CXI1I. GRAMINEiE 615 
Temperate Himalaya 6000-11,000 ft. — N. temperate regions, including 
Britain. 
*4. Agrostis verticillata, Vill . ; FI. Br. Ind. vii. 254. Perennial ; 
stems 12-24 in., creeping near the base. Leaves rough, 2-6 in., up 
to ^ in. broad. Panicle oblong, dense,. 1^-3 in. ; branches smooth, 
nearly erect, rarely more than 1 in., flower-bearing to the base. 
Spikelets crowded, not shining, green, narrowly ovoid. Empty 
glumes equal, roughly pubescent.. Flowering glume glabrous, 
awnless, about two thirds the length of the empty glumes ; pale 
nearly as long as the glume. 
W. Himalaya, 2000-4000 ft. — N. temperate regions. 
The Simla locality given in the FI. Br. Ind. is quoted from a paper by 
Dr. A. Grisebach on the ‘ Grasses of High Asia,’ dated 1868, published in his 
Gesammelte Abhandlimgen, Leipzig, 1880. The specimen is not at Kew. 
31. MUEHLENBERGIA. In honour of H. Muehlenberg, an 
American clergyman and botanical author. — Temperate regions, 
chiefly America. 
Perennial, rarely annual ; stems tufted, slender, ascending, 
creeping near the base. Leaves rough, flat, narrow. Ligule mem- 
branous, short, jagged. Spikelets numerous, terete, pointed, 
YQ- f in., 1-flowered, arranged on the rough, whorled branches of a 
narrow, erect or drooping panicle. Bhachilla not prolonged. Empty 
glumes 2, glabrous, thin, concave, acute, keel rough. Flowering 
glume stiff, hairy on the lower half, narrowed upwards in a slender, 
straight, rough, far-protruding awn ; pale hairy near the base. 
Stamens usually 3. Styles 2, distinct, feathery. Grain cylindric, 
free but enclosed within the persistent glumes. 
Panicle contracted, erect. Empty glumes equal, about as 
long as the flowering glume. Awn in. . . 1. M. sylvcitica. 
Panicle loose, drooping. Awn J-l in. 
Panicle 4-12 in., bright green. Spikelets ^ in. Empty 
glumes very variable, usually unequal . . . 2. M. viridissima. 
Panicle 8-6 in., pale green or tinged with violet. 
Spikelets I in. Empty glumes equal . . . 8. M. himalayensis. 
1. Muehlenbergia sylvatica, Torr. & Gray ; FI. Br. Ind. vii. 259. 
Stems 1-2 ft. Leaves 3-6 in., up to ^ in. broad. Panicle pale 
green or violet, contracted, erect, 4-6 in. ; branches erect, ^-1 in., 
flower- bearing to the base. Spikelets crowded, Ao i n - Empty 
glumes equal, narrowly lanceolate, finely pointed. Flowering 
glume about as long ; awn in. 
Simla, Fagoo. — W. Himalaya, 4000-9000 ft.— Japan, N. America. 
2. Muehlenbergia viridissima, Nees ; FI. Br. Ind. vii. 259. 
Stems 1-3 ft. Leaves 4-12 in., up to \ in. broad. Panicle bright 
green, loose, drooping, 4-12 in. ; branches drooping, 1-4 in., 
flower-bearing to the base. Spikelets crowded, ^ in. Empty 
