COLLECTIONS OF DRIED PLANTS FROM TIBET. 121 
levi, facie profunde et multi-sulcata in costulis asperula ; cau- 
lina longe vaginata, sammum fere ad panicule basin, vagina levi 
striata, in infimis laxa, lamina abbreviata, summi panicula breviore, 
ceterum ut in innovationibus. Panicula angusta subcontracta, 
4-6 poll. longa, ramulis pedicellisque brevissimis vel ad 1 lin. 
longisasperulis. Glume vacue subequilonge, lanceolate, acute, 
tenues, 3-33 lin. longe, glabre ; fertilis lanceolata, vix 3 lin. 
longa, apice ad 3 bifida, lobis setaceo-acuminatis, inter eos aristata, 
7-nervis, tota longe et patule pilosa, arista vix torta, geniculata, 
asperula, 4~5 lin. longa. Palea lanceolata, gluma fertili paulo 
brevior, ut ea longe et patule pilosa. Anthere apice nude. 
Lodicule 3, oblique ovato-lanceolate, libere. Styli subnulli. 
Stigmata ovario xquilonga. 
Sheltered nullahs near water, 14,800 feet (no. 124). 
The same plant was collected by Sir Joseph Hooker in Eastern 
Tibet, at 16,000 feet. 
105. Calamagrostis holciformis, Jawb. et Spach. 
Tibet and Sikkim at great elevations. 
106. Diplachne Thoroldi, Stapf. 
Affinis Diplachne serotine, Link, foliis caulinis paucioribus, 
miuus distincte distiche pateutibus, in vaginis superne vel in ore 
quidem longiuscule pilosis, glumis florentibus exaristatis pilosis. 
Rhizoma repens ut turiones dense cataphyllis stramineis ovatis 
brevibus prominenter striatis vel eorum residuis vestitum. 
Culmus erectus cum panicula 12-16 poll. altus, levis, ad 3 vagi- 
natus. Folia circa 5-6 cum quoque culmo, 3 basalia vaginis laxe 
et fere ad eandem altitudinem (1-2 poll.) vaginantibus, sequens 
magis remotum, summum vagina longissima ad 2-4 poll. vel 
tota longitudine exserta, vaginis inferioribus patule pilosis, 
demum glabratis, superioribus in ore et in marginibus superne 
tantum pilosis; ligula 3 lin. longa, truncata, lacerato-ciliata ; 
lamina glauca, in foliis infimis et in summo brevi 1-12 
poll. longa, rarius longiore, in intermediis 13-4) poll. longa, 
e basi 1-14 lin. lata longissime attenuata, apice fere setacea, in 
infimis plana, in ceteris involuta, utrinque tenuiter multistriata, 
glabra vel in infimis sparse pilosa. Panicula angusta, 2-4 poll. 
longa, ramis ad 1-1} lin. vel infimo remoto ad 3 lin. nudis primo 
rachin adpressis, deinde patulis vel subreflexis, spiculis brevissime 
pedicellatis, pedicellis levibus, 3-floris, flore 4 imperfecto addito, 
3-4 lin. longis. Glume vacue tenues, pallide vel yiolacex, 
