I- 



Stij)a.j CLxxiir. gramine^e. (J. D. Hooker.) 229 



A. Column of awn twisted. 

 Awn plumose or hairy throughout its length or nearly so. 



1. S. orientalis, Trin, ex Ledeb. FL Alt. i. 83; panicle narrow more 

 or less embraced by the dilated sheath of the uppermost leaf, spikelets i in., 

 gls. I and II about twice as long an the silkily hairy III. Ledeh. Ic. FL 

 tat. 223; Tnn, in Act. Acad, Peter sb. VL J. (1830) 79; Xmith Fnum. 

 NW V^^' ^t^^d, 8yn, Oram. 181 ; Boiss. FL Orient, v. 504; Diithie Grass. 

 A. FT, Ind. 27. S. Semenovii, Krassn. Descr. PL Thiansch. in Script. Bot. 

 nort, Univ. Petrop. ii. 22. S. Szovitziana, Duthie I.e. 27 {non Trin). 

 o. tartarica, Jacquem. mss. 



Western Tibet, alt. 10-15,000 ft., Jacouemont, &c.— Distrib. Westward to 

 Persia, Altai Mts. 



«u. xanicie elongate, branches and pudicels short, erect. Gls. I and 11 hyaline, 



5 J m. long, tips slender; I l-nerved or S-nerved at the base; II S-nerved ; III 



7»manc, callus = about -J of the gl., bearded ; awn plumose throughout its length, 



toKo I ^^^' column about \ of its length.— Probably a form of S. harhata. Said 



oe the commonest grass on the Pamir. 



. , ■ ^•. ^asl-plumosa, Munro mss.\ panicle very narrow, branoTies 

 i"? pedicels very short, spikelets purple, gl. I and II ^-i in., Ill about 

 5iP -^1 Ii sparsely hairy, awn capillary twice or thrice as long as 



spikelet very densely bearded towards the base. 



It^^^T '^^^^^ ' Nubra, and the Lanak Pass, alt. 15-17,000 ft., Thomson. 

 filiform*^ 1 , ^"•' densely taftwcl, slemler, strict. Leaves 4-6 in., cnnrohite, 

 fu-kpW !•' ^ *^ ^*^*^"*^- Panicle 2-6 in., sometimes sheathed; branches a,iid 



n 



Var. Zon3e.arj6fafa^ ^^"^ro mss. ; gl. I and II i in., awn l\ iu.-West«rn Tibet, 



omsoB. 



•L^" ?^'P«rea, Griseh. in Goeft. Nachr. (1 868) 82 ; spikelets few 



ill ahnJi 1 ^ capillary sigmoidly flextious pedicels, gl. I and H 5-1 in., 

 teriana y '?''';^^^ ^^^^ II softly hairy, awn 2^-3 in. tiexnous. S. Eich- 

 4-jSm' t • ^'"^- ^'•- ^/- 2'.; Dudie Grass. N.W. hid. ^Zl {not Kar. 

 ^■i' J^asiagrostis trenmla, llupvecld Sert. Thiansch. 35. 



15,000 lr^^ '^^^^^ i Gn«ri Kborsum, alt. 17,000 ft., Schlagintxoeit ; Lake Kuk^hun, 



2-^ i-T m?fn"'''y *"*"t<^'l' 6-10 in., filiform, shoatbod below the panicle Leaves 

 ' «»""-" - - > - , „ forming a 



II 



•^"'cle' br«n 1?' '^^'^^'"lute; ligule elongate. Spikelets very few, hardly formni 

 "^^ow'lv Ian? f '*'"^ pedicels i in. or more, sometimes zigzag. Gls. I and 

 8'-. villous T » ' '^"^'^ P^H'lt^ with slender hyaline tips; III callus = I of tbe 



• ^""^fi'-'^Jps naled. 



^^! PanicL°'*^^"°*» 2^"'-^- ex Trin. in Bull Sc Acad. Tctersh. i (1836) 

 Nchea 1-?^?'* ^^*^ *'e^ distant widely spreading capillary flex uous 

 ^«W the S^^^ ^-« i°- ovate dorsally compressed, gls. I and II purple 

 ^•"e gls ?/ i® hyaline above it, III hairy, awn about twice as long as 

 ^°4 mn. u V '^•^^- ^''^^ 132; Duthk Grass. N.W. Ind. 27. Lasia- 



™ongholica, Triti. su; J?««r. in Mem. Acad. Fetenh. Ser. VL Sc. 



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