276 cLxxm. gramine-S. (J. D. Hooker.) [Avena. 



subsecund, spikelets 2-fld., gla. I and II 9-ner7ed, III and IV thin not 

 scaberulons 2-fld with awned lobes densely hirsute below the middle. 

 Ledeb. Fl. Boss. iy. 41 :i ; Boiss. Fl. Orient, v. 543 ; Griseb. in Ooeit. Nachr. 

 (1868) 78. A. athenanthera, Fresl Gram. & Cyp. Sic. 30. A. hirsuta, Soth. 

 Gatalect. Bot. iii. 19 ; Kunth Emwrn. PI. i. 3u2 ; Webb. Phyt. Ganwr. iii. 

 400, t. 247 ; Steud. Syn. Gram. 230 ; Boyle III. Himcd. PI. 417. A. hirtula, 

 Lag. Gen. & Sp. Nov. 50 ; Kunth I. c. & Suppl. 256. 



Western Hiualata ; Kumaon, Thomson. — Disteib. Mediterranean region, W. 

 nnd N. Asia. 



Habit of A. fcdua, from which its hairy leaves, &c. distinofuish it. — These 

 Avenaceoas weeds of cultivation have not been much collected in India, where the 

 above and others no doubt abound. 



Sect. II. Annual, dwarf. Spihelets erect, gl. I 1-nerved, II 3-nerved, 

 top of fl. gl. 2-ariBtate. Ovary glabrous, narrow. 



3. A. Cavanillesii, Koch Syn. Fl. Germ. Ed. I. i. 797 ; leaves flat 

 or convolute, panicle spiciform, apikelets 2-fld. A. Loefflingiana, Cav. Ic. i. 

 t. 45, f. 1 ; Gaud. Agrost. Seloet. i. 327 ; Balb. Mite. Bot. i. 12 (non Linn.). 

 A. valeaiaoa, Nym. Syll. Fl. JEurop. 414. Trisetum Cavanillesii, Trin. in 

 Mem. Acad. Peiersb. Ser. VI. i. (1831) 63 (excl. Syn. Cav.) ; Kunth Enum. 

 PI. i. 297 ; Steud. Syn. Gram. 225. T., Gaudinianum, Boiss. Voy. JSsp. 

 653, Fl. Orient, v. 535 ; Pa/rlat. Fl. Dal. i. 259. T. Loefflingiannm, Beauv. 

 ex Duthie Grass. N.W. Ind. 31. T. valesiacum, Boiss. ex Nym,. Conspect. 

 814. 



Bbiiish Beluchistan ; at Killa Abdulla, Suthie. PESHAwnK, Stewart {ex 

 Duthie). — DiSTBiB. Westward to tipaiu. 



Stems 4-6 in., densely tufted. Leaves -J-l in., linpar, obtuse, sparsely hairy, 

 rather thick; ligule oblong, hyaline. Panicle 1-2 in., oblong j branches and 

 pedicels very short, smooth. SpikeleU J in., shining, green with purplish awns, 

 2-fld. and with a third imperfect j rachilla densely villous, hairs longer than the gl. ; 

 gl. I and II very unequal, keels smooth ; I lanceolate ; II oblong, acute ; III much 

 shorter than II, lanceolate, hyaline above and 2-nerved, the nerves endino- iu lateral 

 awns as long as the gl. ; callus bearded ; dorsal awn nearly twice as long as the gl. ; 

 palea narrowly linear, nerveless. 



Sect. III. Perennial. Spikelets erect. Fl. gls. 5-9-nerved. Ovary 

 hirsute. 



4. A. pratensls, Linn. Sp. PI. 80; panicle contracted, spikelets 

 5-7-fld., gl. 1 and II 3-nerved, flg. gls. entire rounded notched or erose at 

 the tip. Fl. Ban. t. 1083 ; Sost Fl. Austr. ii. 38, t. 51 ; JEngl. Bot. t. 1204; 

 Knapp Gram. Britt. t. 91 ; Beichb. Ic. Fl. Germ. i. t. 99 ; Kunth Enum PI. 

 i. 300, Suppl. 254 ; Steud. Syn. Gram. 231 ; Ledeb. Fl. Boss. iv. 414; Boiss. 

 Fl. Orient, v. 546; Duthie Grass. N.W. Ind. 31. A. alpina, Sm. in 

 Trans. Linn. Soc. x. (1811) 335; Kunth I. c. 301 ; G^seb. in Goett. Nachr. 

 (1868) 78. A. argfea, Boiss. I. c. A. bromoides, Mert. ^ Koch in Boehl. PI. 

 Deutschl. Ed. III. i. 570. A. secnnda, Jacquem. mss. {non Salisb.). 

 Heuffelia prseusta & pratensis, Schur Fnum. PI. Transs. 780. H. aus- 

 tralis, Fourn. in Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, N.S. xvii. (1869) 183. 



Western Himalaya ; from Kashmir to Garwhal, alt. 9-15,000 ft.— Disteib. 

 Europe, Asia Minor. 



Stems 10-18 in., densely tufted, rather stout, strict, leafy below. Leaves 6-10 

 by f-k in-, erect, coriaceous, scaberulons above, margins thickened ; sheath nearly 

 smooth J ligule oblong, lacerate. Panicle 3-4 in., erect or inclined ; branches short, 

 erect, and pedicels scaberulous. S/.i'eeleis i-i in., narrow, glistening, green or 



