Phleum.] OLXxm. GRAMiNEa;. (J.D.Hooker.) 237' 



Steud. I. c. 150. P. nigricans, Willd. ex Triii. in Mem. Acad. Petersb. Ser. 

 VI. V. II (1840) 123. P. ovatum, Jacquem. mss. 



Temperate and Subalpine HtJiAlAYA, alt. 10-13,000 ft., from Kashmir eastwards, 

 in wet places. — Distbib. Arctic and Alpine regions. Fuegia. 



Stem solitary, 6-18 in., ascending from a creeping base, smooth, stiff. Leavet 

 sliort, spreading ; ligule short. Panicle i-li in., green or pnrpliah ; gl. I and II 

 J in. with the awn. 



2. P. aronarium, Linn. Sp. PL 60 ; annual, upper sheaths inflated, 

 panicle cylindrio or oblong narrowed at the base, gl. I arid II lanceolate 

 finely acuminate hardly awned keels ciliated above. III very small hairy, 

 Fl. Dan. t. 915 ; Kunth Enum. PL i. 28 ; Beiohb. Ic. FL Qerm. t. 50 ; 

 Ledeb. PL Boss. iv. 456 ; Steud. 8i/n. Gram. 151 ; Boiss. FL Orient, v. 481 ; 

 Aitchis. Gat. Panjab PL 158 ; Buthie Qrass. N.W. Ind. 28. P. ramosum, 

 Qilib.Bxercit. ii. 519. Phalaris arenaria, Willd. Sp. PL i. 328 ; P!nffL Bot. 

 t. 222; ..Kreafip Gram. Britt. t. 4. Crypsis arenaria, Desf. FL Atlant. i. 63. 

 ChUochloa arenaria, Beauv. Agrost. 37. Achnodon arenarius. Link Enum,^ 

 Sort. Berol. i. 65. Achnodonton arenarium, Trin. Diss. i. 166. 



The Pahjab and Westekn Himalaya ; in Kashmir and Kishtwar, ascending to 

 9000 ft., Jacguemont, &c. — Distbib. Westward to the Atlantic. 



Stems 6-14 in., tufted, glabrous, leafy. Leaves flat, sheaths smooth j ligule 

 elongate, ohlong. Pamcle 1-2^ by ^-| in., glaucous, sometimes lobed. Spiieletk 

 J-iin., rachilla produced beyond gi. Ill; gls. I and II punctulate ; III 3-nerved. — 

 Var. Thommnii, Griseb. in Goett. Nachr. (1868) 83. I find no character whereby to 

 distinguish this from the common form. 



3. P. asperum, Jacq. Gollectan. i. 110, Ic. Rar. t. 14 ; annual, 

 panicle long slender cylindrio, gL I and II cnneately obovate truncate 

 cnspidate, keels scabrid above. III oblong obtuse pubescent. Till. Fl. 

 Belpk ii. 61, t. 2, f. 4 ; Zunth Enum. PL i. 28 ; 8'teud. 8yn. Gram. 151 ; 

 Boiss. Fl. Orient, v. 481 ; Aitchis. Cat. Panjab PL 158 ; Buthie Grass. 

 N.W.Ind.2%. P. viride. All. Fl. Pedem. ii. 232. P. paniculatum, Huds. 

 Fl. AngL 23 ifixel. Syn.) ; Engl. Bpt t. 1077 ; Knapp Gram. Britt t. 8. 

 P. ventricosum, Moench Meth. 177. P. viride, All. I.e. Phalaris aspera, 

 Retz. Obs. iv. 14; Sost Gram. Austr. ii. t. 37. Phal. panioulata. Ait. 

 Sort. £ew, i. 87. Chilochloa aspera, Beauv. Agrost. 37 ; Beichb. Ic. Fl. 

 Germ. t. 51. 



The Panjab Himaiata, Royle, &c. Kunawuk {Herb. Mnnro). Kashmie, 

 alt. 5-6000 ft., Jacquemont, &c. The Salt Kan&e, 4itcAison.— Distbib. Westward 

 to the Atlantic. 



Stem 6-18 in , tufted, stout, rigid. Leaves broad, margins scabrid. Panicle 

 1-H by i-i in. diara, Spikelets green, Jj-i in. ; gl, I and II rigid, glabrous or 

 scabrid, the sinus between them rounded, 3-nerved, dilated above -with gibbous 

 membranous margins. III membranous = f of I and II. — Scent of Anfhox- 



65. AIiOPBCUarS, Iiimi. 



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

 laterally compressed, imbricating in a cylindrio or oblong spiciform panicle, 

 jointed on the tumid tip of the very short pedicels, rachilla not produced 

 beyond gl. III. Glumes 3, I and II subequal, strongly compressed, keeled, 

 often connate by their margins below ; III as long as I and II, hyaline, 

 convolute, with usually a basal or median dorsal awn ; palea (in Indian 

 sp.). .Lpdicules 0. Stamens 2 or 3. Ovari/ glabrous. Grain laterally 

 compressed, free. — Species about 20, temp, and cold regions. 



