^oa, 0. Stapf.] oLXXiii. ghauisem. (J. J). Hooker.) 341 



tbe base, spikelets ^ in. 2-5.fld. subses.ile, gl. I ovate-lanceolate acumi- 



scaL T^%''^^y'*'^^ hyaline, %. gls. sparsely hairy below, wool or 

 scanty LedeL Fl Boss. iv. 371 ; Boiss. Fl Orient, v. 608. P. attenuata 



Jr jSo P^^^ *^ GoetL Nachr. (1868) 74. P. laxa, DutUe Grass. 



Laxa & trivia hs partim Herb. Ind. Or. Hf. 6[ 

 Merh. Boyle. P. sterilis. Bieh. ex Buthm I. e. 



T, P. 



Turt™/™!"^^ ^ Western Tibet, alt. 13-17,000 ft.-DisTRiB. Persia, 



Ua!eri~^2~h "i'"- *^*^^^^^-^ tufte.l, not stolouiferous, bearing axillary surculi. 

 white ^ ^T5'"-> firm, smooth or nearly so ; lower sheaths mostly scariou?', 



stout T.^'^^^^^-^^terrupted, lowvr branches rarely S-nate, M in., erect, often 

 3-nerved I 1 '* ^^®^"' ^^^"^^ variegated ; gls. close together, firm. I hardly ^ in. 

 %• rIs i • "e«rly smooth or ronghish ; II rather longer, broader in the middle ; 

 J^crv^ 5 « }"•» "'^'^"fe% npper i hyaline, minutely scaberulous, tip usuiilly erose ; 

 *"*iRlabr' ** ^^ ^^' obscure, keel and outer nerves silky at the very base only or 

 ^nihevR -^^- ^^^^^ .^^'^^^^ longer hairs ; palea rather shorter, keels serrulately scabrid. 

 form. '^ ^"-^Gi'isebach's P. nltaica (Goett. Nachr. I. c.) is a stunted depauperate 



fl" h.f'i"*^"*"^^*^' -^^^'""- ^P- P^- <^^; stem not stoloniferons when 

 base SI 5^""^ ^* t^ie ba^e surculi or leaf-buds 2-4-ieaved above the 

 Ovate "^*j *^^ scaberulous, leaves very narrowly linear, ligule very sh(irt 

 isQallvV P^ ^^^^ obloni/. paaicle contracted uv open, lower branches 

 "pikelet- !ujl "^'"^'l^ I'ranchiii;^ to the l)ase and branches scaberulous, 

 acnmint ' ^"■. ^^'^^g-Pi-'ilicolled 2-4-Hd., gls. crowded I ovate-hinceolate 



*• 71 • P • I'/ r ^-^^'^- *• "0"^ ; ^^"9^- ^0^- t- 1265 ; Host Gram. jb(str. ii. T., 

 iv. 37\ D • ■'^- -^^- ^'^'•"i- t. 86 ; Steinl Syn. Gram. 2.-.1 ; /.edeb. Fl. Boss. 

 ^^0 , i^ow.,. ix Orient, v. 607 ; DiU/ne Grass. N. W. Ind. 40. 



^iSTwJlf^P^'^^^ * Alpine Himalaya & Western Tibkt, alt. 5-15,500 ft. 



""les hiddp • I *^'"^^'^' ""'n'^ "•■ flaccid, smooth or scaberulous above, lower nitcr- 

 '^lline2-5 V" • ^''*^'**^^'s or nearly so, uppermost nioro or less exserted. Leave.^ 

 Smooth or 1 • '^'^ '"■' ^"'' pbcate or involute, firm or flaccid, erect or spreading, 

 ''?ole trun"'!'"^'^'^^^'^''^''"^'*"^ ^'^o^'e; sliuaths aiipressed, nppenuost up to 4 in. ; 

 '■•flitooifl 1^" '''"P to I in., often erosdv doiiricnlate. Panicle lay, rigid flexnous 

 ^f^^eleU \i^^ '"''""•'^>''S solitary to 3-nate, slender, erect or spreading, asperulous. 

 pilose- iji 1 i' ^I'sposed, green or varie.'ntcd ; rachilla smooth scaberulous or 

 '■''^I'ish L '•'' °'' '•"fl'^'i- distant, firm or ratlier thiu, I ^-^ in., S-nerred, keel 

 (fis.i in' '"''I'g'ns narrowly or broadly hyaline; H rather longer and broader; Hg. 

 '"'^'■es s';/" ,'''»*'" (or subacute in profile) upper ^-k Inalino and son.etimes erose, 

 'W^iiii'-:? ''■' '"terspaeesso.netin.es puber.don.s; palei ratl.er shorter. Anth>^r, 

 '^'cl'isiK,, ,1 ^ftrem.dy variable species in habit and length of lignleespec.allv, 

 '^'th P. „/'"■>■ "'""-t '<> Knn.pean examples. The form with a long ligule forms a lu.k 

 ''^^^ibed V '•"!•''"' '''■■'"■' ^^•''•'••' I'a^ "«"='Hy a "lo'-e contracted habit. Most of the 

 „ ^''"•. /,;««• ^*^™'^'«'"""'"- «••'-' 'dso Indian. ,, ,^ ■ • , 



^"■^aon au T'r, ^^^'J'*' ii^'"le very short about Jy iu. long.-Proni Kashmir to 



Var L„ ; ^~»000 ft., rarely hi-her 

 ^Vir'rXa ' Stapf. litrule elono-ate -^— ^- in. P. attenuata, GrweJ. in Goett. 

 >^^?Sl ^'p (^<='^^«/^"t n 279?) If P. botryoides (ScW«^ 7068 7196). P. 



lu^''^■^.rJ9^^"^ ^^««0- P. scroti n a, var. botryoides, Griseb. I.e. {Jlerb. 

 *"• ?-l5,0U0 ft ^' ^•'^'•iegata, Jacquem. mss. ipartim). -From Kashm.r to bikkun, 



