4nstida.] olxxiii. qraminej;. (J. D. Hooker.) 227, 



VI. vii. (1849) 160; lAshoa in Journ. Bomb. Nat. Mist. Soc. vii. (1892) 358. 

 A. stipaoea, Ehrenb. & Hempr. ex Trin. & Bupr. I, c. Ohaetaria murina, 

 Nees ex Trin. 8r Bupr. I. c. 160. 0. murina, ;3. villosa, Nees ex Wight Cat. 

 n. 1736. 0. Boyleaua, Nees ex Steud. 8pn. Gram. 143. Arthratherum 

 Kotschyi, Hochst. ex Trin. I. c. — Aristida, Wall. Gat. n. 3787. 



Plains of the Panjab from the Sutlej westward. Rajpootana, and from the 

 CoNOAN southward. — Distbib. Beluohistan, Arabia, Trop. Africa. 



Btems many, geniculately ascending, 10 in.-2 ft. Leaves very slender, flat or 

 convolute, base ciliate with lopg hairs. Panicle 4-10 in., branches erect capillary. 

 Spikelets variable in length, pale ; gl. I rather shorter than II, keels soabernlous 5 

 III smooth, callus sparsely bearded or naked ; column of awn very slender, minutely 

 scaberulous, twisted, branches straight capillary. 



Var. Soyleana, leaves eciliate, spikelets smaller, on more distant spreading 

 flexuous branches, gl. I ^ in. or less, colnmn of awn ^-^ in., branches more unequal, 

 longest fin. — A. Eoyleana, Trin. l( Eitpi-. I.e. 160 j Steui,. I.e. 143. Ohaetaria 

 Boyleana, Nees em Steud. I. c. Arthratherum lloyleauum, ISdgeu). em Aitohis, I. c. 

 —The Punjab, Kangra, alt. 3000 ft., Olarke. 



Var. ? Stocksii ; gl. I = i II. — Concan ? Herb. Stocks. 



8. A. hystrlcula, Edgew. in Journ. Linn. Soc. vi. (1862) 208 ; dwarf, 

 very slender, 1-2 in. high, panicle very small narrow much shorter than 

 the awns, gls. I and II -j in. subequal or I shorter aristately acuminate, 

 colnmn of awn ^ in. twisted, branches subequal ^| in. Aitchis. Gat. 

 Panjab PI. 164 ; Buthie Grass. N. W. Ind. 26, Fodd. Grass. N. Ind. 47, 

 A. funiculata, Boisa. Fl. Orient, v. 493 (the Beluchist plant only). 



The Panjab ; Multan, Hdgeworth. SciND ; near Knrrachee, Stooks. — Distbib. 

 Beluchistan, 



Annual. Stems very many from the root, ^1 in., densely crowded. Leaves 

 subulate, curved, convolute, acuminate, glabrous. PanicZewithouttheawns ^1 in.; 

 branches few, short, erect. Spikelets erect; gls. I and II very narrow; callus of 

 III minute, glabrous j column of awn capillary, twisted, smooth, branches of 

 extreme tenuity. 



9. A. redacta, Stapf in Kew Bullet. (1892) 85 ; stems tufted, tall or 

 short, panicle large effuse, branches spreading, gls. I and II subequal 

 shortly awned about 5 in. long, II deciduous, column of awn capillary 

 twisted, branches or very short. A. depressa, Itetz. Herb. Ind. Or. 

 Ef. & T. in part. Stipa aristoides, Stapf ex Lishoa in Jowrn. Bomb, Nat. 

 Hist. Soc. vii. (1892) 358. 



Lower Bengal; Burdwan, Clarke. The Concan, Centeal India, and the 

 Central Provinces, Stocks, Law, &c.— tDisteib. S. Persia. 



Annual. Stems 6 in.-2 ft., rather stout or slender, densely tufted, simple, or 

 proliferously branched in robust specimens. Leaves 4-8 in., very slender, convolute, 

 cihate with long hairs at the base. Panicle 6-12 in., rachis slender smooth ; 

 branches usually bjnate, capillary, flexuous, smooth, erect or spreading, ,each with 

 one or few spikelets. Spikelets on short or long capillary pedicels, green or purplish ; 

 column of awn gradually dilating below, 3-nerved, convolute and passing into the 

 glume from the top of which it separates readily but without an indication of the 

 joint. 



Sect. III. Stipagkostis. Awn feathery. 



10. A. hirtiETluma, Stevd. Nom. Ed. II. ii. 231, S^n. Gram. 144 ; 

 very slender, panicle narrow strict or flexuous, branches very short, gl. I 

 and II unequal, III mnriculate, awn capillary plumose middle branch I4 in. 

 lateral much shorter naked of extreme tenuity. Trin. & Bupr. in Mem. 

 Acad. Petersb. Ser. VI. v. (1842) 171; Aitohis. Cat. Panjab PL 164; 



Q 2 



