Festuca, 0. Stapf.] oLXxin. QRAMixEiE. (J. D. Hooker.) 357 



1-3 in., erect, sometimes almost capillary, grooved between the prominent ribi 

 ligule 0. Spike 2-4 in,, short or curved, raehis smooth, wiry, grooved, ^- terete with 

 a shallow groove opposite the spikelets. Spikelefs \-^ in., green; fl. gls. rigid 

 terete, nerves indistinct. LodicuUs subcuneate, acutely 2-lobed. ' 



DOUBTIUL SPECIES. 

 F. filiformis, Nees ex Duthie Q-rass. N. W. Ind. 42 is probably a Trlpngnn. 



122. BROnXVS, Linn. (0. Stapf). 



Annual or perennial grasses. Lexves narrow, usually flat. Spikelets 

 many-fld., panicled, laterally compressed ; uppermost fls. usually imperfect ; 

 raohilla jointed below the flg. gls., not produced beyona the uppermost 

 gl. Glumes many, I and II unequal, empty, acuminate, 1-5-nerved, per- 

 sistent, flg. gls. acuminate or shortly cleft ; 1- very rarely 3-awned, median 

 awn erect or recurved sometimes twisted towards the base ; palea 2-fid or 

 2-toothed, keels soabrid or ciliate. Lodicules 2, oblong or lanceolate, 

 entire or cleft. Stamens 3. Ovary oblong or cuneiform, crown more or 

 less enlarged and hairy or villous. Styles usually inserted ventrally below 

 the tip of the ovary, short; stigmas plumose. Chain linear-oblong, 

 usually concavo-ooQvex and adherent to the palea. — Species about 40, 

 natives of temp, regions. 



JB. unioloides, H. B. K. (JB. Schraaeri, Knnth j Duthie Grass. N.W. Ind. 43 ; 

 Fodd. Grass. N. Ind. 67), a tall American species with many-nerved Iceeled gls. 

 has been introduced into India as a fodder grass, and has been found at Darjiliug 

 and elsewhere as an escape. 



Sect. I. Festucgides, Coss. & Bur. Perennial, usually tall. Gl. I 

 1-nerved ; II 3-nerved ; flg. gls. 5-7-nerved ; awn terminal or nearly so or 0. 



1. B. inermis, Leyss. Fl. Hall. 16; rootstock creeping, panicle large, 

 spikelets up to 2 in., awn of flg. gls. minute or 0. Pol/,. Hist. PI. Palat. 

 i. Ill ; )SV/ire6. Beschr. Graes. i. 97, t. 13; Host Grwm. Austr.i.S,t. 9; 

 Runth Enum. PI. i. 412, Suppl. 340; Zedeb. Fl. Ross.iv. 357; Steud. Syn. 

 Oram. 321 ; Boiss. Fl. Orient, v. 642. B. littoreus, Georgi Beschr. Russ. 

 Reich. Nachtr. 267 ; Griseb. in Ooett. Nachr. (1868) 74 ; Duthie Grass. 

 N.W. Ind. 4!i. B. purpurascens, Turcz. em Ledeb. I.e. 'ifB. variegatus, 

 Griseb. I. c. (non Bieb.). Schedonorus inermis, BeoMv. Agrost. 99. Festtica 

 inermis, DO. Fl. Fr. iii. 49 ; Reichb. Ic. Fl. Germ. t. 70. F. Leysseri, 

 Moench Enum. PI. Hass. 41. F. posoides, Thuill. Fl. Pari», Ed. II. 61. 

 1\ poaeformis, Pers. St/n. ii. 94. F. speciosa, Schreb. Spicil. Fl. Lips. 

 59. Tragus inermis, Panz. in Denkschr. Ahad. Muench. (1813) 296. 



Westekn Himalaya; from Kashmir to Kumaon, alt. 9-13,000 ft — Disteib. 

 N. Europe, Reg. Caucas., N. Asia. 



Stem 2-4 I'fc., often stoloniferous, nodes usually pubescent. Leaves 6-9 by 

 i-s in., finely acuminate, glabrous or hairy above, smooth or scabcrulous beneath, 

 many-nerved ; sheaths tight, striate ; ligule very short, truncate, toothed, panicle 

 6-8 io., open or contracted, erect or nodding, raehis smooth ; lower branches 

 2-5 in., 3-4.nate, simple or sparingly divided. Spikelets pale green, rarely purplish, 

 linear-oblong, loosely 5-12-8(1., rachiUa pubescent; gl. I i-i in., lanceolate, keeled ; 

 II i-f in., oblong-lanceolate, subacute; flg. gls. i-^ iu., oblong-lanceolate, obtuse, 

 5- sub 7-ner\'ed, glabrous or nearly so, tip and upper margins soarious ; awn up to 

 i in. ; keels of palea rigidly ciliolate. Anthers -J— | in. Grain J^-i in., oblong, 

 more or less folded. — B. inermis in N.E. Asia passes into B. ciliatus, L,, a 

 characteristic form in N. America where S, inermis is absent. 



