k: 



Banihonia.] clxxiii. oRAMiNEiE. (J. D. Hooker.) 281 



^^^PP*^™iost gl. Glumes 5 or more, I and II empty, subequal, as long 

 ^ J ^'^ spikelet, persistent, keeled, acute or acuminate ; fler. gls. dorsally 

 roanded,ciliate. 7-9-nerved, 2-fid, lobes acute at the base or awned and 

 jjjth a ngid twisted awn in the sinus; palea broad. Lodicules 2, fleshy. 

 oiamm 3. Styles free. G^rain free within the membranous or hardened 

 gl and palea.— Species about 100 enumerated. 



i'^ D. himalaica^ Soolc.f, ; leaves as long as the stem wiry, panicle 

 jHfjii contracted few-fld,, branches and -pedicels very short, spikelets 



1,^ A ^°'' ^^-fl^J-j gls. I and II unequal 6-7-nerved, flg. gls. sparsely 

 iiairy 9.nerved, lateral awns 0. 



Si^^^To ^ ' •f^^"^^^' 0° Lokardi Peak, alt. 8-9000 ft., Duthie. 

 j^5 ^*? j^"I8 in., densely tufted, filiform. Leaves convolute, erect, quite smootb, 

 Wraf ^ p '^? ^^^ \\^nitY surface ; sheath short, smooth ; ligule \ in., hyaline, 

 dabr ^^«*c?e of 4r-8 erect spikelets; rachis and short erect pedicels, smootb, 

 1^1' : ^^^' I a»^d II pale brown, much longer than the flg. gls., finely 

 pile I ^*^^s hyaline, I 6-7-nerved; II longest, 7-nerved ; flg. gls. ^-J in., 

 Slpftfl^^f' 2-fid; awn straight, base strongly twisted; callus silkily vilJoua; 

 M the [' ^^^^^^h 2-lobed, keels scabrid. Lodicules clavellate. Anthers as long 

 - palea. Ovary ovoid, hirsute, styles short, stigmas long. 



tracfp^ ®**^*»j -ffooA:. /. ; stem and leaves filiform, panicle short con- 

 m £^?J^®^} T °^ few.fid., branches and pedicels verv short, spikelets \ 

 Yeiy g^"7r-» g'- 1 and II unequal 1-3-nerved, fl. gls, villous, lateral awns 



^7 short. 



9000 



short *^^^'^^°"* densely tufted, very slender. Leaves 3-5 in., convolute ; ligule 

 ■»id 'v^^c\^^^~^ ^"-^ ®^^^^ o** cernuous, 6-10-fld., green or brownish, branches 

 ^ I and TT*""^^^^* S/)iMei5 erect; rachilla very short between the upper gls. ; 

 ^'ie base T fk ^^^''*^^®' lanceolate, acuminate, 1-nerved or obscurely S-nerved at 

 '•nerved' oi f ^^o^t^^st; flg. jrlg. ranch shorter than II, oblong, coriaceous, faintly 

 *«lone e^! T "^^^^^ *^ ^^^ middle, lateral awns as long as their gl., median twice 

 'fj-ner ^^^^^^^ densely bearded ; palea linear-lanceolate, 2-toothed, sparsely 

 ^ves strong, scabrid. Grain obovoid, smooth, glabrous. 



^- »• <^achemyriana, Jaub. & Sv.IUustr, PI Orient. '- '^ * ^''^ • 



^Inte T^a- 1^^ ^^'^^ a stout woody stock, leaves very long narrow con- 

 i»._^.' P^°icle contrflnfpri c.r.\h^\^J 2.3 ;^ „i i «.nri 11 subeaual 3-7- 



hti 



*; ^une m Atkins. Gaz. 

 ^n Goett. Nachr, (18C8) 78. 



8?^^?? V'^'^/^P'^E Himalaya, and W. Tibet, alt. 10-14,000 ft 



*Wh8 r- •' densely tufted, or creeping below and clotlied wi 

 *e»a« ^^ , ^^^ as loner aa tbp i^tpm /.r inno-or ^rt^pfc. flcxaous. wiry, 



th shining 

 s, wiry, glabrous ; 



Panicle 



2?*^ ^ariahlp ;« ' -- *v.«cr rareiy tomentose ; iiguie h i-uutDu<.-« ;■"»-, :,, 



*^ «^ mor/!i ^"'"ber and disposition of the spikelets, erect, 4-5 in. long, with 

 "^'^'^^l^ on I '^ ^""^^^ spikelets f in. long, or more h.x with fewer (3-4 or more) 

 '"^^th hairv ^^^^ ^'' 8'»orter rarely spreading branches and pedicels the latter 

 f^'^orlejl?'' »c«brid. Spikelets 2-b-M., erect, pale, rather shining; rachilla 

 ,'-'' keeU sm '^u' ^^'- ^ «"^ " membranous, sometimes purple, rarely very sparsely 



*t€ 



less trabe 

 9-nerved ; 



long as the gl. or longer, exserted, median strongly twisted often to 





