230 cLXXiir. GRAMiNE.E. (J, D. Hooker.) [Siipa 



Nat. V. (1842) 87. L. alplna, F. Schmidt Beise Amnrl 73. Ptiksrrostis 

 niongholica, Griseh. in Ledeb, FL Ross. iy. 447, in Goett. Nachr, (1868) 8:. 



Alpine HiitalatA; Kumaon, alt. 14,000 ft., Strachey ^ Winterhoitom. ^. 

 Sikkim, alt. 14-16,000 ft., J.D.H. Western Tibet; Ladak, ait. 13,000 ft., 



Thomson, Lance. — Distrib. Altai Mts. Mongolia. 



Sle>ti3 1-2 ft., densely tufted, very slender. Leaves 4-6 in., almost capillary, 

 flexuous. Panicle 4-6 in., branches solitary, lower 1-3 branchiuj? at the endi 

 Spikelets ovoid, pedicels i in. ; gls. I and II oblong-lanceolate, acute; I l-nerved 

 or 3-nerved below; II nerves 3, very slender; III about J sborter than II, hairy ail 

 over ; awn twice as long as the spikelets or more, hairy to the tip. Anther-ceiii 

 with bearded tips, 



5. S. conclnna, Hooh. f ; panicle small few-fld. contracted, brandies 

 and pedicels short erect, spikelets i in. ovoid dorsally compressed purple, 

 gls. I and II ovate acute tips hyaline. III glabrous, awn about twice as 

 long as its gl. 



Sikkim Himalaya, In the Tibetan Region, alt. 14-16,000 ft., J.D.H, 

 S^em 6-10 in., rather stout. Leaves 2-4, m., filiform, flexuous. Panicle I i-t 

 in., solitary, branches and pedicels erect. Ol. I and II acuminate; I l-uerv 

 II 3-nerTed ; awn hairy to the tip. Anther cells with beai'ded tips^ 



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** Awn plumose above the column only. 



6. S. pennata, Linn. Sp. PL 78 ; panicle narrow sheathed, g'- J ^F^ 

 11 subequal cuspidately awned, III = ^ II glabrous above, awn 6-y id- 

 flexuous plumose above the column only. ITost Gram. Austr. iv. 1^. 

 33 ; Engl. Bot. t. 1356 ; Trin. in Act. Petrop. (1829) 32 ; Trin. & -K^F-i:;; 

 vii. (1842)80; Kuntli Enuvi. PI. i. 179; Beichh. Jc. Fl. Gem. 46; !■ ^«' 

 Gen. Fl. Germ. Monocot. i. n. 26; Ledeb. Fl. Ross, iv 450; ■5^'^^- "^ 

 Urient. v. 502. S. aperta, appendiculata, gallica & tauricola, J'^-y^'^"'.. 

 Celak in (Estr. Bot. Zeitschr. xxxiii. (1883) 317. 319, 349. S. eriocauns. 

 Borb. in (Estr. Bot Zeitschr. xxxiii. (1883) 401. S. Grafiana, & ^iJ^J 

 Stev. in Bull. Soc. Nat. Mosc. xxi. ii. 115, 116. S. pulcherrima, 0. J^^i 

 in Linncea, xxi. (1848) 44U. 



Western TiBBT ; Gilgit, alt. 9-10,000 ft., GtZt-*.— Distbib. Westwd. t" '''* 



Ailautic. X. Asia. ix 



Stem 2-3 ft., densely tufted. Leaves 12-18 in., rigid, convolute, sheaths smM 

 or rough ; ligulo oblong. Panicle few-fld., branches short. Spilcelets ^"°^\ ^^ 

 "ong; gl. I and II hyaline, tips almost capillary ; III hirsute, callus | in. lougi 

 .wisted aud glabrous from the lower third. 



*** Awu glalirous or scaberulous, or hairy on the column only- 

 t 2'ip ofgl. Ill entire. 



7. S. capillata, Linn. Sp. PI. Ed. IT. 116; panicle very narro^'f 

 B'leathed, spikelets 1 in., gl. II longer than I, Ill^about ^ II glabrous aou^^ 

 awn 6-8 in. floxuoas smooth glabrous throughout. Uont Gram- > .^ 

 iii. 4, t. 5; Beirhh. Ic. Fl. Germ. t. 46 ; Kunth Enum. Pl. i. 180, SuPP^-j. 

 Trin. 4- Bvi,r. in Act. Petrop. Ser. VI. v. (1842) 72, t. 55; Ledeb. ^•'•. f .,, 

 iv. 449; Steud. Syn. Gram. 130; Bolss. Fl. Orient, v. 500. S. capi"'t^; 

 Gro7iov. ex Trautv. in Act. Hort. Petrop. ix. (1848) 350. S. erecta, J ^j_ 

 M(xdr. ex Trin. Diss. i. 186, in Mem. Acad. Petersh. vi. I. (^^.^/^ic. 

 S. juncea, Laml\ Illust. i. 157. S. Lagascae, Guss. Pl. Rar. 48, ^'• 



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