260 ClxxiiI. GRAMiNE^. (J. D. Hooker.) 



74 CAIiADXAGROSTIS, Adans. 



Stout or slender grasses. Leaves narrow. SpiJcelets in_ narrow or 

 effuse panicles, 1-Bd., not jointed on the pedicels ; rachilla jointed at the 

 base, not produced beyond gl. III. Glumes 3, I and II equal or unequal, 

 lanceolate, acumi-'ate, glabrous or scabernlous; III shorter, hyaline, trun- 

 cate, crenate or cleft, glabrous or hairy, awned, paleate ; palea often minute, 

 rarely 0; callus bearded with long or short hairs. — Species about 15 P 

 natives of cold and temp, climates. 



See remarks under Agrostis (p. 253). See also Degeuxia dbnormis, which is 

 intermediate between that genus and Calamagrostis. 



* Glume III glabrous. 



t Hairs of callus longer than gl. III. 



§ Olume III dorsally atoned at the middle or helow it. 



1. C. epig'ejos, Both. Tent. Fl. Oerm. i. 34; stem stout creeping 

 below, leaves glaucous scabernlous, ligule long acute, panicle dense, 

 branches scaberulous, spikelets \-^ in., gl. I and II subequal subulate- 

 lanceolate, III = i II tip 2-fid, awn dorsal at or near the middle, palea 

 = h-i gl- III> hairs of callus as long as gl?. I and II. Kunth Envm. PI. 

 i. 237, Suppl. 184 ; Host Gram. Auatr. iv. 24, t. 42. Beichh. le. Fl. Germ. 

 t. 43 ; Ledeb. Fl. Boas. iv. 432 ; Boiss. Fl. Orient, v. 525 ; Buthie Grass. N. W. 

 Ind. 30. 0. georgica & thyrsoides, G. Koch in Linnsea, xxi. (1848) 387, 

 388. 0. glomerata, Boiss. et Buhse in Mem. Sop. Nat. Mosc. xii. (1860) 

 229. 0. lithuanioa & vilneonsis, Schult. Mant. iii. 602. C. lanceolata, 

 Stokes in With. Arr. Brit. PI. Ed. III. ii. 122. C. glauca & Huebneriana, 

 Beichh. Fl. Germ. Enncurs. 27, Ic. Fl. Oerm. t. 43. C. rigens, Fries Summ. 

 Veg. 8cand. 240. Arundo epigejos, Linn. Sp. PI. 81 ; JEngl. Bot. t. 402 ; 

 Fl. Ban t. 2165 ; Knapp Oram. Britt. t. 97. 



Kashmib, alt. 8-14,000 ft., Falconer, &c. — Disteib. N. Asia. Enrope. S. 

 Africa. 



Stem 2-4 ft., erect, usually stout. Leaves long, narrow, finely acuminata, 

 scabernlons, more or less glaucous ; ligule oblong, rather long, acute. Panicle 6-12 

 in. or more, oblong or lanceolate, much branched, branches usually erect. Spikeleis 

 shortly pedicelled, erect, green or light or dark purple j gl. I and II subequal or II 

 the longest, l-nerved or II S-nerved, koel and often margins scaberulous; III 

 glabrous, smooth or scaberulous, awn equalling its gl. 



2. C. decora, Hooh. f. ; stems tall tufted very slender, leaves very 

 long flat, panicle loosely branched, spikelets \ in., gls. I and II sub- 

 equal lanceolate, scaberulous. III = f-f I truncate 4-cuspidate, awn 

 subbasal exserted, palea as long as the gl., callus hairs rather longer than 

 gl. III. 



Kashmir; Astor Valley, alt. 9-10,000 ft., Buthie (n. 12.660). 



Stem 4-5 ft. or more. Leaves 12-18 by i in., scaberulous, pale green ; sheath 

 smooth; ligule large, oblong, rounded. Panicle S-8 in., pale green, rachis slender 

 and fascicled branches scaberulous, branches naked below. Spikelets shortly pedi- 

 celled, suberect ; gls. I and II hardly membranous, finely acuminate, keels scaberu- 

 lous, I 3-nerved ; III glabrous, except the callna; awn shortly exserted. Anthers 

 linear. 



