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Bromus, 0. Stapf.] CLXXIII. GRAMINE^. (J. D. Hooker.) 359 



III broader and thinner than in B. asper, glabrous pubescent or rigidly hairy 

 towards tlie margins, 5 7-nerved, scarcely keeled below the tip, tip and margins 

 ,hardly hyaline ; calln* large; palea obtuse, keels rigidly ciliate. Anthers linear-oblong, 

 oV-yV in. Grain, i in., linear-oblpng, plano-convex, adherent to the gl. and 

 palea. \ 



Var. grandis, Stapf; branches cf panicle almost all simple and bearing a 

 solitary villous spikelet, gls. larger. B. confinis, Herb. Strach. fy Winterb. 

 Eumaon and Sikkim, alt. 11-12,000 ft. 



Sect. IT. STENOBROMUS, Griseb. Annuals. Gl. I I- rarely 3-uerved ; 

 II 3-5-nerved; flg. gls. 5-7-nerved; internodes of rachilla slender. 



4. B. crinituSj Boiss. fy Hoh. in Soiss. Diagn. Ser. I. xiii. 64, PL 

 Orient, iii. 647; panicle rather stiff, spikelets % in. elliptic-oblong, flg. gls. 

 clavate not imbricating. Steud. Syn. Gram. 320; Griseb. in Goett. Nachr. 

 (1868)74. B. gracillimui, Bunge'in Mem. Sav. Etr. Petersb. vii. (1851) 

 527; Duthie Grass. N.W. Ind. 42. Deschampsia aralensis, Regel in 

 Bull. Soc. Nat. Mosc. xli. (1868) II. 300. * 



WESTERN TIBET; alt. 10-14,000 ft. ; Baltistan, &c., Thomson, Duthie. Z.-mskar ; 

 Schlagintweit. BRITISH B'ELUCHISTAN, alt. 4-5000 ft., Duthie. DISTRIB. Westwd. 

 to Persia, Turkestan. 



Stem 6-18 in., erect, slender, smooth. Leaves l^-3 by -^-TO in - ^ ne!ir > 

 flaccid, pilose or velvety; sheaths velvety; ligule ovate, lacerate. Panicle up to 

 4 in., oblong, erect or subnutant, rachis smooth; branches 3-5-nate, capillary, 

 suberect or spreading, up to 2 in. Spikelets 3-6-fld., pale green ; rachilla scabrid; 

 gl. I i in., lanceolate, acute, hyaline except along the middle ; II i- in., broadly 

 lanceolate, tip and margins hyaline ; flg. gls. in., oblong, obtuse, strongly 

 involute, ciliate on or near the margin, faintly 5-nerved ; awn f in., capillary, 

 straight, terminal or nearly so; keels of palea ciliate. Anthers -\ in. Grain 

 i in., linear-oblong, laterally compressed and folded ; hilum as long as the grain. 



5. B. tectorum* Linn. Sp. PL 77 ; panicle flaccid nodding often 

 secund, spikelets |-1 in. cuneiform, flg. gls. long narrow. Host Gram. 

 Austr. i. 13, t. 15 ; Sibth. Fl. Grsec. i. t. 82 ; Fl. Dan. 1. 1806 ; Eeichb. Ic. Fl. 

 Germ. t. 73 ; Ledeb. Fl. Ross. iv. t. 359 ; Kunih Enum. PI. i. 419, Suppl. 

 344; Boiss. Fl. Orient, v. 647; Steud. Syn. Gram.3}8; Griseb. in Goett. 

 Nadir. (1868) 74; Duthie Grass. N.W. Ind. 43. B. abortiflorus, St. 

 Amans.Fl. Agen. 44; Steud. I.e. B. arenaceus, Pourr. in Mem. Acad. 

 Toul. iii. (1788) 308. B. lateripronus, St. Laz. in Ann. Soc. Bot. Lyon. 

 vii. (1880) 121. ?B. scabrifolius, Opiz. Natural, n. 9 (1825) 119. B. 

 tectoriu: , Dulac Fl. Haut. Pyren. 96. Anisantha pontica, G. Koch in 

 Linnsea, xxi. (1848) 394 ; Steud. I. c. 377. 



WESTERN HIMALAYA, from Gilgit to Kumaon, alt. 7-11,000 ft.; Baltistan, 

 Duthie. DISTRIB. Europe, N. Africa, N. and W. Asia. 



Stems 6-18 in., erect or ascending, glabrous or pubescent. Leaves up to 3 by 

 J in., linear, acute, flaccid, hairy ; sheaths hairy, rarely glabrous ; ligule ovate, 

 lacerate. Panicle up to 5 in., flaccid; rachis smooth or nearly so; branches 3-6- 

 nate, capillary, flexuous, often decurved with erect tips, sparingly divided. Spike- 

 lets green, loosely few- many-fld., rachilla scabrid ; gl. 1 i- in., lanceolate, acute, 

 1- rarely 3-nerved, tip and margins hyaline; II - in., oblong-lanceolate, 3-5- 

 nerved ; flg. gls. - nearly | in., thin, oblong-lanceolate, acutely 2-fid, 5-7-nerved, 

 puberulous or scabrid above or all over, tip and margins hyaline ; awn g-f in., from 

 the tip or below it, straight or slightly recurved ; keel of palea long and loosely 

 ciliate. Anthers -g in. Grain - in., linear-oblong, dorsally compressed, ventrally 

 concave or folded. The form with a solitary flg. gl. (J?. abortiflorus, St. Amans) 

 may be expected to occur in N. India. 



