^oa, 0. Stapf.] CLxxiii, GRi^MiNE^. (J. D. Hooker.) 339 



mnch loager, up to 2-4 in., smooth, open or not, uppermost remote from the panicle; 

 jigule of the lower and of the surculi very short, truncate, ciliolate, of the upper 

 longer, ovate, sparingly coarsely denticulate. Panicle up to 2^ by 2 in,, lax or 

 aense, lower branches more or less spreading, usually naked in the lower half; 

 branchlets short, scaberulous. Spikelets crowded, usually parti-coloured, the 

 lower shortly upper longer-pediceiled ; gis. thin, 1} in., 3-nerved, lateral nerves 



aint or one obsuletc, margins subeutire, keel rough; II similar, but rather broader; 



**Uf *~^ ^^'' ^^^^^ emarginate; palea hardly shorter, keels ciliate below the 

 middle, serrulate above it. Anthers ^V ^"-^ oblong. 



TT Spikelets narrower, gls. all or flg. especially firmer, I and II 

 lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate. 



• a. GU, aU firm; 1 ^ II acute or suhaciiniinate, I 1- or sub 3-nerved j 

 ^^^i n iV"iV i^' — Bather tall robust or subrobust species, stoloniferous 

 ™^ fig.; stems smooth,—^ Pratenses. 



■; f- ^'tibetlca, Munro ex Duthie Grass. N.W. Ind. 41 ; tall, stout, 

 stolomferous, leaves linear acute firm, ligule short truncate, panicle con- 



racted or spiciforrn, lower branches 2-4-aate unequal smooth, spikelets 

 ? <,?''• ■^^-fid. pedicelled crowded pale, gl. I ovate-lanceolate margin 

 nardly hyaline, II ciliate ou the margius towards the base, fl. gls. oblong, 



'ps only hyaliae, keel alone ailkilj hairy, lateral nerves obscure, wool 0. 



^V^STERN Tibet, alt. 9-16,000 ft. ; Piti, Jacquemont ; saline plains of Luduk, 

 '■'^f^omson. Plains of Tibet N. of Kumaon, alt. 15,0J0 ft., Strachey Sf 

 ^^>d„iottom (Poa, n. 1.) 



beW M ^^~^^ '"•' ^t"»t. terete, suiooth, closely slioatlied below, 1-2-Ieaved much 

 rou, 'I'""'''''- -i^C've*, lower 8 in., upper 2-3 by h-\ usually plicate, glab- 



AJT u ' *'l"'atl)s fii-m, upper very long," smooth; ligale Vs 'D-. fi'"'". ciliolate. 

 tar,:':' r.'''^^ Hln. long, narrow, interruptea ; lower brancl-es 2-nate, the longer 

 oblnn!' ? ''"^ •'"<'''•''. '"'(J hranchlets smooth. Spikelets crowded, all pedicelled, 

 »caber,'l^^ ' S's- firm, 1 a-| i,,., subacuininate, sub S-nerved, keel minutely 

 suhaon^!°"^™'^^^'"* hardlv hyaline ; II rather larger, more oblong; fl. gls. f-, m-.. 

 father 3' ^ '"^ *''*-' in'»gin towards the base, lateral nerves obscure; palea 



norter, keels subserrulate. Anthers ^^ '"•> '''"-'"r- , . , , , 



J^tl' ,^!^'^^'^^<'i^> Stapf; jrls. more acuminate often very shortly aristulate. 



''" Tibet, N. of Sikkun, alt. 16-17,000 ft.-J. D. H. 



Qsttaiw fl^.'**®'*^*^' ^'»"- Sp. PI. 67 ; tall, stout, stoloniferous leaves 

 PanllJ ^''V^^^te upper much the shortest, ligule truncate or subobovate. 

 3-5 fli ^^^*® "^^ oblong lower branches usually 5-nate, spikelets^-, m. 

 cbU„ """^^^ ^'^^^to crowded green, gl. I ovate-lanceolate acute, %■ g «• 

 Wvf^T'V'--^ faj'-iline nerves proininent, keel and lateral nerves si kily 

 Sostr. ""'^^'^ «^ ^bove it, wool copious, keels of palea scabrid-serrate.- 

 '>-^ Ku?fT-,-f'''^'-- "• 44. t. 61 ; £nr/BoL t. 1073; £napp Gram. Bntt.^ 

 k'ifP'' ^^"«'«. PI. i. 35-2. Siq:j>l.297; Sfeud. Sl/n.^ Gram. 2^1 ; llcie/^^ 

 ^4 i, t'"- t- 88 ; T.Nee.s- Gen. F/. Germ. Mo>,ocoL i. n^ob; j^^- ^J- 

 D>ctiL%^'^' ^oi,s. Fl. Orient. V. 601 ; Griseb. in GoetL ^achr {Ibbb) .4; 

 27727 ^^■^^- ^"'^- -i^- t'. alpiua, Griseb. I.e. [ITerh. Schla</intw. u. 



^-^loST i^'«ALATA; from Kasliniir to Kumaou, and Wksticrn Tibkt, ah. 



R 0^."''^^, Gn;f[iA.—DisTRiB. North temp, regions. 

 " "'^ "., smooth, terete. Leaves crowded at the base of the stem lineai , 



