342 cLXxiii. GRAMiNE^. (J. D. Ilooker.) [Poa, 0. Stapf. 



y. Glumes all thin, I & II acute or subacute, 1 1-nerved or with a veiy 

 slender 2nd ; anthers ^Vs in.— Stem slender, densely ccespitosewithfattcickd 

 basal surculi, or more loosely/ <.5' stoloniferous ; panicle slender, branches 

 capillary, — § Glareosae. 



9. P. polycolea, Stapf-, stems fascicled wiry smooth, leaves narrowly 

 linear or subaetaceous, lower slieatlis very lax white scarious, ligule very 

 short, panicle contracted or efEuPc, lower branches 2-5-nate capillary, 

 branchlets and pedicels long, spikelets }--\ in. loosely 3-fld., gl. I acute or 

 subacute margins hyaline, flg. gls. oblong upper ^-J hyaline, nerves ami 

 keel sparsely silky hairy or glabrous, keels ot palea minutely scabrid. ^. 

 serotina, Ilerh, Strach, 8f Winterb. n. 11. Poa n. 15, Herb. Ind, Or. UJ- 

 & T. 



Western Himalaya; from Kashmir to Kumaon, alt. 8-12^000 ft. 



Stem 6-12 in., erect or ascending, rather strict, lowest internotles loosely 

 fiheathed, uppermost rather farexserted. Leaves lower 8 in., long-acuminate, tiat or 

 more or less convolute, subflaccid, glabrous, smooth or margins and nerves benca 

 asperulous; uppermost sheaths up to 3^ in. Panicle 2i-4 in., pyramidal, ngjd or 

 flaccid, lowest branches 2-3 in., flexuons, lower J or I naked, then loosely braiiclien ; 

 branches rather long, roughisli ; pedicels of spikelets up to \ in. Spi^elets loo^e J 

 disposed, oblong, bright green or variegated; gls. thin, I J-^ i"-» lanceo a e, 

 1-nerved, keel ronghish ; II longer, oblong, 3-nerved ; flg. gls. l~^ in., acute or 

 subacute; nerves slender, prominent or obscure, outer and keel glabrous or spars 

 silky ; wool or hardly any ; palea rather shorter. Lodicules unequally --lo *■' 

 Anthers -^\ in., linear. 



10. P. Falconeri, Rook. /.; stem tall leafy, leaves narrowed from 

 the middle scaberulous above and beneath, upper equalling or exceeuiog 

 their sheaths, ligule ovate, panicle narrow very lax, lower branches bma » 

 spikelets i-i in, 2-3-fld., gl. I oblong-lanceolate acute, II subobovatc- 

 oblong, flg. gls. acute or subacute tip shortly hyaline, nerves obscu 

 sparingly pubescent, wool 0, keels of palea finely serrulate. 



Western Himalaya, Falconer; Garwhal, alt. 12-13,000 ft. Dutliie (u. 2^8)- 

 Stem 2-2i ft., erect, smooth, terete, 4~5-lcaved above the base ; ^"^^^'^*^j^ 

 short, or the upper more or less elongate and exserted. Leaves about o by j •» 

 subflaccid, linear, glabrous, flat or subplicate, upper about equalling their siiea » 

 lower sheaths lax, upper udpressed, firm, uppenuost 3-6 in. ; ligule ^^5— » "^' 



^pikeltts as long as or shorter than then- pedicels, obluug, green or purpn"" ^ ^j 

 gls. thin, I -J -^ in., l-nerved, margin broiidly hyaline, keel minutely asperulous ,^_^^ 

 rather longer, 3-nerved ; flg. gls, 4 in., oblong, nerves very slender, pilose on o_«j. 



at the base only; palea rather shorter than the gl. Lodicules unequa 



lly 2-fiJ 



Anthers about ^xy-l in. 



11. P. flexuosa, Wahlb, Fl. Carp, 2'L FL Suec. 57 {ex parte) ; stems 

 usually very slender tutted stoloniferous, leaves narrowly linear acii.^^^ 

 acuminate flat plicate or involute, cauline sometimes deflexed, pa ^^^ 

 pyramidal lax, lower branches 2- rarely 3-nate or solitary, ^^^"^ ^^ i^te 

 pedicels scaberulous, spikelets ^-J in. 2-:3-fld., gls. thin I ^Wong-janceo^^ 

 1-3-nerved margin broadly hyaline, II rather longer, fl. gls. broadly ^^ ^^^ 

 upper i or I hyaline base shortly silky-bairy, nerves obscure or p ^j^ 

 and prominent, wool scanty or 0, keels of palea scabrid. ^^^^^^^rx^ Tnd 

 Germ. t. 84; Bfytt JSorg.Fl 126. PP. cenisia, Buthie (^^^^' ''^'nirtm 

 40 ; ^Griseb. in Goeit. Nachr. (1868) 75. P. cenisia, var. /3. flexuosa,/^^' 



