ArisHda.] olxxiii. gbamine^. (J, D. -Hooker.) 225 



^igantea, Linn. f. Sv/ppl. 113; Kunth I.e. 194, Suppl. 150. A. Jaoquiniana, 

 Tausch. in Flora (1836) 508. A. Heymaunii, Segel in Act. Sort. Petrop. vii. 

 (1880) 649. A. Hystrix, Duthie Fodd. Gh-ass. K Ind. 17, t, 31 (n,t of Linn.fil). 

 A. nutans, Willd. Hort. Berol. en Steud. Nomenol. Ed. II. i. 131. A. panicu- 

 lata, ForsTc. Fl. ^g. Arab. 25 (eaj descript.). A. pusilla, Trin. et Rwpr. in Mem. 

 Acad. Peiersi. Ser. VI. vii. (1849) 140. A. setacea, Trin. I. c. i. (1831) 84 (non 

 Setz. ) ; Wall. Cat. n. 3785 j Stevd. Z. u. 139. A. vulgaris, Trin. Sf Bttpr. in Mem. 

 Aead. Petersi. I. c. 131 (with 10 vars.) Steud. I. c. 138. Chsetaria Ascenscionis, 

 carulesceus, canariensis, depressa, elatioT, & gigantea, Seauv. Agrost. 30. C. curvata 

 & mauritiana, Nees Fl. Afr. Austr. 186, 188. C. Hystrix, Wight Cat. n. 1737 

 (bob Beauv.). 



Vat. A. setliiopica, Trin. ^ Supr. I. c. 167. A. Elirenbergii, Trin. Sf Rupr^ 

 Stipac. 136 ; Steud. I. c. 138. A. festuooides, Pair. Encycl. Suppl. i. 453 {em 

 Trm.); Eunth Enum. PI. i. 197. A. mutabilis, «ar. fflquilonga, Trin. ^ iJitpr. in 

 Mem. Acad. Petersb. Ser. VI. vii. (1849) 150. A. pamila. Dene in Ann. So. Nat. 

 Ser. II. iv. (1835) 85 ; Soiss. I. o. 496 j Steud. J. c. 138. A. apioigera, Trin. ^ 

 Rupr. I.e. 136 ; Steud. I. c. A. vulgaris, Trin. 8f Rwpr, I. v. in part (with 6 vara.). 

 —Aristida Wall. Oat. n. 3788. 



3. A. setacea; Setz. Obs. iv. 22 ; perennial, panicle contracted, spike- 

 lets (excl. awn) 5—5 in., gl. I and II long-awned, awn inarticulate at the 

 tase, middle branch ^If in. Kunth JSnum. Fl. i. 191 (excl. S>/n. de- 

 pressa), Suppl. 148 ; Steud. Syn. Oram. 141 ; Boxb. Fl. Ind. i. 349 ; Wall. 

 Gat. n. 3785 A. B in part) ; G^-ah. Gat. Bomb. PI. 218 ; Bah. & Gibs. Bomb. 

 Fl. 295 ; Duthie Grass. N. W. Ind. 27. A. adscendens. Trim. Oat. Oeyl. Fl, 

 108. A. aruodinacea, Roem. ex Betz. I. c. (non Linn.). A. coarulescens", 

 Thw. Enum. Fl. Zeyl. 370. A. Hystrix, Bak&r Fl. Maitrif. 451 (excl. Syn.). 

 A. quinqueseta,, Steud. I. e. 420. Ohaetaria setacea, Beauv. Agrost. 36. C. 

 depressa, Serb. Wight propr. n. 1735. 



Westeen India; from Behar and the Concan southwd. Ceylon; Walker, 

 &c. — DiSTBiB. Mascarene Islds. 



Stem 3-4 ft., sometimes as thick at the base as a goose-qnill, stout, erect, 

 simple, or subfaatigiately branched with open sheaths at tlie ramitications. Leaves 

 filiform, convolute, scaberulous. Panicle 6-12 in., inclined ; branches short, sub- 

 aecnnd, scaberulous, usually fascicled and erect. Spikelets green or purplish ; gl. I 

 narrowed into a short awn ; 2 minutely 2-toothed, awn short j III nearly smooth ; 

 beard of callus copious, white, silky. 



4, A. cyanantlia, Steud. Norn. Ed. II. i. 131 ; Syn. Gram. 141 ; tall 

 stout, panicle effuse, branches flexaous widely spreading, spikelets (excl. 

 awns) §-§■ in., gls. I and II shortly awned, awn of III not articulate with 

 the gl. branches very long flexuoua middle one up to 2^ in. Trin. in Act. 

 Acad. Sc. Petrop. Ser. VI. v. (1842) 150; Boiss. Fl. Orient v. 492; Duthie 

 Grass. N.W. Ind. 26 (excl. Syn.). Ohaetaria cyanantha, Nees in Boyle III. 

 Bot. Eimal. 424. 



Western Himaiata, alt. 3-5000 ft., from Kashmir to Kumaon ; and low hills 

 of the Panjab. — Disteie. AfFghanistan. 



Perennial. Stem 3-6 ft., att.'iining the thickness of a swan's quill below. 

 Leaves 6-12 by i—i in., at length convolute, quite smooth, glaucous; sheaths smooth. 

 Panicle 12-18 in., very variable in amount of branching; branches 4-12 in., solitary 

 or 2-3.nate, usually naked for 2-6 in., scaberulous. Spikelets usually dark purple ; 

 •gls. I and II with nearly smooth keels, tip of II fimbriately toothed ; III, callus 

 hairs very few ; awn minutely scabei'ulous. 



6. A. Xystrix, Linn. f. Suppl. llS; perennial, panicle as broad as 

 long branches distant rigid widely spreading, spikelets (excl. awns) ^-f in., 



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