Alopecurus.] OLXXIII. GRAMINE^:. (J. D. Hooker.) 239 



4. A- ffeniculatus, Linn. Sp. PI. 60; stems erect or geniculate 

 below, leaves not glaucous, spikelets y^-l in. oblong, gls. I and II connate 

 at or above the base subacute or obtuse hyaline ciliate, III truncate, awn 

 subbasal, anthers linear orange-yellow. Engl. Bot. t. 1250; Knapp Gram. 

 Brit. t. 18 ; Kunth Enum. PL i. 24, Suppl 18, t. 7, f. 1 ; Trin. Sp. Gram. 

 Ic. t. 42 ; Steud. Syn. Gram. 147 ; Aitc/iis. Cat. Panjab PL 157 ; Duthie 

 Grass. N.W. Ind. 25, Fodd. Grass. N. Ind. 46; Benth. Fl. HongTc. 408, 

 Fl. Austral, vii. 555. A. australis, Nees in Hook. Journ. Bot. ii. (1843) 412 ; 

 Steud. 1. c. 148. ? A. diandrus, Griff. Notul. iii. 11, Ic. PI. Asiat. t. 142, 

 f. 2. A. paniceus, 0. Muell. in FL Dan. t. 861. A. ramosus, Poir. JEncycl. 

 viii. 776 ; Steud. I. c. 146. Alopecurus, Wall. Gat. n. 8780 C. 



Temperate and Subtropical HIMALAYA, alt. 3-7000 ft., from Kashmir to Bhotan. 

 ? Assam, Griffith. DISTHIB. Most temp, regions. 



Stems 6-18 in., stout or slender. Leaves - in. broad ; upper sheaths more or 

 less inflated; ligule oblong. Panicle 1-3 in. by - in. diam., greenish-yellow. 

 Spikelets larger than in A. aristulatus, not so membranous ; gl. Ill with the 

 truncate tip sub-erose. Stamens 2 or 3. Of Griffith's A. diandrus, there are under 

 the same number (Kew distrib. 2693) slender narrow-leaved specimens from Rydang 

 in Bhotan, quite like the western Indian plant, but also a much larger one from the 

 sandy banks of the Burrampooter in Assam, with many stout stems from the root, 

 much broader leaves, with more ventricose upper sheaths, and rather stouter panicles 

 (it is n. 6463 Kew distrib.). Griffith, in his Itinerary Notes (158, n. 801, and 

 Notulee I.e.), says the stems and young sheaths are glaucous, and he figures the 

 anthers as oblong and yellow, which are characters of aristulatus ; but the habit aud 

 spikes are those of geniculatus. It may prove to be a distinct species. 



5. A. agrestis, Linn. Sp. PI. Ed. II. 89 ; stem erect or geniculate 

 below, spikelets \ in. gl. I. and II. connate to or below the middle obtuse, 

 keels narrowly winged, III narrowly oblong tip truncate, awn subbasal 

 twice as long as the spikelet recurved. FL Dan. t. 697 ; Host Gram. Austr. 

 iii. t. 12; Engl. Bot. t. 848; Knapp Gram. Brit. t. 16; Kunth Enum. 

 PL i. 23 ; Trin. Sp. Gram. Ic. t. 37; ReicJib. Ic. FL Germ. t. 19 ; Ledeb. FL 

 Boss. iv. 465; Steud. Syn. Gram. 149; Boiss. FL Orient, v. 485; Dutlne 

 Grass. N.W. Ind. 25, Fodd. Grass. N. Ind. 46 ; Benth. FL Hong~k. 407, Fl. 

 Austral, vii. 555. A. myosuroides, Huds. Fl. Angl. 23. 



Temperate and Subtropical HIMALAYA; Kashmir, &c. The PATSTJAB. KHASIA 

 HILLS, alt. 3000 ft., Clarke. MTJNNEPORE, alt. 3000 ft., Watt. DISTRIB. Europe. 

 W. and N. Asia. Introd. elsewhere. 



Stem 6-10 in., or more. Leaves scaberulous, upper sheaths slightly inflated ; 

 ligule oblong. Panicle 1-3 in. by i-i in. diam., pale green. Spikelets loosely 

 imbricate, rather narrow, glabrous except the keels of gl. I and IT ; gl. HI narrowly 

 oblong, truncate, tip toothed ; awn rather stout. Anthers long, narrow. Possibly 

 not indigenous in India. Watt describes it as found in rice-fields in Munnepore. 



6. A. nepalensis, Trin. ex Steud. Syn. Gram. 148; stem erect or 

 geniculately ascending, spikelets ^-^ in. obovate, gl. I and II connate to 

 the middle subacute keels narrowly winged scabrid, III narrowly oblong, 

 tip truncate exserted, awn subbasal very short or 0. A. navicularis, Ham. 

 ex Wall. Cat. n. 3780 A. Alopecurus, Wall. Cat. I. c. A. B. 



UPPER GANGETIC PLAIN ; Oude, Hamilton. The PANJAB ; Lahore, Thomson ; 

 Garwhal, Jacquemont. 



Perhaps only a form of A. agrestis, which it closely resembles, but the spikelets 

 are much smaller and very closely imbricate, less contracted at the base, and the 

 keel of the glume is not ciliate. Stamens 3, anthers long. 



