236 CLXXiii. GRAMiNEiE. (J. D. Hooker.), [Heleochloa. 



18. Phlenm schcenoides, lAnn. Sp. PI. 60 ; Jacq. Fl. Austr. v. App. 29 

 t. 7 Ic. i. 2 t. 15 ; Ga/v. Ic. i. t. 52, f. 5. Spartina phleoiries, Roth. Neue 

 Beytrag. i. 101. Pechea sub-cylindrica, Pourr. Chlor. Narhon. n. 103., 



The Panjab, Wbsteen Himalaya, and Westeen Tibet ; Kaslimir, Jacquemonl. 

 Iskardo, alt. 7000 ft., Thomson. Bandulkund, Z)«tAte. PSlKKlMj at Dorjiling, 

 Rerh. &riffith. — Disteib. Westward to the Atlantic. 



Glaucous. Stems many, 1-10 in,, prostrate with ascending tips, leafy, rigid. 

 Leaves 1-2 in., narrowly lanceolate, acuminate j sheaths deeply furrowed, margins 

 glabrous or eiliate ; ligule a short ring of hairs. Panicle j-2 in. by i— J in. dl»m,, 

 green. Spikelets i in. j gl. all 1-nerved, keels eiliate ; I and II narrowly lanceolate, 

 acuminate ; I shortest j III ovate-lanceolate, acuminate ; pulea oblong, truncate, 

 nerveless. i>cit2icu2es 2, oblique, cuneate. Stemens 2-3, filament very long; anthers 

 6mall. — The Bandulkund specimens are very small and pale, almost silvery white, 

 with very small spikes hardly emerging from the leaf-sheath. The Sikkim^ habitat is 

 probably due to a misplaced ticket. 



2. K. dura, Boiss. Fl, Orient, v. 477 ; perennial, minutely pnbescent, 

 stem stout ascending, leaves involute pungent, panicle elongate cylindrio 

 narrow. H. alopecnroides, Dutkie Podd. Grass. N. Ind. 48 {non Boiss.), 

 Orypsis dura, Boiss. Biagn. Ser. II. iv. 125. 0. phalaroides, Duthie Orass. 

 N.W. Ind. 25 {non M. Bieh.). Vilfa setulosa, Triit. in Mem. Acad, Petersb. 

 Ser. VI. V. ii. (1840) 55; Steud. 8yn. Gram. 154. 



SciND, Stocks, in salt water.— Distbib. Arabia. 



Whole plant pale, and clothed with a very fine velvety pubescence. Stems 

 6-10 in., densely fastigiate from a woody inclined base which is clothed with leaf- 

 sheaths, ascending, stout, as thick as a crow-quill, bard, few-leaved. Leaves 3-6 in., 

 quite terete, rigid, pungent; sheaths short, coriaceous; ligule 0. Spite 2-4 in. by 

 ■J-J in. diam. Spikelets -^ in,, membranous, gl. nil 1-nerved and with eiliate keels, 

 1 and II narrowly oblanceolate, acuminate ; III half as long again, oblong, mucronate ; 

 palea oblong, bifid, 2-nerved, lobes obtuse eiliate. Lodicules 2, obliquely cuneate, 

 acute. Stamens 2t ; filaments very long; anthers short. Ovary ovoid; styles very 

 long, slender. — Boissier cites Griffith by error, for Stocks, under the habitat of 

 Scind. 



64. PKIiXiUnX, Linn, 



Annual or perennial grasses. Leaves flat. Spikelets 1-fld., with rarely 

 a rudimentary 2, imbricated on cylindric or oblong spiciform panicles, 

 strongly laterally compressed, not jointed on the very short pedicels; 

 rachilla sometimes produced beyond gl. III. Glumes 3, I and II equal. 

 Keeled, awned or mucronate ; III much smaller, hyaline, awned or not, 

 3-5-nerved, toothed ; palea small. Lodicules 2. Stamens 3. Ovary gla- 

 brous; styles long. Grain compressed, free within the gl. and palea.— 

 Species about 10, temp, and Arctic. 



Phleum pratense, Linn. (Timothy grass) is mentioned by Eoyle (III. Bot. Himal. 

 417, and Duthie Grass. N.W. Ind. 28) as a native of the N.W. Himalaya (Urukta & 

 Chur), but this has never been confirmed. 



I. P. alpinum, Linn, Sp. PI. 59; perennial, upper sheaths inflated, 

 panicle ovoid or oblong, gl. 1 and II truncate as long as their awns keels 

 hispid. III 8-nerved. Fl. Dan. t. 213 ; Host Gram. Austr. iii. t. 10 ; Funth 

 Fnum, Pl.i. 29; Trin. Sp. Grain. Ic, t. 21; Fngt. Bot. t. 519; Knapp 

 Ch-am. Brit. t. 7 ; Reichh, Ic. Fl. Germ. t. 50 ; Ledeb. Fl. Boss. iv. 458 

 Steud. Syn. Gram. 150; Boiss. Fl. Orient, v. 484; Wall. Cat, n. 3779 

 Duthie dhrass. N.W. Ind. 28- P. Hsenkeanum, Presl Bel. Huenh. i. 245 



