338 CLXXiiL GRAMINE^. (J, D. HookeT.) [Pottj 0. Stapf 



Nephelochloa altaica & soongarica, Griseh. in Ledeb, Fl, Ross. iv. 367. Glyceria 

 soongarica, Schrenlc in Fisch. ^Mey. Enum. PL Schrenk, i. 1. Aira altaica, Tnn. 



in Bunge Verz, Suppl. FL Altaic. 8. 



Var. alj;ina, Boiss. I.e. 610; 1-2 in. bigh. fastigiately branched, panicle de- 

 pressed amongst the leaves, rachis short, branches crowded spreading subsquarosely 

 and decurved, spikelets 2-3-fld. fl, gl. acute. Var. minor, Boiss. in Bourg. Pi- 

 Lycia (1860). 



Var, mo/or, Boiss. I.e.; tall, panicle spreading, spikelets few or many-fla., flg. 

 gls. tmncate or rounded at the tip mucronate, margins very narrowly scarious. 

 Nephelochloa tripolitana, Boiss. ^ Blanch. Diagn, Ser. II. iv. 133. 



Subgen. II. Eupoa. Fig. gis. 5-nerved, lateral pairs sometimes 

 obscure. 



* Stem bulbously thickened at the base. — § Arenariae. 



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2. P. bulboaa, Liim. Sp. PL 70, var. elanata, Stapf; densely tutted 

 leaves linear acute flat, ligule ovate or oblong, panicle oblong, lower 

 branches binate, spikelets ]-i in, 4-7-fld. subsessile crowded often viviparous, 

 gl. I ovate acute margin broadly hyaline, flg. gis. oblotJg acute, upper i-3 

 hyaline silkily hairy below the middle, nerves obscure, wool ^^ "^^J^ 

 scanty, keels of palea scabrid. P. bulbosa, Duthie Grass. N.W.Ind,-W' 



Griseb. in Goett Nachr. (1868) 74. 



J 



njiiTOw ; sheaths lax, often open, upper more appres&ed shorter than the interno( , 

 ligule \-\ in., or shorter in reduced forms. Panicle 1-2 in., rarely ovate, loDea. 

 contracted, lower branches nearly smooth; branchlets short, scaborulous. o|>*A:e 

 shortly pedicelled or subsessile, oblong or ovate-oblong, pale green; ^ .'^^7^\^i 

 ovate, acute, 3- rarely 2-nerved, margins denticulate, nerves rough ; II =^hni ar 

 larger, more acuminate, 3-nerved; fl. gis. \~\ in., oblong, acute, son)etinieB ^^^ ^ 

 nuhitc, upper i-.4 hyaline; nerves obscure; palea \ shorter. Anthers "is'T^/jV^ 

 Diflers from typical bulhosa in the absence or scantiness of wool in the spi 'f -• 

 Kashmir specimens are unusually tall and stout, with many broad leaves ^^-"^ ^^*^,'^^] 

 times a laxer habit. Zanskar ones are typical in all respects but the absence or ^^ 

 The viviparous state is very common. 



** Steui not bulbously thickened at the base. 



+ Spikelets broadly ovate ; gis. thin, broad, dorsally strongly archc , 

 tl. gl. base silkily hairy, wool 0. — § Alpinge. 



3. P. alpina, Linn. Sp. PI. 67; densely tufted, surculi clothed ^i^th 

 short distichous thickish sheaths, leaves short broadly linear ^^^.^^.^_(^, 

 panicle broadly ovate, lower branches mostly binate, spikelets ^-4 ^l^" |] , 

 tld. broadly ovate, gis. all thin arched, I ovate acute margin ^^^^^^-[^ 

 hyaline, flg. gis. ovate-oblong obtuse upper ^ hyaline silky-hairy below 



ou; ueic/ib. Ic. FL Germ. t. 8:j ; Ledeb. ±L Iloss. iv. l^li) ; -'^^^***; V"7 4i) 

 v. 605; Griseh. in GoetL Nachr. (1868) 74; Duthie Gra-^s. N.W. Ind, ^ ^^ 



Western Himalata and Western Tibet; from Kashmir to Garwhal, a • 

 10-16,000 ft.— DiSTRiB. N. temp, and Arctic regions. , ^^.^^ ; 



Stem 4-16 in., terete, smooth. Leaves chiefly crowded at the base of to ^^.^^^ 

 rarely more than a in. broad, flat or of the surculi plicate, firm, margins roug^» p^r 

 sheaths and of the surculi distichous, the thickened bases enclosing the ste™» 



