Aifrosiis.] ctxXlil. GRAMNBiE. ^J. D. Hooker.) 257 



quite naked, nerves very faint, palea = about ^ g1., anthers about ^ gl. — 

 A. Wightii, Munro in Serb. Hooh.f. & T. in part). — Agrostis, Wall. Cat. 

 n. 3776. 



Centeai Himalaya, alt. 4-6000 ft., from Garwhal to Sikkim. PKhasia Hills, 

 alt. 5000 ft., Clarice. 



Stem 2-3 ft., tufted, rather stout below in Wallich's specimens. Leaves 3-6 in., 

 by -ifjj-l in., rarely broader, soaberulous. Panicle 4-10 in., lax-fid., slightly 

 scaberulous, branches naked till towards the tips, lower whorled or fascicled ; top of 

 pedicels clavate. Spikelets green, gl. Ill 5-nerved, nerves all vsry slender or 

 evanescent, the median sometimes arrested half way. O-rain linear-oblong. — Steudel 

 describes the palea as long as the gl., but it never exceeds i of that organ. The 

 Ehasian specimens have a much reduced panicle and much smaller palea. 



10. A. myriantha, SooJc. f. ; stems stout leafy, leaves broadly 

 linear-lanceolate, ligule short, panicle 4-12 in. inclined contracted many- 

 and dense-fld., rachis rather stout, branches fascicled or whorled often flg. 

 to the base, spikelets -^g-xV ^"'i &'• ^ ^^^ ^^ subequal oblong subacute. III 

 nearly as long tip truncate crenate, nerves very faint, callus quite naked, 

 palea = \--^ gl., anthers \^ gl. — Agrostis, n. 7 Rerh. Hook. f. 8f T. 



SiKKiM Himalaya ; alt. 9-12,000 ft., common. Khasia Hills, alt. 4-6000 ft., 

 common. 



Stem 1-5 ft., suberect or geniculate below. Lea/ves 4-12 by J— IJ in., scaberulous. 

 Fanicle 6-12 in.,iContracted in flower, less so in frt. j branches very many in many 

 fascicles, strict, erect, sometimes naked for half their length. Spilcelets pale green, 

 or brownish shortly pedioelled ; gl. I and II scaberulous on the keels j III 5-nerved, 

 nerves anthers palea and grain as in A. micrantha. — Very near /I. micrantha., but a 

 much more leafy species, with shorter and broader gl. I and II, and III longer in 

 proportion. 



Var. silclcimensis ; stem 1-2 ft., leaves 4-8 by J-J in., ligule oblong, anthers = 

 i the gl. — Sikkim, common in woods. 



Var. khanana ; stem 3-5 ft., sometimes as thick as a goose-quill below, leaves 

 6-12 by J-i in., ligule often 0, panicle up to IZ in., anthers = f the gl.— Khasia 

 Hills, abundant. 



11. A. Clarkel, Hook. f. ; very slender, leaves very narrow, ligule 

 short, panicle broadly pyramidal, branches capillary spreading sparingly 

 divided, spikelets Yj-r5 i°-> S^- I ^^^ ^ '^^'■y unequal narrowly lanceolate 

 acuminate. III much shorter than II 5-nerved nerves slender, tip truncate 

 crenate, callus quite glabrous, palea very minute or 0. A. canina, Munro 

 in Herb. Ind. Or. Hf. ^ T. {in part). 



■Wbsteen Himalata ; Bero: Rot/le ; Sikkim, alt. 9--ll,000 ft., J. D. H., Clarice, 

 Cummins. 



Stem 6-14 in., suberect. Lowest leaves filiform, upper fliat, nil very narrow, 

 scaberulous. Panicle 1^-7 in., branches spreading in fl. and frt., smooth or 

 nearly so, naked below, lower geminate or in whorls of 3-5. Spikelets narrow, 

 green purplish or very dark purple; gl. 1 i or more longer than II, very finely 

 acnmiuate, keel scabrid ; III short and broad. — Regarded by Mr. Clarke as an awn- 

 less form of ^. canina, but besides wanting the awn, gl. I and II are narrower and 

 more acuminate, and- III much shorter. 



12. A. Inaequig-lumls, Griseb. in Ooett NacTvr. (1868) 80; stems 

 4-6 in. densely tufted stiff stout, leaves filiform or nearly so, ligule short, 

 paEiole spioiform dense-fld., branches very short, spikelets yV-rS ^-j S^- ^ 

 and II unequal ovate-lanceolate acute. III \ shorter than II tip narrowly 



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