Ani'histiria.'] olxxiii. GRAMiNBiB. (J. D. Hooker.) 215 



Imol. spikelets i in. ; gla. 3, ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, margins witli narrow 

 Bcnrious wings, dorsally copioasly ciliate with tubercle-based hairs ; II as long, lanceo- 

 late, acuminate, membranous, 3-nerved ; III as long, hyaline, lanceolate, acuminate, 

 2-nerved. Bisexual spikelets ^ in. , usually 2, lower with one pedicelled spikelet, 

 upper with two ; callus hairs rusty, Pedicelled spikelets lanceolate, gls. 3 ; I lan- 

 ceolate, dorsally ciliate with long hairs and one margin winged ; II and III as in 

 the Ittvolucrant spikelets. 



7. A. Thwaltesil, Mooh. f. ; tall, very stout, nodes glaucous, 

 pmiole leaf}!-, spikes in dense subflabelliform fascicles 1-li in. broad, outer 

 spathes l-2iin., bisexual spikelets 2 hispidulous dorsally channelled, awn 

 lin. 



Cbtlon, Thwcdtes (C.P. 961 in pa/rt). 



Perennial? jStetn probably 5-6 ft., thicker than a gooae-quill, polished. Leaves 

 1-2 ft. by i— I in., finely acuminate, tips setaceous; ligule a oiliolate narrow 

 membrane. Panicle 12 in. or more ; rachis stout, leafy j leaves 6-10 in. long. 

 Faioicles of spikes as in A. tremala, but larger and less hairy. 



8. A. Cymbarla, Boxb. Fl. Ind. i. 251 {excl. 8yn.) ; tall, stout, panicle 

 supradecompound thyrsiform, spikes innumerable glabrous densely crowded 

 in small long peduncled narrow fascicles j-^ in. long, proper spatbes 

 |-§ in. linear-lanceolate, invol. spikelets ^^ in. acuminate glabrous 

 gls. 4, bisexual spikelets solitary (rarely 2j awned, callus hairs white 

 soft = \ the spikelet. Kunfh Enum. Fl. i. 482, exel. Syn., Suppl. 396 ; 

 Stmd. 8j/n. Oram. 399 ; Chah. Gat. Bomb. Fl. 219 ; Dalz. & Qibs. Bomb. 

 J"/. 304; Thw. Enum. Fl. Zeyl. 436; Trim. Oat. Ceyl. PI. 108. Andro- 

 pogon serratifolius, Herb. Eeyne e» Wall. Cat. n. 8771 B. Themeda Oymbaria, 

 Each Monogr. Androp. 668. — ^Anthistiria, Wall. Oaf. n. 8771. 



NiLGHiBi HiIjLS, Wight, Schmid. Mysore or the Cabwatic, Berh. G. Thomson. 

 Getlonj Matelle East, Thwaifes (O.P. 3257, 3803). 



Perennial. Stem 3-8 ft., as thick as a swan's quill below, puberulous beneath 

 the nodes. Leaves 2-4 ft. by J— J in., not overtopping the panicle, scaberulous above, 

 glaucous beneath, margins scabridj sheaths subcompressed, keeled ; ligule very short. 

 Panicle tall, 1-2 ft., branches smooth or scaberulous ; spikes in oblong fascicles 

 i-i in. long. Invol. spikelets, red or blueish, keels aeabrid. Bisexual spikelets 

 linear-oblong ; gl. I shining below, scaberulous above j awn i-| in., slender. 



9. A. anathera, Nees ex Eoyle HI. Bot. Himal. 417 (name) ; upper 

 leaves erect exceeding the elongate subsimple panicle, spikes few in pedi- 

 celled fascicles, involucr. spikelets \-i in., glumes 4, keels of gl. I with 

 ttiber«le-based hairs, bisexual spikelets 2-3 linear-lanceolate not awned,, 

 keels of gl. I oiliolate. Bteud. Syn. Gram. 402 ; Aitoh,. Oat. Panjab PI. 

 173; ButUe Grass. M.W. Ind. 23, Fodd. Qrass. N. Ind. 43; flaiss. FL 

 Orient, v. 460. Androscepia anathera, Anderss, in Nov. Act. So. Upsal. Ser. 

 HI. ii. (1856) 249. Themeda anathera, Mack. Monogr. Androp. 669.— 

 Anthistiria, Wall. Oat. n. 8773. 



Westeen Himalaya i from Kashmir to Kumaon, alt. 4500-7000 ft., and to 

 9000 ft. in Garwhalj DutAie.— Disteib. Affghanistan. 



Perennial. Stem ereofc, 1-4 ft., slender, leafy. Leaves very narrow, J-| in. 

 broad, rigid, glaucous, margins and upper surface scabrous, scaberulous beneath j 

 sheaths glabrous j ligule oblong, obtuse. Panicle 1-2 ft. , narrow, glabrous j proper 

 spatbes ^1 in,, linear.lauoeolate, acute. Spikes glabrous. Involucr. spikelets more 

 or less hispid, one of each pair shortly stipitate. — Wallich's habitat for his n. 8773, 

 " Bengal, near the Calcutta Bot. Garden," is either an error or the plant was au 

 escape from cultivation. Auderssou has two varieties, a, hirsuta, invol. spikelets 



