Poa, 0. Stapf.] CLXxiii. gramine^. (J. 1). Hooker.) 345 



St 



ms lo-20 in., stolouiferous, erect or ascending from a prostrate rooting base ; 



internodes 5-7, gradually lengthening upwards, all but the upper included in the 



Mteaths Leaves 4-8 by i in., linear, acute, smooth or nearly so, glabrous, flaccid, 



"pper often longer th.*in their sheaths ; lower sheaths lax, upper about 6 in., smooth ; 



'gale 5 g in., obtuse, or shorter in tlie surculi. Panicle up to 10 in., pyramidal, often 



oiJgate, very lax and flaccid, rachis smooth ; lower branches often 6 in., cnpillary, 



"nons, loosely branched and at the tips only, nearly smooth, branchlets roughish. 



^r^'^^^ *^'s*^'^'^t, oblong, pale green; rachiila glabrous or hairy ; gls. thin, rather 



U ^^t]! ^ ^ ^^'* acute or acuminate, 3-1 -nerved, margins hyaline, keel roughish ; 



rather larger, broader in the iiiiddle, lateral nerves sometimes short ; flg. gls. 



rs JD., obloni^, subobtuse, keel and ail the oI)scure nerves and intei'spaces or the 



ujr only silky-iiuiry ; puJea ^ shorter, keels ciliate especially towards the base. 



^•icules unetjuKlly 2-lohed. Anthers ^VtV ^^m elongate-oblong. 



nJi^ ^'^'^^^'^^^^'^^f Stapf; fl, gls. less hairy, anthers smaller, gls. I and II 



^uauy thumer, lateral nerves sometimes obscure.— Kashmir, alt. 12-13,C00 ft.. 



lini 



lowe 



WpaiT ^inaie or solitary, spikeiets i-^- id. l^-Z-na., gis. nrni, x 



^ ^eoiate acute, II narrowly oblong, fl. gls. oblong tip only hyaline, 

 mil P'^?^^^^^* *^^ter and keel silky-hairy, keels of palea shortly ciliate, 



mmie. 



I,- 



sS ?7^-^^A^-^ ; Tankra Mts., alt. 12,000 ft, Ga 



*^ttererl.i '' *^^^*^''' fiinootb, leafy; internodes 7-8. Leaves up to 4 by } in., 

 g ^ ^^^112: the whoh* «e*.i^i »..^ *■.. t'u,. ......;..i.. fl.^f .^^' .Jw-ni*^ o-l:»hriins. smooth. 



%rul 

 mug) 



flex 



Ne neei* "'•»'"> "pw;u(ls, shorily or the tenniiiul longer pedicelled, oblong, acute, 

 longer n,7 ^,- ^'■'"' ^ i iu., 3-uevved, .n;irgiu entire lumlly hyaline; II rathov 

 '"^m'dto • '^ ohlon- 3-uerve(I ; fl. gls. i i<i., acute or sabobtnse, keel ami outer 

 "'.obed jIt'" *''k.V-I':ii>-.V, palei rather shorter. Ladicules siibquadrate, shortly 

 • '-'"^^''■^ is in., oblong. 



"toloniW ^*^*?"^J L!nu. Sp. PL 68 ; stem shortly creeping and rooting 

 ■iWcuDfl r* '"^^ ^^* iiaccid acute, i)iiuicle orate or ubh^ug sometimes 

 ?''• 1 ami T?'' ^"'^"ches at length spreading or deflexed, spikeiets '3-7-M., 

 "arsinaa^l -^ ^^"^"'''^"^<'o'^^t« obtuse, flff. gls. prominently S-neryed 

 itiore or 1 ^'^ ^'"o^'^ly or nurrowly se-rious, keel and nerves below 

 ^Cit Gr.n /'""y ciliate, keels of r^alea long-ciliate, anthers minute. 

 '^'"m i?S; ./'■ "• ^- <^>-^ ; J'^f- ^'^"-'t. 1»>86 ; Fnffl. Bot. t. lUl;Knapp 

 ^•oiis'ri o ■ ^'-^5 ^eic/ib. It: Fl. Germ. t. 82; Ledeh. Fl. Ross. ly. 3// ; 



''89;' T;;, T""'- ^- ""1 ; Glris,^^- '■« Godt. Narlir. (1868) ir, ■ ]Vif/ht CaL n. 

 ISah Pi t""''- J'f- '^^yl- 372; Tnm. Cat. GeuL Fl. 110; Aitrhn: Cat 

 ''•alpina "h ?' -^^"""■'' G^"-""- ^V. TF. Iu,l. l-O, Fodd. Grass. N. Ind. 0/. 

 '>• OV,.'., >f^,'- ^^>-'^^-1>-^- Wiuterh. n 12. P. Uoyl^ana, Nees ex Stend. 



^'*''-Si?^'!n...^^-''-''- -^'^'•rt-'^i- ^- WhiUrb. n. 3 ; ' F>tdhle I. c ; ^/H.'^eZ;. in 



'•• (18G8) 



,j^^ "-".^008) 75. 



?-45ol> ^V 'I>MrERATE & SCBAI.PINK IIlMALAT.A. ,^ WeSTFCKN TlBKT, 



liigh 



ton n. .""*' ; Stolons slen.ler. Stem.'^ 6-12 iu., erect, u^^u;luy s:"-'--"'aie, 

 ""Pfessed, smooth; iuternodes gradually lengthening upward, upper 



