159. GRAMINE T. 423 
in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. vii. p. 846; Piger, in Engl. Bot. 
Jahrb. xxix. (1900) p. 226. 
Poa nepalensis, Wall. ex Duthie, Grasses N. W. India, p. 40 (nomen) ; 
Franchet, Pl. David. ii, p. 145. 
SzECHUEN : Moupin (David, ex Franchet). 
Western Himalayas. 
3. Poa attenuata, Trin. in Bunge, Verz. Suppl. Fl. Altaic. 
p. 93 Steud. Syn. Gram. p. 254; Stapf, in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. 
Ind. vii. p. 340; T'urez. Fl. Baic.-Dahur. ii. p. 824. 
Poa nemoralis, var., Hance, in Journ, Bot. xviii. (1880) p. 805, 
Cum: near the top of Mt. Pohuashan, 6000-7000 feet 
(Moellendorff, in herb. Hance, 20314!). Mus. Brit; Herb. 
Kew. 
Himalayas, Central and North Asia. 
A small form of the species. 
Var. vivipara, Rendle, n. var. Herba humilis ; culmi (cum pani- 
cula) 5-7-pollicares. Folia plana vel plicata, lineari-acuminata, 
ad 23 poll. longa ; ligula lata, obtusa vel abrupte acuta, 1j lin. 
longa; lamina suprema vaginam excedens. Panicula 1}-2} poll. 
longa, lineari-oblanceolata, densa; rami ad quemque nodum 
gemini, scabridi, suberecti, sub apice pauci-spiculiferi ; spiculæ 
2 lin. longz, ovato-lanceolate, vivipare, violaceæ. Glume ste- 
riles eum carina sub apice solum scabridule; callus clume 
fertilis breviter et sparse pilosus, carina ct nervi marginales ad 
basin tantum pilosa; anthere ys poll. longe. 
Sienst: Mt. Miaowansan (Hugh!) Mus. Brit. 
4. Poa Faberi, Rendle, n. sp. 
Herba perennis, glabra, rhizomate duro; eulmi sesquipedales, 
conferti, graciles, basi breviter decumbentes et cum vaginis 
scariosis brunneis eireumdati. Folia caulina iria, nodum su- 
premum sub medio culmi positum ; vagine striate, subscabridule; 
ligula acuta, ad 2 lin. longa; lamina plana, linearis, basi angustata, 
superne longe attenuata, scabridula, nervis primariis tribus; 
folii supremi vagina 44 poll. longa, lamina 3$ poll. longa, iln. 
lata; folii secundi vagma 3 poll. longa, lamina 4 poll. longa. 
Panicula lanceolata, densa, 44 poll. longa, axis et rami tenues, 
seabriduli; rami flexuosi in parte inferiore nudi, superne sparse 
et breviter ramulosi, dense et stricte spieuliferi, ad nodum infe- 
