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HierocMqa.] clmiii. GRAMiNE-ffii. (J. D. Hooker.) 223 



late, III and IV with a ring of hairs on the callus; V 5-nerved; palea 2-toothed, 

 bury above the middle. 



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i TTT** ^^^^*^^f <^o^tracted. SpilceTets shortly pedicelled or sessile ; gls. 

 Ill and IV hirsute, paleate or epaleate, male or neuter ; Y mucli smaller, 

 convolute, ovoid, glabrous, its palea linear, concave, 1-nerved; rachilla not 

 produced between gl. II and IV. 



8. B. Bookeri^ Clarice mss. ; spikelets ^-J in. long ovoid, gl. I and 

 ii very unequal acuminate, III shortly 2-fid shortly a wueoi in the sinus 

 paleate male, IV almost 2-partite epaleate neuter, segments lanceolate 

 acute, awn in the sinus twice as lonff as the gl. — Ataxia Hookeri, Qriseh. 

 mGoett Nachr. (1868) 77, 



*. Nkpai. and Sikkim Himalaya ; in marshes, alt. 9-11,000 ft., /. D. H., 



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i. H. eracillima, Hooh. f. ; very slender, panicle 

 bifid a • ^^^ ^^- '^*^y Tinequal, III and IV epaleate n( 



erow -n '"" ^ ^^'^ ^''^'^*' ascending or geniculate below, sometimes as thick as a 

 IranT '^*"^" long, narrow, smooth; ligule oblong. Panicle 5-7 in. long; 

 ^nches erect, sftbsecund ; pedicels very short. Spikelets greenish ; gl. I 1-nerved ; 

 ■3-nerved ; III and IV sessile ; V stipitate, thinly coriaceous, subacute. 



small, spikeleta 

 neuter, III shortly 

 "luu awu in the sinus' very short, IV tip obtusely 2-toothed, awn nearly 

 .■^saitmce as long as the gl., palea of V 1-nerved. 



; T!!'^.^'"^^A^"A, alt. 10-11,000 ft., J. JD. H. 



2-i in 1 ™°'"® slender grass than H. Hookeri, with short very narrow leaves 

 rsclii, flp ^' "^"°w«<i from the base to the tip. Panicle 1^-2 in. long, drooping ; 

 •bortWdSll' d ^^^^^^^ ^ery short and few-fld. Sj>ikelet3 yellow or purplish, very 



letg i ;' ^^*8lana, Clari:e mss. ; slender, panicle very narrow, spike- 

 epalelto : ?^ °"^o^<^' S^- I and II subequal acuminate, III and IV 

 f>r shorter Tvo'fi ^"^^ *° *^^ middle, awn in the sinus as long as the gl. 

 ^ . iV 2-fid to the middle awn exceeding the gl. 



S^^'^^^f ^'' ^'^- 4500-GOOO ft., Clarke. ^ , . . 



*»P«rinff frn^J 11 ^^,^^n^ing from a shortly creeping base. Leaves 4-6 by |-t i"-. 

 ^""icliM sW ^^^ ^-'^ *^« *'P ; I'&ule oblong. Panicle 1-4 in., very narrow ; 



"' erect, few-fld. Spikelets greenish-brown, erect. 



* in', wf^^u''®*' Sooh.f. ; tall, slender, panicle very narrow, spikelets 

 shortly 9 L?^°°g' gl- I and II very unequal ovate-oblong acute, 111 

 ^^e middifl p 1 y ""^"^^^ i^ t^e sinus paleate neuter, IV bifid to below 

 Khas ^^ ^^*^ neuter, awn in the sinus twice aa long as the gl. 



„ SHem^o* f?^?' ^^ ^'^''an Kote, alt. 5500 ft., Clarke. , . 



^ W to th'p I- f^' ge'iiculate below. Leaves 6-8 by H ^°-' na"""^"^ ^'""^ 

 '*>«« as larl ! T ' ^'^"^® ^hort. Panicle as in H. kliasiana, but spikelets nearly 



8e and narrower in proportion, and gl. IV with a long exserted awn. 



Tribe VI. Agrostide^. (See p. 5.) 



59. AazSTZDA, Unn. 



^^iclei^l fl^' P^^ennial grasses. Leaves usually convolute. SpiUhts 

 ■' I aud 1^-' rachilla (or calluB of fl. gl.) articulate at the base. Qlwmes 



'■'■ «"^Pty, very narrow, keeled, persistent ; III narrow, rigid, 



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