Agrostis.] CLXXiil. GRAMINE^J. (J. D. Hooker.) 257 



quite naked, nerves very faint, palea = about gl., anthers about gl. 

 A. Wightii, Munro in Herb. Hook.f. & T. in part). Agrostis, Wall. Cat. 

 n. 3776. 



CENTRAL HIMALAYA, alt. 4-6000 ft, from Garwhal to Sikkira. ?KHASIA HILLS, 

 alt. 5000 ft., Clarke. 



Stem 2-3 ft., tufted, rather stout below in Wallich's specimens. Leaves 3-6 in., 

 by -Jy-i in., rarely broader, scaberulous. Panicle 4-10 in., lax-fld., slightly 

 scaberulous, branches naked till towards the tips, lower whorled or fascicled ; top of 

 pedicels clavate. Spikelets green, gl. Ill 5-nerved, nerves all vsry slender or 

 evanescent, the median sometimes arrested half way. Grain linear-oblong. Steudel 

 describes the palea as long as the gl., but, it never exceeds of that organ. The 

 Khasian specimens have a much reduced panicle and much smaller palea. 



10. A. myriantha, Hook. f. ; stems stout leafy, leaves broadly 

 linear-lanceolate, ligule short, panicle 4-12 in. inclined contracted many- 

 and dense-fld., rachis rather stout, branches fascicled or whorled often fig. 

 to the base, spikelets ^-Tb" i n -> $ " an( ^ -^ subequal oblong subacute, III 

 nearly as long tip truncate crenate, nerves very faint, callus quite naked, 

 palea = ^-i gl., anthers ^-f gl. Agrostis, h. 7 Herb. Hook.f. $ T. 



SIKKIM HIMALAYA ; alt. 9-12,000 ft., common. Khasia Hills, alt. 4-6000 ft., 

 common. 



Stem 1-5 ft., suberect or geniculate below. Leaves 4-12 by -! i Q v scaberulous. 

 Panicle 6-12 in., contracted in flower, less so in frt. ; branches very many in many 

 fascicles, strict, erect, sometimes naked for half their length. Spikelets pale green, 

 or brownish shortly pedicelled ; gl. I and II scaberulous on the keels; III 5-uerved, 

 nerves anthers palea and grain as in A. micrantha. Very near A. micrantha, but a 

 much more leafy species, with shorter and broader gl. I and II, and III longer in 

 proportion. 



Var. sikkimensis ; stem 1-2 ft., leaves 4-8 by | in., ligule oblong, anthers = 

 i the gl. Sikkim, common in woods. 



Var. khasiana ; stem 3-5 ft., sometimes as thick as a goose-quill below, leaves 

 6-12 by 1-^ in., ligule often 0, panicle up to 12 in., anthers = \ the gl. Khasia 

 Hills, abundant. 



11. A. Clarkei, Hook. f. ; very slender, leaves very narrow, ligule 

 short, panicle broadly pyramidal, branches capillary spreading sparingly 

 divided, spikelets -r^ro i n -> &! I anc ^ H ver J unequal narrowly lanceolate 

 acuminate, III much shorter than II 5-nerved nerves slender, tip truncate 

 crenate, callus quite glabrous, palea very minute or 0. A. canina, Munro 

 in Herb. Ind. Or. Hf. $ T. (in part). 



WESTEBN HIMALAYA; Herb. Royle-, Sikkim, alt. 9-11,000 ft., J. D. H., Clarke, 

 Cummins. 



Stem 6-14 in., suberect. Lowest leaves filiform, upper flat, all very narrow, 

 scaberulous. Panicle 1^-7 in., branches spreading in fl. and frt., smooth or 

 nearly so, naked below, lower geminate or in whorls of 3-5. Spikelets narrow, 

 green purplish or very dark purple; gl. I i or more longer than II, very finely 

 acuminate, keel scabrid ; III short and broad. Regarded by Mr. Clarke as an awn- 

 less form of A. canina, but besides wanting the awn, gl. I and II are narrower and 

 more acuminate, and III much shorter. 



12. A. inaequiglumis, Griseb. in G-oett. Nachr. (1868) 80; stems 

 4-6 in. densely tufted stiff stout, leaves filiform or nearly so, ligule short, 

 panicle spiciform dense-fld., branches very short, spikelets T V-To~ in., gl. I 

 and II unequal ovate-lanceolate acute, III \ shorter than II tip narrowly 



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