m.'] CLXXIJI. GRAMINE^E. (J . D. Hooker.) 363 



Boiss. Fl. Orient, v. 657. B. Fontanesianum, Nees Fl. Afr. Austr. 457. 

 B. Fontanesii, Ne*s in Herb. Ind. Or. Hohenack. n. 914. B. gracile, Beauv. 

 1. c. ; Reichb. Ic. Fl. G-erm. t. 1(5. B. nepalense, Nees ex Steud. Syn. Gram. 

 316. B. scaberrimum, Wight & Am, in Wight Cat. n. 1796 ; Steud. 

 Nomencl. Ed. II. i. 221. Bromus silvaticus, Pollich Hist PI. Palat. i. 118 ; 

 Host Gram. Austr. i. 17, t. 21 ; Enql. Bot. t. 729. B. dumosus, Vill. Hist. 

 PL Dauph. ii. 119. B. gracilis, Weig. Obs. 15, t. 1, f. 11. B. pinnatus, 

 FL Dan. t. 164 (non Beauv ). Festuca gracilis, Moench Meth. 191. F. 

 sylvatica, Huds. FL Angl. Ed. I. 38; Knapp Gram. Britt. t. 76; Steud. 

 Syn. Gram. 316. Triticum sylvaticum, Moench Enum. PL Hass. 54; Kunth 

 Enum. PLi. 415. T. gracile, Brot. Fl. Lusit. 121. T. scaberrimum, Steud. 

 Nom. I.e. 717. Tragus gracilis, Panz. in DenJcschr. AJcad. Muench. (1813) 

 296. Festuca, Wall. Cat. n. 3800. 



TEMPERATE HIMALAYA, alt. 6-12,000 ft., from Kashmir to Sikkim. The 

 KHASIA and NAGA HILLS, alt. 4-6000 ft., Clarice, Ac. NILGHIRI HILLS, alt. 

 6000ft., Wight, &c. CEYLON, alt. 8000ft., Walker, &c. DISTRIB. Europe, N. Asia, 

 S. Africa. 



Stem 2-4 ft., very slender, simple or branched. Leaves -f in. broad, usually 

 flaccid, finely acuminate ; sheaths more or less hairy ; ligule short, obtuse. Spikes 

 2-6 in., or more, nodding; rachis compressed, glabrous, edges ciliolate. Spikelets 

 8-18 by f-1 in., green, glabrous sparsely hairy or scaberulous, nerves strong; gl. I 

 and II strongly nerved; I subulate, J shorter than II or less; II oblong-lanceolate, 

 acute acuminate or shortly awned; flg. gls. about in- l n g. gradually narrowed 

 into a slender erect awn, 7-nerved ; awn -$ HI. Anthers as long as the palea. 

 The characters of the following varieties are far from constant. 



Var. longe-aristatum, Hook. f. ; flg. gl. in., awns -f in. N.W. Himalaya ; 

 Kumaon and Dalhousie, alt. 6-9000 ft. 



Var. khasianum, Hook. f. ; callus of fl. gl. villons awn np to 1 in. Khasia Hills. 



Var. Wattii, Hook. f. ; stem stouter, lower spikelets pedicelled, pedicel of lowest 

 half as long as the spikelet or less pubescent, awn about as long as the gl. B. 

 Wattii, Clarke in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxv. (1887) 90, t. 40. Naga Hills, alt. 5500- 

 7500 ft., Clarke. 



Var. Pseudo-distachyon, Hook. f. ; stem short 1018 in. strict, leaves very 

 narrow erect, spikelets few closer together, awn = half thegl. or shorter. Kashmir 

 and Kumuou. 



2. B. pinnatum, Beauv. Agrost. 101, t. 19, f. 3 ; rootstock creeping, 

 leaves convolute, spike erect, flg. gls. mucronate. Ledeb. Fl. Ross. iv. 345 ; 

 Boiss. FL Orient, v. 658; Reichb. Ic. FL Germ.t. 16, 17; T. Nees Gen. 

 FL Germ. Monocot. i. t. 70. B. Barrelieri, Eoem. & Sch. Syst. ii. 741. 

 B. ccespitosum, Roem. fy Sch. I.e. 737; Reichb. I.e. t. 17; Host Gram. 

 Austr. i. t. 22. B. constrictum, Presl Gyp. & Gram. Sic. 40. B. corni- 

 culaturo, DC. Fl. Franc, v. 608. B. rupestre, Roem. & Sch. I. c. 736 ; Host 

 L c. iv. t. 17, 18. Bromus gracilis, Leys. Fl. Hal. 26. B. pinnatus, Linn. Sp. 

 PL 78 ; Host Gram. Austr. i. t. 22 ; Engl. Bot. t, 730. Festuca pinnata, 

 Moench. Meth. 191 ; Huds. FL Angl. Ed. II. i. 48 ; Knapp. Gram. Britt. 

 t. 75. Triticum bromoides, Weber ex Wigg. Prim. Fl. Holsat. ii. T. 

 gracile, DC. FL Fr. iii. 84. T. macrourum, Turc. in Bull. Soc. Nat. Hose. 

 (1838) 105. T. phoenicioides, DC. I.e. vi. 284. T. pinnatam, Moench 

 Enum. PI. Hass. 53 ; Kunth Enum. PL i. 445, Suppl. 364, t. 35. Tragus 

 pinnatus, Panz. in Denkschr. Acad. Muench. (18113) 256. Avena laeta, 

 Salisb. Prodr. 22. 



KASHMIR ; alt. 6000 ft., Clarke. DISTBIB. Eastwd. to Europe, N. Asia. 

 Glaucous. Stem 1-3 ft., very slender, naked above, smooth. Leaves rigid, 

 almost glabrous, rarely flat ; ligule ciliate. Spike 1-5 in. j rachis flattened, smooth. 



