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CXIII. GEAMINEJE 
2. Avena aspera, Munro ; FI. Br. Ind. vii. 277. Perennial ; 
stems 2-4 ft. Leaves nearly smooth ; sheaths softly pubescent. 
Panicle narrow, nodding, 6-12 in. ; branches nearly erect ; rhachis 
and branches rough. Spikelets pale green, erect, about ^ in., 3-4- 
flowered, glistening. Empty glumes very unequal, 3-5-nerved. 
Flowering glume glabrous, tip 2-lobed or irregularly split into 3-4 
bristle-like lobes, rarely nearly entire ; awn 1 J-3 times as long as 
the glume, inserted rather above its middle. (Fig. 195.) 
Simla, Mahasu, common. — Temperate Himalaya, 6000-12,000 ft. 
The Simla plant is var. Roylei of the FI. Br. Ind. 
Fig. 195. Avena aspera. 
35. DANTHONIA. In honour of Etienne Danthoine, a French 
botanist. — Most warm and temperate regions. 
Danthonia cachemyriana, Jaub. & Spach ; FI. Br. Ind. vii. 281. 
Perennial ; rootstock often creeping, fibres fleshy ; stems tufted, 
1-2 ft., erect or decumbent near the base. Leaves glabrous, as 
long as the stem or longer, very narrow, flat ; sheaths hairy. Ligule 
