Bfmhypodium.'] clxxiii. ghaminbjE. (J. D. Hooker.) 363 



Bo^n. Fl. Orient, v. 657. B. Fontanesianum, Nees Fl. Afr, Austr. 457. 

 B. Fontanpsii, Ness in Herb. Ind. Or. Hohenack. n. 914. B. graciie, jBeawi. 

 1. c. ; Meichh. Ic. Fl. Germ. t. 10. B. uepalense, Nees ex Steud. Syn. Gram. 

 316. H. Boaberrimuin, Wight & Am. in Wight Cat. n. 1796 ; Steud. 

 Nomencl. Ed. II. i. 221. Bromus silvaticua, Pollich Hist PL Palat. i. 118 ; 

 Host Gram. Austr. i. 17, t. 21 ; Endl. Bot.t. 729. B. dumosus, Vill. Hist. 

 PI. Bauph. ii. 119. B. gracilis, Weig. Ohs. 15, t. 1, f. 11. B. pinnatus, 

 Fl. Ban. t. 164 {non Beauv ). Fesmea graoilifl, Moench Meih. 191. F. 

 svlvatica, Huds. Fl. Angl. Ed. I. 38; Knapp Gram. Britt. t. 76; Steud. 

 Syn. Gram. 316. Tritioum syivaticum, Moench Enu'ni. PI. Hass. 54; Kunth 

 Eruwm. Pl.\. 44-5. T. gracile, Brat. Fl. Lusit. 121. T. scaberrimum, Steud. 

 Nom. I.e. 717. Tragus gracilis, Panz. in DenJcsehr. Akad. Muench. (1813) 

 296.— Festnca, Wall. Gat. n. 3800. 



Tjbmperatb Himalaya, alt. 6-12,000 ft., from Kasbmir to Sikkim. The 

 Khasia nnd Naga Hills, alt. 4-6000 ft., Glarke, &c. Nilqhibi Hills, alt. 

 6000 ft., Wight, &c.— Ceylon, alt. 8000 ft., Walher, &c.— Disteib. Europe, N. Asia, 

 S. Africa. 



Stem 2-4 ft., very slender, simple or branched. Leaves J-f in. broad, usually 

 flaccid, finely acuminate ; sheaths more or less hairy ; lignle short, obtuse. Spikes 

 2-6 in., or more, nodding; racbis ,, compressed, glabrous, edges cijiplate. , Spijeelets 

 8-18 by |— 1 in., green, glabrous sparsely hairy or scaberuloiis, nerves strong; gl. I 

 and II strongly nerved ; I subulate, J shorter than 11 or less; It oblong-lanceolate, 

 acute acuminate or sliortly awned ; flg.. gls. about i in. long, gradually narrowed 

 into a slender erect awn, 7-nerved ; awn |-4 in. Anthers i-i as long as the palea. — 

 The characters of the following varieties are far from constant. 



Var. longe-aristatum, Hook. f. ; flg. gl. \ in., awns J-f in. — N.W. Himalaya ; 

 Eumaoh and Dalhousie, alt. 6-9000 ft. 



Yar. thasianum, Honk. f. ; callus of fl. gl. villous awn np to IJ in.^Khasia Hills. 



Var. WdttU, Hook. f. ; stein stouter, lower spikelets pedicelled, pedicel of lowest 

 hair as long as the spikelet or less pubescent, awn about as long as the gl. B, 

 Wattii, Clarke in JourU. Linn. Soc. xxv. (1887) 90, t. 40.— Naga Hills, alt. 5500- 

 7500 ft., Clarke. 



Var. Pseudo-distachyon, Hook. f. ; stem short 10-18 in. strict, leaves very 

 narrow erect, spikelets few closer together, awn = half thegl. or shorter. — Kashmir 

 and Kumaon. 



2. B. plnnatum, Beauv. Agrost. 101, t. 19, f . 3 ; rootstoot creeping, 

 leaves convolute, spike erect, flg. gls. muoronate. Ledeh. Fl. Ross. iv. 345 ; 

 Boiss. Fl. Orient, v. 658; B^ichb. Ic. Fl-Germ.t. 16, 17; T. Nees Gen. 

 Fl. Germ. Monocot. i. t. 70. B. Barrelieri, Eoem. Sc Sek. Syst. ii. 741. 

 B. coespitosum, Boem. ^ Sch. I. c. 737 ; Beirhb. I. a. t. 17 ; Host Gram. 

 Austr. 1. t. 22.' B. constrictnm, Presl Gyp. & Gram. Sic. 40. B. corni- 

 culatum, BC. Fl. Franc, y. 608. . B. rupestre, Boem. & Sch. I. c. 736 ; Host 

 I. c. iv. t. 17, 18. Bromus gracilis. Leys. Fl. Hal. 26. B. pinnatus, Linn. Sp. 

 PI. 78 ; Host Gram. Austr. i. t. 22 ; Engl. Sot. t. 730. Festnca pinnata, 

 Moench. Meth. 1^1 ; Huds. Fl. Angl. Ed. II. i. 48 ; Knapp. Gram. Britt. 

 t. jb. Triticum bromoides, Weber ex Wigg. Prim. Fl. Holsat. ii. T. 

 gracile, BG. Fl. Fr. iii. 84. T. maorourum, 'Pure, in Bull. Soc. Nat. Mosc. 

 (1838)' 105. T. phoenicioidea, DC. I.e. vi. 284. T. pinnatum, Moench 

 Enum. Pt. Hass. 53 ; Kunth Enum. PI. i. 445, Suppl. 364, t. 35. Tragus 

 pinnatus, Panz. in Benkschr. Acad. Muench. (1813) 256. Avena laeta, 

 Salisb. Prodr. 22. ' 



Kashmir ; alt. 6000 ft., Ctorte,— Diweib. Eastwd. to Europe, N. Asia. 



Glaucous. Stem 1-3 ft., very slender, naked above, smooth. Leaves rigid, 

 almost glabrous, rarely flat ; ligule ciliate. Spike 1-6 in. ; rachis flattened, smooth. 



