360 CLXXIII. GRAMINE^;. (J. D. Hooker.) [Bromus, 0. Stapf. 



Sect. III. SERRAFALCUS, Parl. (Gen.) Annuals. Gl. I 3-5- rarely 

 1- nerved; II 5-9-nerved; fig. gls. 7-9-nerved ; internodes of rachilla 

 clavate above. 



* Fig. gls. all l-awned. Panicle compact, rarely loose, branches short. 



6. B. scoparius, Linn. Gent. PL'\. 6, Sp.,Pl. 76; panicle very com- 

 pact oblong to obovate, spikelets densely fascicled about -| in., flg. gls. 

 oblong obtuse, awn = the gl. at length spreading. Kanth Enum. PI. \. 

 420 ; Bory Exped. Moree, t. 5 ; Steud. Syn. Gram. 318 ; Boiss. Fl. Orient. 

 v. 650. B. confertus, Bieb. FL Taur. Cauc. i. 71 ; Steud. I.e. 324; Duthie 

 Grans. N.W. Ind. 42. B. chrysopogon, Viv. Fl. Lyb. Spec. 4, t. 2 ; Steud. 

 1. c. 327. B. erectus, Moris Stirp. Sard. Elench. i. 50 (non Huds.}. B. 

 humilis, Cav. Ic. vi. 65, t 589. ?B. rubens, Cav. I c. t. 45 (non Linn.). 

 Serrafalcus scoparius, Parl. Fl. Ital. i. 19. S. Cavanillesii, Willk. & 

 Lange Prodr. Fl. Hisp. i. 101. 



KASHMIR, alt. 5-6000 ft., Falconer, Duthie. DISTRTB. Reg. Mediterr., Oriens. 



Annual. Stems -H ft., erect, slender, glabrous. Leaves 2-3 in. by in., 

 linear, acute, hairs scattered stiff; sheaths tight, glabrous, mouth hairy; ligule 

 short, truncate, toothed. Panicle 1-lf in., erect, compact; ruchis smooth; 

 branches solitary or binate, short, crowded, scaberulous. Spikelets T V-f in. broad, 

 pale green, densely 5-8-fld., rachilla scaberulous ; glumes glabrous or hairy, nerves 

 strong; gl. I fin., ovate-lanceolate, acute or subacute, 3-5-nerved ; II ^ in. , 5-7- 

 nerved ; flg. gls. in., minutely 2-fid, 7- sub 9-nerved ; awn slender ; keels of 

 obtuse palea loosely long-ciliate. Anthers -g^-^ in. Grain ^ in., linear-oblong, 

 flatly concavo-convex or folded. 



7. B. mollis, Linn. Sp. PL Ed. II. 112; panicle compact or loose 

 but contracted ovate to oblong branches distinct, spikelets | f in. ovate- 

 oblong or elliptic, awn about as long as the gl. straight. Host Gram. Austr. 

 i. 16, 1. 19 ; 2<'l. Dan. t. 1324 ; Engl. Bot. 1. 1078 ; Knapp Gram. Britt. t. 77 ; 

 Reichl. Ic. Fl. Germ. t. 74 ; Schreb. Beschr. Gram. t. 6, f. 1 ; Kunth Enum. 

 PL i. t. 413, Suppl. 340; Steud. Syn. Gram 323 ; Ledeb. FL Ross. iv. 

 361 ; Steud. Syn. Gram. 323 ; Boiss. Fl. Orient, v. 653 ; Duthie Grass. N.W. 

 Ind. (Royles plant only] B. arenarms, Thomine Desm. in Mem. Soc. 

 Linn. Ca'lv. (1824) 40 (non LabilL). B. atticus, Steud. ex Nym. Consp. 823 ; 

 Syn. Gram. 321. B. compactus, Hort. ex Steud. Norn. Ed. II. ii. 227. B. 

 Ferronii, MoAelli in Act. Soc. Linn. Bord. xxv. (1864) 613. B. glomeratus, 

 Tausch in Flora, xx. (1837) 125 (ex Boiss.} ; Steud. L c. 328. B. hordeaceup, 

 Linn. Sp. PL 77. B. nanus, Weig. Ops. 8. B. patulus, Duthie Grass. 

 N.W. Ind. 42 (in part}. B. simplicissimus, Cesati ex Nym. I.e. Serra- 

 falcus mollis, Parl. Rar. PI Sic. ii. 16. S. Thomini, Hard, in Congr. Sc. 

 Fr. Septr. I. (1833) 59. 



NORTH-WEST INDIA, Herb. Royle (Introd.?). DISTRIB. Europe, N. Afr., As. 

 Min. 



Annual. Stews -3 ft., erect or ascending, villous to glabrous. Leaves l-4 

 in., linear, acute, flaccid, subhirsute above, pubescent beneath; sheaths velvety 

 or softly hairy ; ligule very short, denticulate, glabrous or hairy. Panicle 1-6 in., 

 erect, rachis hairy ; branches 3-6-nate, scabrid or softly pubescent. Spikelets 

 -i in. broad, pale green, densely 5-12-fld., rachilla scaberulous ; gls. broad, hairy 

 to velvety, rarely glabrescent, nerves strong, tips and margins scarious; I i-y 3 ^ in., 

 ovate-lanceolate, acute or mucronate, 5-nerved, midrib percurrent ; II i in., elliptic- 

 oblong, 7-9-nerved ; flg. gls. -^-^ in., broadly subobovate, obtuse, shortly 2-lobed, 

 7-nerved ; awn subterminal as long or >-ather shorter than the gl. ; palea obtusely 



