344 CLXXiii. GUAMiNKiE. (J. D. Hooker.) [Poa, 0. Stapf. 



short, upper elougate, lower sheaths lax scarious, leaves linear flat or 

 plicate acute flaccid, panicle pyramidal, lower branches binate spreading 

 or deflexed, spikelets ^ in. obovate 2-fld., flg. gls. broadly oblong obtuse, 

 base copiously silky-hairy, wool 0, keels of palea long-ciliate. P. aipina 

 partly, & P. flexuosa, ??parthj Herb. Lid, Or. Hf, ^^ T. 



SiKKiM Himalaya, alt. 16-18,000 ft.; PLachoong Valley, alt. 11,000 ft., 



J. -D. iT. .. 



Stems 8-12 in., from a slender evanescent rhizome, forming lax stoloniierous 

 tufts with the surculi, smooth, terete ; internodes mostly very short, the^penultimate 

 = l~l the stem, uppermost up to 6 in., exsertcd. Leaves 2-3 by tV"to ^"jj ^ | / 

 crowded towards the base of the stem, with 1-2 shorter higher up, or all sliori, 

 glabrous, smooth with roughish marixins ; lower sheaths lax, scariou^, upper up 

 3 in., membranous, smooth; ligule ^^^-J- in., ovate, obtuse. Vanide "P *^^ , !"'' 

 lax, lower branches 1^ in. shorter, naked for most of their length, smooth brauchie^^ 

 roughish. Spikelets shortly or the terminal longer pedicelled, loosely dispose 

 the terminal crowded, green or suffused with violet, rachilla pilose ; gl?. nrm, 1 y '^ 

 acute, 1-nerved, keel roughish; II rather larger, acute, 3-nerved ; flg. gl^^ J"*^ ^^^ 

 longer thau II, upper \ hyaline, nerves obscure. Lodicules unequally -- 

 AtUhers •^^- in., linear. Grain elliptic-oblong, laterally compressed. 



2. S^nMets uvate or ohlong ; gU. I S^- 11 distinctly shorter than the fig- 



14. P. himalayana, Nees ex SteiuL Syn, Gram, 256; stem ^U 



erect or ascending slender weak, leaves linear flat long-acuminate ^^^, 

 flaccid, ligule ovate or oblong, panicle contracted or effuse, lower Branca 

 2- rarely 3-4-Date long capillary flexuous, spikelets |-i in. ^"| "^^ 



distant, gl. I lanceolate acuminate margin hardly hyaline, flg. g's. ^^,. .^ 

 tip alone hyaline, base scantilv silky-hairy, keels of palea '^"S'^^ ' 

 Buthie Grass. N.W, hid. 40.— Deschampaia, Wall Cat. n. SSSS.-roa n. 

 18, Herb. Ind. Or. Hf. ^^ T. 



Temperate & Alpine Himalaya, from Kashmir to Bhotau, alt. 7-13,0 



Soyle, Wallich, Griffith, &c. , r 



Stems 12-18 in., loosely tufted, smooth, internodes 5-6, gradually o g 

 upwards, mostly exserted. ' ,,«,-'-. • . . ... .^...nwlvhnear, 



roughish above, glabrous bene 



ligule about y^ in., ovate or obi^u;;. jramcte up lo u m., i^i;..-- / . ^ 



12 8 >"•> -L-nerved, keel roughish; II rather larger, 3-nervecl, lateral "''\ pro- 

 flg. gis. i-| in., oblong, subobtuse ; nerves 5, slender, elongate, ^onietniie p^^^^ 

 nnnent, outer pair & keel or the keel only silky-hairy, wool scanty. -tiOa 

 minute, unequally 2-fid. Anthers about Vtt in., linear. 



tremula, Staj^f 



Hat or of the surculi plicate acute flaccid, bheaths of upper l^-rgest, i ^^^^^ 

 oblong, panicle pyramidal, lowest branches solitary or biuate, 9P^^^^ j 

 lax oblong -J-i in. 3-6-fld., gl. I oblong-lanceolate, II acuminate i'^^]"..' 



3798. 



Temperate & Alpink Himalaya; from Kashmir, alt. 8-15,000 fto ;^^/^^.^^^ 



mont, Ac, to Garwhal, Buthie, Westekn Tibet 

 weit. 



Kashmir, ..It. 8-15.000 ft., f-^Q 

 BET J Ladak, Thomson, bca^"!^ 



