Phataris,'] clxxiii. gramine^. (J. D. Hooker.) 221 



be Indian on the authority of Wallich (Nepal), and Stewart (The Panjab) ; but in 

 Fodd. Grass. N. Ind. he aays that he has not seen specimens ; nor have I. It is a 

 Mediterranean plant. 



* Phalaris proper. 8'piJcelets in a dense cylindric or ovoid spioiform 

 panicle ; gls. I and II with winged keels. 



1. P. minor, BeU. Obs. iii. 8 ; Kunth Enitm. PI. i. 32 ; Trin. Diss. ii. 

 254, Sp- Oram. Ic. t. 79; Steud. Syn. Oram. ii. ; Wight Cat. n. 1738; 

 Buthie Orass. N. W. Ind. 25, Fodd. Grass. N. Ind. 45 ; Aitchis. Oat. Panjab 

 PI. 168 ; Ledeb. Fl. Boss. iv. 455 ; £oiss. Fl. Orient, v. 472. P. ambigua, 

 Fig. & Notar. in Mem. Acad. Turin. Ser. II. xii. (1852) 326, t. 10, f. 6. P. 

 aquatica, Ait. Sort. Kew. i. 56. P. bnlbosa, Desf. Fl. Atlant. i. 35 (non 

 lAnn.). P. canariensis. Wall. Cat. n. 3782 (non Linn.). P. oapenais, Thunb. 

 Prodr. Fl. Cap. 19. P. nepalensis, Trin. Sp. Oram. Ic. t. 80 ; Kunth I. c. 

 33 ; Steud. I. c. 10 ; Duthie I. c. Alopeourus otiporensis. Griff. Notul. iii. 94, 

 h. PI. Asiat. t. 143, f. 1. 



Plains of Western India, and the Hima-lata from Kashmir to Nepal, ascending 

 to 6000 fl. — DiSTEiB. Westwd. to the Canaries, S. Africa, Austral. 



Annual. Stem 1-3 ft., stout or slender, leafy. Leaves long, linear, acuminate ; 

 slieath smooth; ligule oblong, scarious. Fanicle small and ovoid, or longer and 

 cylindric, 2i-3i in. long by J in. diam., green. Spikelets -i in. broad, very shortly 

 pedinelled, shining ; gls. I and II acuminate, wings irregularly crenate or serrulate ; 

 III ovate, acute, silky, with one bristle-like imperfect gl. at its base. 



** DiAGBAPHls, Trin. (Gen.). Bpikelets in a thjrrsiform panicle ; gig. 

 I. and II. not winged. 



2. P. arundlnacea, Linn. Sp. PI. 55 ; Fl. Dan. i. 259 ; Host Gram. 

 Atistr. ii. t. 33; Fuffl. Bot. t. 21b0; Kunth Fnum. PI. i. 2,%, Suppl. 2Z ; 

 Steud. Syn. Oram. 11 ; Boiss. Fl. Orient, v. 474. P. amerioana. Ell. 

 Sheteh. i. 101. P. colorata, Beauv. Agrost, 172. P. intermedia, Bosc ex 

 Pair. Encycl. Suppl. i. 300. P. picta, Hart, ex Steud. Nom. Ed. I. 609. 

 Digraphia arundinacea, Trin. Fund. Agrost. 127 ; Ledeb. Fl. Ross. iv. 454. 

 D. americana, Loud. Sort. Brit. 27. Baldingera arundinacea, Dun/iort. 

 Ohs. Oram. Belg. 130. B. colorat?, Gsertn. Mey. & Scherb. Fl. Wett. i. 

 96. Oalajnagrostis colorata, DO. Fl. Franc, iii. 26. Arundo colorata, 

 Ait. Sort. Kew. i. 116 ; Fngl. Bot. t. 402 ; Knapp. Oram. Brit. i. 98. 



Kashmir ; Wolar Lake, alt. 5550 ft.. Falconer, &c. — Distbib. N. temp, and 

 .Arctic regions. 



Perennials. SootstocTe creeping. Stems 2-6 ft., stout, erect. Zeaves long, 

 i~i in. broad, finely acuminate ; sheaths smooth ; ligule large. Panicle 4-8 in., 

 saberect ; branches 1-2 in., spreading in flower. Spihelets ^ in., densely crowded on 

 the scabrid branchlets, very shortly pedicelled ; gl. I and II glabrous, lanceolate, 

 acnminate ; I nerveless ; IX 3-nerved ; III ovate-lanceolate, sparsely hairy, with 2 

 minute linear gls. on the rachUla. Lodiculee silky. 

 DOUBTFUL SPECIES. 



P. PECTIN ATA, JBoWt. Wou. Sp. 34; Kunth Enum. PI. i. 34; panicle cylindric 

 splciform, gl. I and II navicular margins membranous oiliate-pectinate, outer 

 corolla 2-valved villous. 



57. A.NTKOXAlTTKV»I, Linn. 



Annual or perennial sweet-scented grasses. Spikelets 2-fld, narrow ; in 



a spioiform panicle, persistent on the short pedicels. Glumes 5, I and 



II herbaceous, empty, persistent, acute or muoronate ; I small, 1-nerved ; 



II longest, 3-nerved, III and IV very short, keeled, hairy, 2-fid, with a 



