Agrostis.] CLXXIII. GRAMINE^E. (J. D. Hooker.) 255 



broad. Panicle 2-3 in., lobed, branches very short with densely fastigiate brauchlets, 

 and crowded very shortly pedicelled green spikelets. Described as annual by 

 Grisebach in Ledeb. Fl. Koss., but as perennial by other authors. \ 



3. A. subaristata, Aitcli. & Hemsl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. xix. (1882), 

 192, t. 29 ; leaves scabrid, ligule long, panicle elongate contracted or sub- 

 effuse, branches short scaberulous, spikelets y 1 ^- in., gl. I and II subequal 

 scaberulous tips aristulate, keels scabrid, III about shorter, tip truncate 

 toothed, awn or minute, palea nearly as long as the gl., callus quite 

 glabrous. Boiss. FL Orient, v. 514. 



KASHMIR, Falconer; at Sreenuggur and Nowgunji, alt. 5-6000 ft., Clarke. 

 DISTRIB. Afghanistan. 



Stem long creeping and rooting below (as in vulgaris} then ascending, stout or 

 slender. Panicle 3-6 in., dense- or lax-tid., branches flowering to the base. Spike- 

 lets pale, very shortly pedicelled, often densely packed. Gl. I and II membranous, with 

 the median nerve sometimes produced into a very short awn ; III dorsally awned in 

 Aflghan specimens. Apparently a very distinct species, strongly resembling 

 A. vulgaris in habit ; the awned gl. I and II are found in no other Indian species. 

 The Atlghan specimens have larger and more scabrid subhispid spikelets. 



4. A. peninsular is, HooJc.f. \ tall, very slender, erect, leaves very 

 narrow strict, ligule short, panicle as broad as long very lax and open, 

 branches 2-4-nate and branchlets long capillary simple in the lower hall: 

 or more then very sparingly branched and t'ew-fld., spikelets i in., gl. 1 and 

 II subequal, III nearly = II strongly 4-nerved tip truncate 2-aristulate, awn 

 basal exserted, callus very shortly bearded, palea = gl. Ill lanceolate 

 2-nerved, anther as long as the gl. A. Hookeriana, Herb. Wight. 



DECCAN PENINSULA, Wight (Cat. n. 1746, in part) ; ? Pulney Mts., Wight. 



Stem 2 ft. or more, erect from the very base, stiff, leafy upwards. Leaves flat, 

 3_4 by i in., erect, finely acuminate, nearly smooth. Panicle 3-4 in., branches in 

 distant whorls, perfectly smooth. Spiktleis green or purple. Anthtrs very large, 

 purple, tips of cells almost beaked. The Pulney plant has narrower more acuminate 

 gl. I and II than the others, and III is shorter in proportion, but it is otherwise 

 identical ; its stamens are imperfect, Closely resembles Calamagrostis pilosula. 



** Palea short or 0. 

 f Gl. Ill awned. 



5. A. canina. Linn. Sp. PI. 62; radical leaves narrow convolute 

 cauline very narrow, ligule oblong, panicle oblong or ovate spreading in fl. 

 contracted in frt., branches lax-fld., spikelets ^-y 1 ^ in., gl. land II unequal 

 lanceolate acute or acuminate, III shorter tip truncate 4-toothed, awn 

 median to basal, palea 0, callus glabrous, anthers long. Kunlh Enum. PI. 

 i. 222 ; Host Gram. Austr. iv. t. 53 ; Engl. Bot. t. 1856 ; Anapp Gram. 

 Britt. t. 21 ; Reichl. Ic. FL Germ. t. 33 ; T. Nees Gen. Fl. Germ. Monocot. i. 

 n. 29; Duthie Grass. N.W. Ind. 29; Ledeb. Fl. Ross. iv. 440 ; Boiss. Fl. 

 Orient, v. 516. Trichodium caninum, Schrad. Fl. Germ. i. 198. Agraulus 

 caninus, Beauv. Agrost. 5, t. 4, f . 7. 



WESTERN HIMALAYA and WESTERN TIBET ; Kashmir, alt. 9-12,000 ft., Clarke, 

 Duthie ; Lalml, Hay. NILGHIRI HILLS, alt. 8000ft., Clarke (introd. ?). DISTKIB. 

 N. temp, regions. 



Stem 1-2 ft. very slender, rarely stoloniferous. Leaves -^ru in - broad. Panicle 

 2-1 in. ; branches capillary, scaberulous or nearly smooth. Spikelets green, pale or 

 purple; awn exserted, geniculate; callus sometimes minutely scabrid. There are 

 upwards of 30 recorded fynonyms of this plant. 



