- 



Stipa.] CLXxiii. GBAMiNE^. (J. D. Hooker.) 231 



Prodr. I 132 (ex Beriol.). S. eareptana, Beclc, in Bull. Soc. Nat Mosc. 

 lyn, (1882) 52. S. ukranica, Steud. Norn. Ed. I. 816. S. ukranensis, 

 ^awA, ;.c, S. Yarouini, Krassn. in Scrij)t. Bot, Ilort Univ. Petrop, ii. 



WfiSTBEX Himalaya; Kashmir, alt. 9-11,000 ft,, Jacque^nont, &c.~1>iqtki^. 

 We^wi to Spain. Dahuria. China. 



Si-em 2-3 ft., rather stout. Leaves 1-2 ft., filiform, couvolufce, scaberulous ; 



igoic lanceolate. Panicle very narrow, more or less enclosed in a sheath, which is 



U f ^"' ^^"^ ^^^'^ a filiform blade often as long as itself; branches and pedicels 



snort, Spikelets white, glistening, hyaline, gl. I and II very narrow, with finely 



«ej!mmate tips; I 5-nerved below; II 5-nerved ; III i in. long, nerves pubescent 



*[f ^*^» ^^*^ve and palea quite glabrous; callus nearly half as long as its pi., 



^t)nd, top bearded. Anther cells with naked tips.— Dr. Stapf informs me that 



ne 1^. America S. comata, Trin. & Rupr. might be referred here. 



panicle 



ceolate. 



elo f'**^*^*<5a^ LamJc. Illustr. i. 158; tall, leaves long flat, ] 



ongate very narrow branches erect, spikelets J-^ in. green lane , 



?/" -f 1 ^^ oblong-lanceolate, III hairy, awn about twice as lou^ as 

 1R?X • rather stout hairy towards the base only. Kunth Ennm. Fll 

 ^f'^^nn.tnAct.Petrop. (1829) 78; Trin, ^^ Bupr. I.e. 1842,59; Ledeh. 

 Or) i ^^- ^*8' ^<^' FL Boss. t. 99 ; Stend. Syn. Gram. 129 ; Boiss. Fl. 

 o'pV^- 499; Dnthie Fodd. Grass. N. Ind,27. Avena sibirica, Zt«?i. 

 ^f' ^^' 79 i Gmel. FL Sibir. i. t. 12. 



Western Temperate Himalaya, from Kashmir to Kunawur, alt. 8-9000 

 ''IJlTo'^'"' > ^^^^'^ Mts., Bufhie.—DiSTHm. Affghan. Siberia to Korea. 



Leaves 1-2 

 branches erect 

 r than the 



k bv lA • ' "^ ^*"^^ **^ ^ duck's quill or more, simple or branched. 



nd ann "'i »niooth ; ligule oblong. Panicle 6-12 in.,incHned; brn 

 terete r-fi' ^^"^^"^^ spreading, scaberulous; pedicels usually shorter uiau tut: 

 "liehtlv H ^. ^^^' I and II subhyaline, III nearly as long as II, terete or 

 c»lln« i . '^-3^ ^'^*^t«»*ed ; palea as long as its gl. , linear, obtuse, dorsally hairy; 



^^^^^^^^ ^««Aer-f.> bearded. ^ , , ttti if 



«sloJ««n ^* very slender, leaves filiform, spikelets J -i in. pale, gl. Ill Mf 

 ifunro ; n ^.V^ ^^P^*^«^y t^^^'ee to four times as long as the spikelet. S. pa 11 1 da, 

 ^^raclieT S t^ ^''^"^' ^- ^^"^ ^^^^ 27 (name). S. sibiiica, Linn, v or, Herb 

 ^iaUrhJvx ^'^f^^o^iom. -Tibet, N. of Kumaon, alt. 15,000 ft., StracL St 



ihe specimens are very scanty and want radical leaves. 



BteLfrl ^'^''""s, Besf. Fl. Ailant. i. ^^, t. 31 ; annual, panicle partially 

 8ubecm.l ^'^l^-fld- almost spiciform, spikelets fascicled gk I and It 



*eabrid i:?^^^ ^^°g^^ than lY setaceously linear, III linear hairy or 



tmth 



. s. 



«»pen8i« \- ^' '^^^«'^- ^Vn. Gram. 130; Boiss. t'l. ^''»ff • ^/ , ,.,. 



ex Uornen, w*'' '■ ^^ ' ^^- (^ra^<^- i- *• §6 {^wn Va/d). S. seminuda, T a/d 



nem. Hort. Mafn. i. 76. 



Atlantic ??/.P^«^a^'^r and Wazuristan, S/.irart.-DisTRiB. Westwd. to the 

 ^^ • ^- Alnca. 



?>meui'x?„ t''^^'' tufted, 4-6 in. Leares fillforn,. Pa^u'/e 1-4 in., sheath 



U = i'JfrV'- broad or ,nore. SpiUlets |-1 in. ; ^l I and II S-nervcd ; calhs of 



^'W i„/ ' S^- ^^'^'^'^^'d at the top only; column of awn h.i.y throughout its 



^'^ihers with bearded tips. 



