Agmtis.] CLxXiit. gramine^. (J. D. Hooker.) 257 



f ^Jipaked, nerves very faint, palea = about i gl., antbers about ^ gl. 

 377fi "^""'■^ *" ■"^**^' Sook.f. & T. in part).— Agrostis, Wall. Cat. 



.u Sr^ Himalaya, alt, 4^000 fb., from GarwLal to Sikkim. PKhasia Hiils, 



wi. WUU ft., Clarice. 



Stm^ 2-^ ft^^ tufted, rather stout below in Wallich's specimens. Leaves 3-6 in., 

 tL\^^ ^^'l ^^^h broader, scaberulous. Panicle 4-10 in., lax-fld., slightly 

 joeraioas, branches naked till towards the tips, lower whorled or fascicled ; top of 

 *|™cei8 clarate. Spihelets green, gl. Ill 5-nerved, nerves all vary slender or 

 Ano^y^ll ^^^ "*®^^»^ sometimes arrested half way. Grain linear-oblong.— Steudel 

 ^*j»wiDe8 the palea as long as the gl., but it never exceeds \ of that organ. The 

 lan specimens have a much reduced panicle and much smaller palea. 



W'l^" °*y'*aa*J»a. Hook. /. ; stems stout leafy, leavea broadly 

 and dp ''fl^ *®' '^^"^'^ ^^^^^' panicle 4-12 in. inclined contracted many- 

 to tliA ^^^ ' '■^^h's rather atout, branches fascicled or whorled often fig. 

 Dearlv , ^P^^^^e's J^-t'o 1°-. g'- I and 11 subequal oblong subacute, III 



iiion'" ^^^^ALATA ; alt. 9-12,000 ft., common. 





comiDon 



4^5000 



^antcrfM^o'^" ^"^^'■ect or geniculate below. Leaves 4-12 by i-H in., scaberulous, 

 (Wiclpa !r •.'"•' contracted la flower, less so in frt. ; branches very many ia many 



—Sikkim, 



V«r k\a ' ''o^roon in woods. 



'■^I2bvrr"'"'|.^^^™^~^*"t-. sometimes as thick as a goose-quiU below, leaves 

 Sill', abandalTt*' "'^ °^^° ^' P^^i^-'^e up to \Z in., anthers = | the gl.-Khasia 



^''Ort,* Mn,-!!?^*5''®*' ^^''^^- /■ '• very slender, leaves very narrow, ligule 

 ^'''m «n t. 1 r °^^>y pyramidal, branches capillary spreading sparingly 

 ^rnm'.Tr}^^ tVVs in., el. I and II verv unequal narrowly lanceolate 



callus 





3/ 



''"'^'nl'^'' ^'*^^^a^a; J^^rb. iio^Ze; Sikkim. alt. 9-11,000 ft., J. D. H., Clarke, 



Stem fi la. • 

 •^'>*nilous V""- ,'"be'-*'^t. Lowest lea.'es filiform, upper flat, all very narrow. 

 !l"' ^'nHuTt^ ^^-7 in., branches spreading in fl. and frt sa,ooth or 

 f**"" Pui'pSh ^'^""'' '°^^«'- geminate or in whorls of 3-5. Spikelets narrow, 

 ^""""'at* Vm °'J«^y<Jark purple; gl. I i or more longer than II, very finely 

 t!' ^"fffl of !/ "'^^"'^ ' III -short and broad.-Reg..r.led by Mr. Clarke as an awn- 

 ^ ''«««inatp'""*'j"',' ^"^ ^^si^es wanting the awn, gl. I and H =>'e narrower and 



«. and ni much shorter. 



t^»^-tn8^w**'?**^^'»«*»» «^**e6. i« Goe<;. Nachr. (1868) 80; stems 



?5''='e spiS *"fled stiff stout, leaves filiform or nearly so, ligule short, 



^^'^^n^Z^ dense-fld., branches very short, spikelets ^Wo ^^', g'- / 



VOL. ^ "^^ai ovate-lanceolate acute. III i shorter than II tip narrowly 



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