aspera, Beauv. Agrost. 37 ; Reichb. Ic. FL 

 Germ. t. 51. 



The PANJAB HIMALAYA, Moyle, &c. KUNAWUR (Herb. Munro). KASHMIR, 

 alt. 5-6000 ft., Jacquemont, &c. The SALT RANGE, Aitchison.DuwiLiB. Westward 

 to the Atlantic. 



Stem 6-18 in , tufted, stout, rigid. Leaves broad, margins scabrid. Panicle 

 l-4 by ^-^ in. dia.ni. Spikelets green, T V~i iu. ; gl. I and II rigid, glabrous or 

 scabrid, the sinus between them rounded, 3-nerved, dilated above with gibbous 

 membranous margins, III membranous = f of I and II. Scent of Anthox- 

 anthum. 



65. AXiOPECURUS, Linn. 



Annual or perennial grasses. Leaves flat. Spikelets ]-fld., strongly 

 laterally compressed, imbricating in a cylindric or oblong spiciform panicle, 

 jointed on the tumid tip of the very short pedicels, rachilla not produced 

 beyond gl. III. Glumes 3, I and II subequal, strongly compressed, keeled, 

 often connate by their margins below ; III as long as I and II, hyaline, 

 convolute, with usually a basal or median dorsal awn ; palea (in Indian 

 sp.). Lodic.ules 0. Stamens 2 .or 3. Ovary glabrous. Grain laterally 

 compressed, free. Species about 20, temp, and cold regions. 



