CLXXiii. GRAMINE^. (J. D. Hooker.) 255 



broad. Paniole 2-3 in., lobed, branches very short with densely fastigiate branohlets, 

 and crowded very shortly pedicelled green spikelets. — Described as annual by 

 Grisebach in Ledeb. Fl. Boss., but as perennial by other authors. 



3. A. subaristata, Aitch. & Semsl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. xix. (1882), 

 192, t. 29 ; leaves soabrid, ligule long, paniole elongate contracted or sub- 

 efEuse, branches short soaberulous, spikelets -5^ in., gl. I and II subequal 

 scaberulons tips aristulate, keels soabrid, III about 3 shorter, tip truncate 

 toothed, awn or minute, palea nearly as long as the gl., callus quite 

 glabrous. Boiss. Fl. Orient, v. 514. 



Kasbmib, Falconer; at Sreenuggur and Nowgunji, alt. 5-6000 ft., Clarke. — 

 DiSTBiB. Afghanistan. 



Stem long creeping and rooting below (as in vulgaris) then ascending, stout ov 

 slender. Fardcle 3-6 in., dense- or la:!-tld., branches flowering to the base. Spike- 

 lets pale, very shortly pedicelled, often densely packed. 61. I and II membranous, witb 

 the median nerve sometimes produced into a very short awn ; III dorsally awned in 

 Affgban specimens. — Apparently a very distinct species, strongly resembling 

 A. viiflffwris in habit ; the awned gl. I and II are found in no other Indian species. 

 The Atfghan specimens have larger and more scabrid subhispid spikelets. 



4. A. peninsularis, Kook.f. ; tall, very slender, erect, leaves very 

 narrow strict, ligule short, panicle as broad as long very lax and open, 

 branches 2-4-nate and branchlets long capillary simple in the lower half 

 or more then very sparingly branched and few-M., spikelets i in., gl. 1 and 

 II subeqnal, III nearly = II strongly 4-nerved tip truncate 2-aristulate, awn 

 basal exserted, callus very shortly bearded, palea = gl. Ill lanceolate 

 2-nerved, anther as long as the gl. A. Hookeriana, Herb. Wight. 



Dbcoan Peninsula, WigM {Gat. n. 1746, in pa/rt) ; ? Pulney Mts., Wight. 



Stem 2 ft. or more, erect from the very base, stiff, leafy upwards. Leaves flat, 

 3-4 by ^ in., erect, finely acuminate, nearly smooth. Panicle 3-4 in., branches in 

 distant whorls, perfectly smooth . iSpiloelets green or purple. Anthers very large, 

 purple, tips of cells almost beaked. — The Pulney plant has narrower more acuminate 

 gl. I and II than the others, and III is shorter in proportion, but it is otherwise 

 identical ; its stamens are imperfect. Closely resembles Calamagrostis pilosula. 



** Palea short or 0. 



t Crl. Ill atoned. 



5. A. canina, Linn. 8p. Fl. 62; radical leaves narrow convolute 

 oauline very narrov^, ligule oblong, panicle oblong or ovate spreading in fl. 

 contracted in frt., branches lax-fld., spikelets ^5-^ ^i*-) S^- land II unequal 

 lanceolate acute or acuminate. III 5- shorter tip truncate 4-toothed, awn 

 median to basal, palea 0, callns glabrous, anthers long. Kunfh Enum. PI. 

 i. 222 ; Kost Oram. Av^tr. iv. t. 53 ; Evgl. Bot. t. 1856 ; Knapp Gram. 

 Britt. t. 21 ; Beichb. Ic. Fl. Germ. t. 33 ; T. Nees Gen. Fl. Germ. Monocot. i. 

 n. 29; ButUe Grass. N.W. Ind. 29; Ledeh. Fl. Boss. iv. 440; Boiss. Fl. 

 Orient, v. 516. Triohodium caninum, Schrad. Fl. Germ. i. 198. Agraulus 

 caninus, Beauv. Agrost. 5, t. 4, f . 7. 



Westebn Himalaya and Westeen Tibet ; Kashmir, alt. 9-12,000 ft., Clarke, 

 Buthie ; Lahnl, Bay. Nilghiri Hills, alt. 8000 ft., Clari:e (introd. ?). — Distkib. 

 N. temp, regions. 



Stem 1-2 ft. very slender, rarely stoloniferous. Leaves t5~to '"• broad. Panicle 

 2-1 in. ; branches capillary, scabernious or nearly smooth. Spiielets green, pale or 

 parple; awn exserted, geniculate; callus sometimes minutely scabrid.— There are 

 ujiwards of 30 recorded synouyms of this plant. 



