268 CLxxni. GEAMiNEiE. (J. D. Hooker.) [Be^euxia. 



f 



Grain narrowly oblong.— I do not find the awn to be twisted, as in the description 

 cited, and it is inserted lower than in the figure in the Linnsean Journal. 



Var. humiUs,Gv\seh,l.c,; smaller, stems weaker, leaves ^-^ in. broad, pamcle 

 Bmalllax-fld., spikelets green, gl. Ill hardly scaberulous, palea shorter. Deyeaxw 

 No. 2, Herb. Ind. Or. Hf. ^ T.— Sikkim Himalaya ; Lachen Valley, alt. 11-12,C00 

 ft., /. D. H. 



7. D. filiformiSf Hook. /. ; stem very slender, leaves short, panick 

 short, spikelets | in., gl. I and II subequal siibscaberulous, II 3-uervea, 

 III hyaline asperulous, tip truncate 4-cleft, awn capillary submediao 

 exserted palea = f-J its gl., hairs of rachilla about = the ^^-^ ^^^. 

 of callus short. Calamagrostis filiformis, Griseh. in Goett Nachr. (1»68] 



79. 



Sikkim Himalaya; Lachen Valley, alt. 10-12,000 ft., J. I>. J?- , 



Stem 12-18 in., terete, tufted. Leaves 2-4 in., narrow, nearly smooth; l»ga'« 

 memhranous. ^PanlcWZ-Z in. long and nearly as broad, pyramidal ; branches lew^ 



very slender, nearly smooth. Spikelets shortly pedicelled, pale purplish; gh 1 *" 



II sometimes both 3-nerved ; III strongly 4-nerved, irregularly 4.cleft at the apex, 

 the lobes almost setaceous ; awn inserted a little above the middle of the back. 



8. B. pulchella, HooJc.f. ; stem short stout, panicle 1-2 in. oblong 

 or ovate, spikelets ^ in. crowded dark purple, gl. I and II scaberulous nneiy 

 acuminate, III scaberulous irregularly 4-toothed or sub 4-aristate, ^ 

 supra-median to sub-apical included, palea ^-1^ as long as its gl., ^^*^ V 

 densely penicillate hairs =gl. Ill, callus shortly bearded. Calamagros 



pulcHella, Griseh. in Goett. Nachr. (1868) 78. 



.000 



000 ft.— DiSTEiB. Tibet. W. Szechuen, Pratt. 



ic, to CJiKkim, alt. i4r-lt),UU0 ft.— Uisteib. Tibet. W. azecnuen, rratu . ^^^^ 

 Stems densely tufted, strict, erect. Leaves 3-5 in., rarely more, j^l ^^: . -J 

 smooth or scaberulous, usually flat ; ligule short, membranous. Panicle ^*^*V j^^. 

 size and form ; branches minutely scabrid, sometimes elongate and spreading. V ^^ 

 lets smaller than in D. scahrescens and not so strongly scaberulous, 1^ ^^ 

 rather unequal; III split at the tip into almost setiforra lobes; '"^f'^^^r^ 

 awn most variable, but never quite terminal, capillary, as long as its gl. or sho -^ 

 A very variable plant; the N.W. specimens have large looser more open pa 

 than the Sikkim. In one specimen from Garwhal, alt. 10-13,000 ft. (No. 1^^^^ ^be 

 DuthieJ the panicle is very open) and I find occasionally a gl. terminati g 

 rachilla. 



9. B. abnormis, Hook. /. ; tall, leaves narrow flat, panicle broa ^or 

 narrow, branches in distant whorls of 3-6 divided and flg. '^^f^fi^nrr- 

 ends, spikelets ^^-^\^ in. long-pedicelled, gls. I and II subequal oD^j^fc^ 



57, ined. Calamagrostis capillacea, Clarke mss. — jAgrostis JNo. a 

 Herh. Ind. Or. Hf. & T. 



SiKKm Himalaya ; Lachoong Valley, alt. 9000 ft., J. D. H. Khasia ni^ 



alt. 5-5500 ft,, common, Griffith^ &c. nicfe, *^ 



Stem 6-lS in., densely tufted, erect strict and slender with a narrow p« ^^^^ 



rambling with stout branching stems 3-4 ft. long and a very ^ff"^® .R*"* jjjf uloi* 



internodea sometimes scaberulous. Leaves 6-8 by ^| in., rather rigid, sea ^j^^jgf 



as are the sheaths; ligule short, rounded. Panicle 4-6 in., ^^^^^^ ,^^JL^n ; ^' 

 strict; branches and branchlets capillary, quit© smooth. Spikelets pa^® " 



