Cdamagrostis.] olxxiii. gramine^e. (J. D. Hooker.) 263 



y** Glume III hairy all over ; callus hairs shorter than gl. III. 



t Paha ofgl. Ill nearly as long as its gl. 



8. C* Kunroana, Boiss. FL Orient, v. 523 ; verjr slender, leaves long 

 •arrow, panicle effuse or contracted, spikelets tVto mi, gls. I and II sub- 

 equal oblong-lanceolate acute I-nerved, keels nearly smooth, III = f I 

 broadly truncate crenate, awn short infra-median included or 0, callus 

 shortly hairy, anthers short. Agrostis ciliata, Herb. Strachey 8f Winier- 

 Bolton; Herb, Ind. Or. Hf. & T. in part; ?Duthie Grass. N.W. Ind. 29 

 /looo^^^^^* A, Munroana, Aitch. S^ HemsL in Journ. Linn. Soc. xix. 

 \I««2)192. A. pilosula, JfacA;. m Herb. Duthie n. 6231 {iion Trin.). A. 

 %leana, Buthie I. c. 30. 



Western Himalaya, from Kashmir to Kumaon, alt. 8-12,000 ft., Royle, &c. 

 ^DisTEiB. Afigiian. 



Stem.? 6-18 in., tufted, roots fibrous. Leaves 2-8 in., scaberulous or nearly 

 "Ootb, flaccid, or in higli altitudes strict ; sheaths nearly smooth ; ligule variable. 

 ."'.', 2-5 in., oblong or pyramidal ; branches capillary, erect or spreading, lower 

 anT u °^ 2-3-natc, smooth or minutely scaberulous, lower often long spreading 

 «na naked below. Spilcelets pedicellled, green or purplish ; gl. I and II very 



T7°'Kr°f^' ^^^ ^'''""i' ^^^ over; palea as long as its gl. or a shorter.— A very 



^nawe plant, oiie of two (the other is C. pilosula) which have been referred by 



bvL^fuV*^^^" **^ ^ffTostis Royleana, Trin., a plant described by Trinius as 



usymg the beardpd Tn«li;ii„ ., ..„ 7-> •- f„ — „.,,1 /^frronnaV T have in vam 



•OOght 



"f* accurately described. ^ 



Roylean species, none of wliich 



mJ"\ «/''«'<a; stem 6-10 in. strict, leaves very narrow rather stiff erect, panicic 

 or nn!!i ' ."•■inches short erect or spreading, pedicels very short, spikelets green 

 CoS, '/'-."^ ^^^'^J« »w°ed. Agrostis No. 4, Eerb. Strach. ^ Wmterb- 

 kxT ** ."It'tufJes of 11-15,000 ft. Though differing entirely in habit from the 

 that nl f "r"''^'^ ^*""'" »*■ Munroana, I feel sure that this is only the alpine form of 

 iVjX^tt^- °. '°'^*^^™«*^''^*«« occurring between them. It resembles ^jrosiis 



coriac?" ^'*®*l»iana, HooJc. f. ; tall, erect, leaves long narrow sub- 

 and Ui P^°icle long narrow branches suberect, spikelets | in., gl- i 

 Wutu ?^^^ lanceolate acute, III narrow tip truncate with 4 short 

 .."68 the lateral longest, awn subbasal to median exserted, hairs of 



Munro 



ana, 3funro in Berh. Strach. & Winterb. n. 

 Munro Gat. Pi Griff- Falc. &c. 67 med. 



H.us'X^«?HmAXAYA ; Kumaon, alt. 5503 ii., Strachey |- Winterl. Khasia 



6-10 by F^ in., 



M in T^ '"'ooth or subscaberulous ; ligule very short. P'^nicle erect ; "-anches 

 •^onlv' tn" '^'5^' 'I'^'^ed for half their length, then with crowded bninchlets and 

 «^«/paS''"i «■•««» or purplish spikelets. Spikelets k i"-. "^J;:"'^ "" 

 Wof T'^^ "^ '°ng as its gl.-A mnch taller and stouter plant than any 

 inther,. \ ^"^^oaua, with much larger spikelets, short callus hairs, and linear 



TOurth imperfect gl. sometimes occurs, 



■'.• i U-^^ ^-^ 9^- ^11 very sliort, rarely = | its gl 



' °- C- pilosula, Hook. /.; Btem very slender erect, lea7ea long 



