308 CLXxiii. GRAMiNEiB. (J. D. Hooker.) [Cynosurus. 



Suppl. 323 ; Evgl. Bot. t. 316; Knapp Gram. Britt. t. 64; Bdchh.Ic. Fl. 

 Germ. t. 7; T. Nees Fl. Germ. Monocot. i. n. 96; Beauv. Agrost. 66; 

 Steud Syn. Gram. 299 ; Ledeh. Fl. Soss. iv. 348 ; Boiss. Fl. Orient, v. 

 570 ; DutHe O^-ass. N.W. Ind. 36. 



Western Himalaya ; Urankar, in Piti, alt. 12-14,000 ft., Stolizka (introd.?) 

 — DlsiEiB. Europe, As. Mia. (iiitrod. elsewhere). 



Perennial. Stem 1-2 ft., slender, simple, wiry, strict, stoloniferous, naked 

 above. Leaves very navrow, slightly hairy ; ligule 2-fld. Panicle 1-3 in., semi- 

 cylindric, strict, rigid, oblong- or linear ; rachis flexuoiis. Spikelets about Jj '"•> *'''" 

 outer pectinately arranged, forming an involucre to each fascicle ; flg. glumes 1 and 

 II. oblong, fcabrid above, very shortly awned; neuter-gls. rigid, cuspidate, concave, 

 scabrid, pungent. — I have seen no Indian specimen of this coiumou European grass. 

 According to Boissier its Eastern limit is the Caucasus. 



102. KOEXiERXA, Pers. 



Annual or perennial tufted grasses. Leaves narrow. Spikelets 2-7- 

 fld. (uppermost fig. sterile), densely crowded in sabspiciform panicles, 

 strongly laterally compressed, very shortly pedicelled ; rachilla jointed, 

 between the fl. gls., and produced beyond the upper. Glwmes I and II 

 unequal, empty, persistent, keeled, acute or acuminate ; fll. gls. broadly 

 scarious, 3-5-nerved, mucronate acuminate or bifid and shortly awned in 

 the sinus; awn straight scabrid; palea hyaline, 2-toothed. Lodicules 2. 

 Stamenn 3. Stigmas subsessile, plumose. Grain oblong,' laterally com- 

 pressed, free. — Species about 12, of N. temp, regions. 



Sect. I. AiKOCHLOA, Link. (Gen.). Perennial. Fig. glumes entire, not 

 awned. 



1. IL. cristata, Pers. Syn. i. 97 ; leaves short, panicle shining, 

 spikelets 2-4-fld. I I-nerved, II longest, 1-3 nerved ; flg. gls. acute 

 or mucronate. Fl. Dan. t. 2223 ; Kunth Enum. PI. i. 381, Suppl. 

 315 ; Beichh. Ic. Fl. Germ. t. 93 ; T. Nees Gen. Fl Germ. Monocot. i. 

 n. 64; Steud. Syn. Gram. 292; Dvthie Grass. JSf.W. Ind. 36, Fodd. 

 Grass. JST. Ind. 61; Aitchis. Oat. Panjah PI. 170; Ledeh. Fl. Boss. iv. 

 402; Boiss. Fl. Orient, v. 571; Benth. Fl. Austral, vii. 639. K. glauca, 

 BG. Cat.^ Hort. Monsp. p. 117 ; Ledeh. I. c. K. gracilis, Pers. I. c. K. 

 Linkii, Smith I.e. K. lobata, Boem. & Sch. Syst. ii. 620. K. nitida, 

 Nutt. Gen. Am. i. 74. K. valesiaea. Gaud, in Alp'ina iii. 47, Agrost. i. 149. 

 Aira cristata, Linn. Sp. PI. 63 ; Fngl. But. t. 648 ; Knapp Oram. Britt. t. 

 30. A. glauca, Spreng. Nachtr. Bot. Gart. Halle, i. 10; Fl. Dan. 1. 1566; 

 Kunth I. c. i. 381. Airochloa cristata, valesiaca, pubescens, & gracilis. 

 Link Enum. Hort. Berol. i. 127, 128, ii. 228. Dactylis cristata & lobata, 

 Bieb. Fl. Taur. Gave. i. 67. D. paleacea, lAnn. Herb, ex Mtinro in Journ. 

 Linn. Soc. vi. (1862) 44. Poa cristata, Withering Arr. Brit. PI. 145 ; 

 Host Gram. Austr. ii. 54, t. 75. P. nitida & pyramidata, Lam/c. Illustr. 

 I. 182, 183. Festuoa cristata, Vill. Hist. PI. Dauph. ii. 93. F. dactyloides, 

 & P. glaucescens, Both. Nov. Sp. 78. 



Tempekate and Alpine Himalaya, and Western Tibet ; from Kashmir to 

 Nepal, alt. 5-13,000 ft.-^DisTRiB. N. temp regions. 



Densely tufted, stoloniferous. Stem 1-3 ft., slender, glabrous, or pubescent. 

 Leaves narrow, flat or involute, glabrous or the lower ciliate ; old sheaths not 

 lacerate ; ligule obscure. Panicle 1-4 in., linear-oblong or lanceolate ; branches very 

 Bhort, scabrid; peduncle glabrous or tomentose. Spihelets ^-^ in., shining, grteii,^ 



