234 CLXxiTL GEAMiNE^, (J. D. Hooker.) [OryzopsU. 



The species are very variable, and great as is dissimilarity befevreen the average 

 states of the following, apparent intermediates between them occur. 



1. O- lateralis, Stapf; very slender, hares short filiform convolute, 

 panicle very narrow strict, branches short erect few-fld., spikelets |-J in* 

 ovoid STibroistrately acuminate, gL I longer than II, awn of IHtV^*"' 

 very caducous. Piptatherum laterale, Munro ex Regel in Act Eort 

 Peti^p. vii, (1880) 645; Aitclns. in Journ, Linn. Soc, xviii, (1881)21,106. 

 P. molinioides, Boiss. Fl Orient v. 509 [The Afghan. pL). P. Boongaricum. 

 Mnuf^ in Herb. Keio. P. strictum, Munro in Cat. Ph Griff. Falcon., &Q' 

 56 {ined.). Milium laterale, Hegel. I, c. 



Westken Himalaya ; from Kashmir to Kunawur and Western Tibet, alt. 



12-14,000 ft.— DisTRiB. AflFghanist. ? ., 



8U^,\^ densely tufted, forming a stout branching base, very slender, sraootu. 

 Leojnes2f-\ in., smooth or nearly so, acuminate, strict or flexuous; ligule oblong, 

 hyaline. Pavicle 4-10 in., thin, rachis smooth, branches and pedicels scaberuloai 

 Spikeltts ovoid or ovate-lanceolate, green or tipped with red-purple ; gis. I and 

 f^nhrostrately acuminate, faintly 5-nerved, pair next the midrib arching and anasto- 

 mosiiig with the median, outer pair similarly arching the last lower down ; H. !^?, 

 obscurely 3-5.nerved ; III about i shorter than II, lanceolate, finely subsilkuj 

 pubescent, tip minutely 2-toothed; awn usually very sbort, very slender, nottwis 

 Xoiicules 2, ovate, hyaline. Anther-cells minutely bearded. Grain oblong 



Var. effusa, lower branches of panicle larger l~-\ in. long. O. effusa, -tio-c » 

 Berh. Duthie.—Eazara and Baltistan, alt. 9-10,000 ft., Duthie. Karakoram, ai^ 

 10,000 ft., Clarice. 



2. O. Munrol, Stapf; tall, stem stout or slender, leaves narrow flat, 

 TDanicle effuse lower branches long many-fld. towards the ^^^^' ^J i jq 



^-i in. ovoid rostrately acuminate, gls. I and II equal, awn ^^^^^JClii^ 

 O. divulsa, Merh Clarke. O. kashmirensis, Hack. ms. ex Serb. jJ^^^'t 

 Piptatherum soon^aricum, Duthie in Atkins. Oaz. N.W. Ltd. 626 {nam- 

 P. holciforme, Herb. Ind. Or. Hf. & T. 



Westebn Himalaya; from Kashmir to Garwhal, alt. 7-11,000 ft. WesteB^ 

 Tibet ; Ladak, Nubra and Zanskar, alt. 10-13,000 ft.— Distkib. Afigban. . 



Stem 2-1 ft., about as tbick as a crow-quill. Leaves 4-10 by Vo"^ *°;' .j^ljue. 

 acuminate, hardly scaberulous, margins nearly smooth ; ligule oblong, *^^ j 

 Panide 6-12 in., branches inl distant pairs, filiform, nearly ^"^*^^ * •T-j^.ts. 

 naked for 1-3 in,, then branching shortly and bearing shortly pedicellcd sp^' ^.^1^ 

 SpikeJets variable, from ovate to lanceolate; gls. I and II green or *''PP i.^(y» 

 purple or wholly purple ; III and its palea pubescent. Lodicules, stamens au ^^ 

 ii** in lateralis, but larger. — The larger broader glumes longer awn and gr*^ 

 of tbe plant distinguish this from var. effusa of lateralis. 



3. O. CBquigrlumis, Butlde Grass. N.W. Ind. 27; tall, rather st^J^ 

 leaves long flat, panicle long effuse or contracted, lower branches ^^^ 

 many-fld. towards the ends, spikelets ^-\ in. ovoid acuminatCj^gb ^ ^g 

 II equal, awn \-\ in. ?0. coerulesceus, Duthie Grass. N.W. i ' 

 {name). O. Duthiei, Hack, ex Herb. Duthie. Piptatherum ^^^^^u^. 

 Munro ex Duthie in Atkins. Gaz. N.W. Ind. 626 (name).—Pip^ '^-^P' ^ 

 Strach. 4" Wint. n. 2, 



Tempebate Himalaya; from Kashmir to Sikkim, alt. 6-10,000 tl. ^i^f, 



Very closely allied to 0. Munroi, but usually a stouter plant, a" ^^^ ji 

 ■spikelets larger often of a dark or dull green mixed with purple, gls. ^^ ^^i 

 not so beaked, leaves longer, awn and anthers longer. It may ^*^ ^ !^^^^riil^'' 

 plant from moister or warmer localities. I have seen no specimen of t^» 

 <:ens, Duthie, which was collected at Guugotri, alt. 9-10,000 ft. 



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