CXIIL GBAMINEiE 607 
Simla, near the tunnel. — Throughout India, ascending to 7000 ft. — Warm 
regions of the Old World. 
The Simla plant is the variety Roylei of the FI. Br. Ind. 
2. Anthistlria anathera, Nees ; FI. Br. Ind. vii. 215. Stems 
1-4 ft. Leaves 3-12 in. Clusters of flower-spikes usually elon- 
gated ; sheathing-bract 1-24 in. Spikes 2-8 in a cluster, usually 
distant ; rhachis rather long, zigzag, glabrous ; sheathing-bract J-f 
in. Spikelets usually 9 in a spike, the 6 lover in pairs, one in 
each pair very shortly stalked ; the sessile spikelet of the upper 
pair, rarely both fertile ; the others barren ; terminal sessile 
spikelet fertile ; terminal stalked spikelets barren. Fertile 
spikelets § in., lower empty glume minutely fringed, flowering 
glume awnless ; barren spikelets J in., lower empty glume fringed 
with long, white hairs. 
Simla, near the Sanjoli bazaar. — W. Himalaya, 4000-7000 ft. 
SERIES B. POACEiE. 
Tribe IV. Phalaridese. 
21. PHALARIS. From the Greek phalaros, white, shining, 
referring to the spikelets. — Temperate and tropical regions. — Some 
of the species widely colonised. 
Phalaris minor, Betz. ; FI. Br. Ind. vii. 221. Annual ; stems 
6-18 in., erect or decumbent near the base. Leaves glabrous, 
long, flat, finely pointed. Ligule oblong, blunt. Spikelets \ in., 
shortly stalked, flattened, shining, 1 -flowered but with 1 or 2 
minute scales or imperfect glumes below the flowering glume, 
crowded in an ovoid or cylindric, green, spike-like panicle ^-1J x 
J-f in. Rhachilla j ointed above the empty glumes, not prolonged. 
Empty glumes 2, boat-shaped, nearly equal, pointed, prominently 
3-nerved, keel broadly winged ; flowering glume about one third 
the length of the empty glumes and enclosed by them, containing 
a 2-sexual flower. Stamens 3. Styles 2, distinct. Grain free 
within the persistent glumes. (Fig. 193.) 
Simla, common. — Himalaya and plains of Western India, ascending to 
5000 ft. — W. Asia, S. Africa, Australia. 
Allied to P. canariensis , Canary Grass, naturalised in Britain. 
Tribe V. Agrostidese. 
22. ARISTIDA. From the Latin arista, an awn, referring to 
the awned spikelets. — Most warm countries. 
Annual or perennial ; stems tufted, slender, erect, smooth. 
Leaves long, very narrow. Ligule composed of a row of hairs. 
Spikelets long, narrow, terete, pointed, 1 -flowered, arranged in a 
thin, feathery, spreading panicle. Rhachilla not prolonged. 
Empty glumes 2, the lower the shorter. Flowering glume rigid, 
closely enwrapping a 2-sexual flower, the tip produced in a long, 
