276 CLXXIII. GRAMINEJS. (J. D. Hooker.) [Avena. 



subsecund, spikelets 2-fld., gls. I and II 9-nerved, III and IV thin not 

 scaberulous 2-fid with awned lobes densely hirsute below the middle. 

 Ledeb. Fl. Ross, iv. 41 3; Boiss. Fl. Orient, v. 543 ; Griseb. in Goett. Nachr. 

 (1868) 78. A. athenanthera, Presl Gram. & Gyp. Sic. 30. A. hirsuta, Roth. 

 Catalect. Bot. iii. 19 ; Kunth Enum. PI. i. 302 ; Webb. Phyt. Ganar. iii. 

 400, t. 247 ; Steud. Syn. Gram. 230 ; Royle III. Himal. PL 417. A. hirtula, 

 Lag. Gen. & Sp. Nov. 50 ; Kunih 1. c. & Suppl. 256. 



WESTERN HIMALAYA ; Kumaon, Thomson. DISTRIB. Mediterranean region, W. 

 and N. Asia. 



Habit of A. fatua, from which its hairy leaves, &c. distinguish it. These 

 Avenaceous weeds of cultivation have not been much collected in India, where the 

 above and others no doubt abound. 



Sect. II. Annual, dwarf. Spikelets erect, gl. I 1-nerved, II 3-nerved, 

 top of fl. gl. 2-aristate. Ovary glabrous, narrow. 



3. A. Cavanillesii, Koch Syn. Fl. Germ. Ed. I. i. 797 ; leaves flat 

 or convolute, panicle spiciform, spikelets 2-fld. A. Loefflmgiana, Cav. Ic.i. 

 t. 45, f. 1 ; Gaud. Agrost. Helvet. i. 327 ; Balb. Misc. Bot. i. 12 (non Linn.). 

 A. valesiaca, Nym. Syll. Fl. Jurop. 414. Trisetum Cavanillesii, Trin. in 

 Mem. Acad. Petersb. Ser. VI. i. (1831) 63 (excl. Syn. Cav.) ; Kunth Enum. 

 PI. i. 297 ; Steud. Syn. Gram. 225. T. Gaudinianum, Boiss. Voy. Esp. 

 053, Fl. Orient, v. 535 ; Parlat. Fl. Ital. i. 259. T. Loefflingianum, Beauv. 

 ex Duthie Grass. N.W. Ind. 31. T. valesiacum, Boiss. ex Nym. Gonspect. 

 814. 



BBITISH BELTTCHISTAN ; at Killa Abdulla, Duthie. PESHAWUE, Stewart (ex 

 Duthie). DISTUIB. Westward to Spain. 



Stems 46 in., densely tufted. Leaves ^1 in., linear, obtuse, sparsely hairy, 

 rather thick; ligule oblong, hyaline. Panicle 1-2 in., oblong; branches and 

 pedicels very short, smooth. Spikelets in., shining, green with purplish awns, 

 2-fld. and with a third imperfect ; rachilla densely villous, hairs longer than the gl. ; 

 gl. I and II very unequal, keels smooth ; I lanceolate ; II oblong, acute ; III much 

 shorter than II, lanceolate, hyaline above and 2-nerved, the nerves ending in lateral 

 awns as long as the gl. ; callus bearded ; dorsal awn nearly twice as long as the gl. ; 

 palea narrowly linear, nerveless. 



Sect. III. Perennial. Spikelets erect. Fl. gls. 5-9-nerved. Ovary 

 hirsute. 



4. A. pratensis, Linn. Sp. PI. 80; panicle contracted, spikelets 

 5-7-fld., gl. I and II 3-nerved, tig. gls. entire rounded notched or erose at 

 the tip. Fl. Dan. t. 1083 ; Host Fl. Austr. ii. 38, t. 51 ; Engl. Bot. t. 1204 ; 

 Knapp Gram. Britt. t. 91 ; ReicM. Ic. Fl. Germ. i. t. 99 ; Kunth Enum. PI. 

 i. 300, Suppl. 254 ; Steud. Syn. Gram. 231 ; Ledeb. Fl. Ross. iv. 414 ; Boiss. 

 Fl. Orient, v. 546; Duthie Grass. N.W. Ind. 31. A. alpina, 8m. in 

 Trans. Linn. Soc. x. (1811) 335; Kunth Lc. 301 ; Griseb. in Gpett. Nachr. 

 (1868) 78. A. argaea, Boiss. 1. c. A. bromoides, Mert. fy Koch in Roehl. Fl. 

 Deutschl. Ed. III. i. 570. A. secnnda, Jacquem. mss. (non Salisb.). 

 Heuffelia praeusta & pratensis, Schur Enum. PI. Transs. 780. H. aus- 

 tralis, Fourn. in Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, N.S. xvii. (1869) 183. 



WESTERN HIMALAYA ; from Kashmir to Garwhal, alt. 9-15,000 ft. DISTRIB. 

 Europe, Asia Minor. 



Stems 10-18 in., densely tufted, rather stout, strict, leafy below. Leaves 6-10 

 by $~-g- in., erect, coriaceous, scaberulous above, margins thickened ; sheath nearly 

 smooth ; ligule oblong, lacer.ite. Panicle 34 in., erect or inclined ; branches short, 

 erect, and pedicels scaberulous. Spikelets ^-f in., narrow, glistening, green or 



