356 CLxxin. gbaminb^. (J. D. Hooker.) [Festuca, 0. Stapf. 



5-nerved, tip and margins broadly hyaline ; palea oblong acute or sub 2-dentnte ; 

 keela seal rid. Lodioules obliquely ovate, sometimes 2-1obed. Anthers J-f in., 

 linear, reduced and empty in the fem. fl. Ovary pyriform, top slightly oblique, 

 hispidulous; styles rery short, subterminal ; stigmas \ in,, plumose, more or less 

 filiform in the male fl. Grain ^ in., linear-oblong, quite free, dorsally subeonvex, 

 ventrally flat, hilum reaching rather above the middle. 



Sect. II. VuLPiA. Annuals (tbe Indian species). SpiJcelets snbsecund 

 in spioitorm or racemiform panicles ; pedicels olavate, often very short. 

 Glumes divergent, I minute or 0, II much shorter than the flg., long- 

 awned. Stamens 1-3 ; anthers very short. Ovary glabrous. Grain linear, 

 adherent to the palea. 



16. r. nXjuros, Linn. 8p. PI. 74 ; panicle elongate branched below 

 base usually embraced by the upper sheath, pedicels half the length of 

 gl. II or longer, gl. I minute, flg. gla. 6-8 as long as their awns, stamens 

 1-3. Most Gram. Atistr. ii. 66, t. 93 ; Ungl. Bot. t. 1412 ; Knapp Gram. 

 Britt.t. 70; Kunth Enum. PI. i. 396, Suppl. 330; Ledeb. FL jRoss. iv. 

 349. F. Pseudomyuros, Soyer Willem.inAnn. Sc. Kai. fter. I. vii. (1826) 

 445. PP. uniglumis, Gfriseb. in Goett. Nachr. (1868) 73 {non Soland.). 

 Vulpia Mynros, Gmel. Fl. Bad. i. 215; Reichh. Ic. Fl. Germ. i. t. 60; 

 C. Koch in Li-nnma, xxi. (1848) 409 ; T. Neea Gen. Fl. Germ. Monocot. i. 

 n. 71 ; Boiss. Fl. Orient, v. 628. T. Psendo-myuros, Beichb. Fl. Germ. 

 Fxctirs. 37. Mygalnrus caudatus, Idnk Enum. Sort. Berol. i. 92. 



Westben Himalaya, from Kashmir to Garwhal, alt. 5-9000 ft. Western 

 Tibet, alt. 9-12,000 ft.— Distrib. Europe, N. Asia. 



Stem 6-18 in., very slender, leafy, glabrous. Leaves setaceous, upper with rather 

 tumid grooved sheaths embracing the bnse of the panicle ; ligule short, biauricled. 

 Panicle 4-10 in., strict or flexnous, glabrous or puberulous, rachis and branches 

 smooth or scaberulous, lower branches nppressed, upper very short. Spikelets with 

 the awns ^-| in. ; rachilla smooth or ciliolate ; gls. I and II subulate ; flg. smooth 

 or more or less scaberulous, nerves obscure. — I have seen no specimen of F. u?dglumis, 

 Soland. from India, and suspect Gtrisebach's plant to be E. Myuros. 



Sect. III. ITaebueus, Eeichb. (Gen.). SpiJcelets spicate, solitary, sessile 

 on the joints of the rachis or with very short flat pedicels. Glumes diver- 

 gent, equal or unequal ; flg. gls. awned or not. Stamens 3, anthers minute. 

 Ovary glabrous. Gi-ain oblong or subpyriform, obtuse, ventrally concave, 

 glabrous, adherent to the palea. 



17. F. tenuiflora, Schrad. Fl. Germ. i. 345; leaves very short fili- 

 form subflexuous convolute, spike simple, spikelets seound sessile 3-7-fld., 

 gls. I = 4 II linear-subulate acuminate keeled, flg. gls. linear-lanceolate 

 mucronate or shortly awned smooth or hispidulous. Kunth Enum. PI. i. 

 395, Suppl. 330. F. maritima, TAnn. 8p. PL 75. Nardurns tenuiflorus, 

 Boiss. Voy. Bot. Espan. ii. 667, Fl. Orient, v. 632. N. unilateralis, Fries 

 ex Linngea, xxix. (1857-8) 730 ; Foum. in BulL Soc. Bot. Fr. xiii. (1866) 181. 

 Oatapodium unilaterale, Griseh. in Ledeb. Fl. Boss. iv. 347. Triticum 

 hispanicum, WiUd.Sp.Pl.i.4-79. T. maritimum, Willd. l.c.(in Syn.). T. 

 Nardus, DC. Fl. Franc, iii. 87. T. tenellum, Viv. Ann. Bot. i. II. 164; 

 Host Gram. Austr. ii. 20, t. 86 (excl. Syn.). T. unilaterale, Linn. Mant. 

 i. 36. Braohy podium tenuiflorum & tenellum, Roem. & Sch. Syst. ii. 745 

 (ex Kunth). 



Kashmib j near Sirinagur, alt. 5-6000 ft., DutUe. — Disteib. Westwd. to Spain. 

 Stems 3-16 in,, tufted, slender, wiry erect, strict or curved, smoath. leaves 



