Deyeuxia.] CLXxiii. gramine^. (J. D. Hooker.) 267 



pale green, shining; gl. I and II quite smooth on the sides and keels ; 'III hyaline, 



lateral awns more than half as long as the gl., dorsal awn inserted i above the base 



capillary, about twice the length of the gl. ; rachilla short ; callus hairs scanty 

 short, 



4. D. compacta, Muiiro ex Duthie Grass, N.W. Ind. 30 (name 

 ^^fy)] stem short, leaves very narrow, panicle open or spiciform, spikelets 

 i 111., gl. I and II subequal oblong-lanceolate apiculate, III trnncatetip 

 erose, palea nearly as long as its gl., awn basal, hairs of callus short. 

 I'taiamagrostis holoiformis, Jaub. & Spacli. Ill PL Orient, iii. 61, t. 340. 



Western Tibet, Jact/wemowf ; Nubra valley, alt. 14-16,000 ft., Thomson; N. 

 01 Aumaon, alt. 15,000 ft., Strachey ^ Winterh. (Deyeuxia, No. 1). 



oiemsG-lS in., densely tufted, rather stout, sometimes slender. Leaves 1-3 in., 



tor convolute ; ligule short. F article 1-2 \n., branches very short, scaberulous. 



piMeU purplish ; gl. I and II membranous, nearly smooth ; III ^\ shorter than 



an/n^ u ^^^^^^^lous, strongly 4-nerved, callus hairs short lax.— In Jacquemont's 



fihortll r ^P^^^^e^s in Herb. Kew, the panicle is oblong spicitbrm, with very 



for • K- -'^"^ not as represented in the figure cited of Galamagrostis holct- 



Da'n*^'?^ * • ^^ taken from a specimen collected by Jacquemont and in which the 



{Jg '^ Y^/l^i*^*^ open. The glumes I and II are represented in the same plate as 



with fl '*°ceolate tapering to a point, and scabrid, none of which characters agree 



^^n ttiese specimens. Lastly, the date of collection is given as 1830, and that of the 



tlpine^^^*^*''^ 1831. Nevertheless having regard to the great variability of these 



^ Ki-asses, I am disposed to think both referable to one species. 



contra'f'/*^*^"^*' SooJc.f.; stem sliort, leaves obtuse or acute, panicle 

 gig i^'^ spiciform, branches very short, spikelets \ in. very narrow, 



Palea 1^^ unequal lanceolate smooth, III truncate tip 4-macronate, 

 rtortiv f ^~^^^ gl., awn included? rachilla half as long as the gl. 

 Sf Ji-Y ^'"°®®' ^^^^"« shortly bearded. Deyeuxia n. 4, Herh. Ind. Or. 



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^SfJ^^''^''^''} ^^«"^*^y> ^-^It- 15,000 ft., J. D. s. 



"^morsh V ' ^e^^sely tufted, erect or ascending, stout. Leaves as long as the 

 l-U 5n "'^^''f^i", flat or subconvolute, ^^v in. broad ; ligule short, truncate. Panicle 

 ■J Wer' th ^St^^^^^' ^^^^^ ^"^^ purplish. Spikelets erect, appressed; gl. I about 

 «^l>erulo„ ' ^^^^ 1-nerved, acuminate; III about half as long as I, hardly 



' serves 4, strong; awn basal, not twice as long as the gl., erect. 



D. abnOT • °-^ ^^" ^^^ inserted ahove the middle of the glume {awn in 



™is and rachilla very minute or obsolete). 



^28- Sil**'f*'®^*^®"»' ^^>^nro ex Duthie in Atkins. Gaz. N.W. Ind. 

 ^•ttmes «li ,*' ^^*^es long, panicle long contracted, spikelets ^-? m., 

 obtnge fr ^''^^'^^lous, I and II snbeaual 1-nerved, III tip narrowed 

 "Wlv k; f ^® crenulate or 2-fid, awn l^ubmedian, palea linear, callus 

 ^- XXV nil- ^"^^''^ (^^^''- ^- W. Ind. 31 ; Clarke in Journ. Lmn 

 ^<^h. (iseg) 79 ^^' ^- ^^- Calamagrostis scabrescens, Griseh. in Goeit. 



'^'»^!airS/'"^^ATA, alt. 10-13,030 ft., from Kashmir to Bhotan. Munne- 



SiflB 'cT-f "•' Clarke. 

 J*ooth; li '/^- L^'^^es 6-18 by J-J in., flat or convolute, scaberulous; sheath 



i' ^^ncL? '^T'^^^'^^ons, lacerate. Panicle 6-10 iu., erect or inchned, deuse- 

 tl T "t-nes go»Ko...i_.-_ ,. , . . . gj^jkelets green or purplish t 



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