352 159. GRAMINEÆ. 
3. Stipa consanguinea, Trin. et Rupr. e descript. in Mém. 
Acad. Pétersb. sér. 6, vii. (1843) p. 78; Steud. Syn. Gram. 
p. 130. 
SZECHUEN : Tongolo (Soulié, 3411). Herb. Kew. 
Central Asia. 
4. Stipa (§ Lasiagrostis) Henryi, Rendle, n. sp. 
Herba perennis, rhtzomate valido 4 lin. crasso, glabra; culmi 
et axes foliosi conferti numerosi, illi ad 2 ped. alti, basi vaginis 
scarioso-membranaceis siepe tribus cireumdati ; internodia elon- 
7j 
= 
gata gracilia tria, basi 3 ad 4 lin. crass. Foliorum vaginæ inter- 
nodia emie vix æquantes, striate, sepe purpureo-tinctæ; ligula 
obsoleta; lamina linearis, basi angustata et apice longe attenu- 
ata, plana vel interdum siceitate convoluta, plus quam pedalis 
longa et 2 lin. lata, sæpius autem angustior, cum nervo mediano 
in facie superiore prominente. Panicula subelongata, ad 11 poll. 
longa, rami capillares ascendentes, ad 5 poll. longi, plures in 
nodis rhacheos distantibus lateraliter fasciati, ramuli pauci-spieu- 
liferi; pedicellus spiculam aquans vel superans; spiculie 13- 
Lf lin. longo, obtuse lanceolatæ. Gluma i. membranacea trans- 
lucens, cum nervis tribus interdum duobus viridibus ad apicem 
haud porrectis, lineata, elliptico-ovata obtusa, spiculam æquans ; 
gl. ii. prime similis at paullo brevior; gl. florens subeoriacea, 
anguste ovalis (quum convoluta), aperta late oblonga, trinervis, 
apice breviter bilobulata, dorso minute puberula, cum callo breve 
(vix & lin.) et breviter piloso, 14 lin. longa ; arista debilis, con- 
tinua, 5 lin, longa, puberula; palea quam gluma florens paullo 
brevior ; lodieulæ 2, oblongæ, basi angustatw, 1 ad ? lin. longi ; 
antheræ 3, lineares, haud apice barbatæ, 1 lin. longi. 
Hvurku: Ichang (A. Henry, 34442); Szecuuen: South Wu- 
shan (4. Henry, 5530 !), Yangtzekiang, Kweichau ( Faber, 1160 '). 
Herb. Kew. 
Near S. splendens, Trin., but differing in its less robust habit, 
obsolete ligule, subequal barren glumes, and glabrescent fertile 
glume. ‘There are occasionally traces of bearding on the anther- 
tips. 
5. Stipa mongholica, TZurez. ex Trin. in Bull. Sei. Acad. 
Pétersh. i. (1836) p. 07 5 Steud. Syn. Gram. p.132; Hook. f. Fl 
Brit. Ind, vil. p. 220. 
