346 CLXXiii. GRj^MiNF^. (J. D. Hooker.) [Poa, 0. Stapf. 



ex^erted or not. Leaves 2-4 in,, rarely more, by -^^-^ in., linear, smootb. mnrgin 

 roughish; shratlis up to 2 in., lax, subcompressed, usually longer tban tbe blade, 

 margins rougliish ; ligule ovate or oblong, up to | in., sborter in the lower leav«. 

 Fanicle up to 3} in., rigid, lower branches up to l^^ in., 2- rarely 3-5-nate or 

 solitary, spreading, naked to tbe middle and branchlets smooth. Spikelets {~\ id-» 

 subsessile or shortly pedicelled, more or less crowded, ovate or oblong-ovute, green 

 or purplish ; gl. 1 -V-^u iu., lanceolate, acute, 1-nerved, with sometimes 2-sleiuler 

 lateral uerves, keel miuutoly scaberulous ; II rather longer, 3-nerved ; tig. gls. I in-» 

 obtuse, rarely subacute. Anthers -^^^ in. Grain ./g— rV ^"-i oblong. 



Var. nepalensl^, Griseb. in Coett. JS^achr. (1868) 75, perennial, stem 20 in., leaver 

 12-20 in., ligule shorter, panicle up to 6 in., lower brauchcs almost capillary, upi>er 

 and branchlets subscaberulous, spikelets more distant longer pedicelled giancon* 

 green, keel and outer nerves of fl. gl. silky-hairy to the middle, wool often copious.-^ 

 P. annua, jS. Nees in Herb. Royle. Poa nepalensis, Wait ex Duthie Gras-'i.^ i^.'*- 

 Ind. 40.-Poa, Wall Cat n. 3791. Western Himalaya, from Dalhousie to ^^P^*- , 



Var. sakimensis, Stapf; perennial, rootstoek slender giving off stems surcuh ana 

 Btolons at the nod<is, leaves up to 4 in. broad, ligule i-i in. denticulate, panicle 3-6 m., 

 branches slender flexuous and branchlets subscaberulous, glumes firmer, fig. ^^^'^^^^J_ 

 glabrous, wool 0. P. alpina & nepalensis [in part), Merh, Ind. Or. Sf- J" ■'• 

 Eastern Himalaya, alt. 11-15,000 ft., J. D. H., &c., W. Bhotau, Cummins, borne 

 specimens approach P. himalayana in their slender habit and narrower leaxe., 

 but the ligule is much larger, 



UNKNOWN SPKCIES. 



P, IIANSIANA, Boyle III, Bot. Himal. 416 (nawe).— Hausi & Saharunporc, 

 Royle. Probably, from the localities, P. annva. 



119. CoLPODiUM, Trin. 



See 103. Catabrosa, Beauv, p. 310. 



120. 6I.YCSBIA, Br. 



Perennial, rarely annual grasses. Leaves linear, flat or .*i^^7^ .^j 

 Spikelets few or many-fld., in contracted or effuse panicles ; ^'^^^^^^^ }?L^^f 

 between the fl^. gls. rarely hairy, uppermost fl, usually imperfect, ^f^, 

 I and II hyaline, empty, persistent, 1-5-nerved ; flg. gls. broadly oni ^ & 

 obovate or "fan -shaped, dorsally rounded, 3-9-nerved, nerves often od - ^^ 

 vanishinsc below the broadly hyaline obtuse rounded (rarely subacuw^^ 

 truncate tip ; keels of palea smooth or scaberulons. Lodicules 2, m"|^ 

 well developed. Stamens 3. Styles short, distinct. Grain ^^^^^^ ^. j 

 pressed, free or subadherent to tbe palea— Species about 30 eniuneraie • 



Sect. I. Hydrochloa. Fhj. fjhimcs strongly 7-nerved. Lodu^^ 



minute. 



at I 



e 



1. G. tong-lensis, Clarke in Journ, Linn, Soc. xv. (1^/6) 119 ' ^^^^ 

 slender, leaves narrow smooth, panicle elongate slender, branches ^J g^j^a. 

 ngth spreading unequal lower up to 4 in. erect at length . ..^u, 

 smkelets ^-i in. 4 S-fl*!., gls. I and II 1-nerved. G. caspica, ^^'^f'V ii (non 

 Xarhr. (lbt)«) 76 {non Trin.) G. fluitans, Dut/iie Grass. N.W. yj,\t 

 Br.), G. rivularis, Jarquem. mss.—Voa. n. 24, Ilerb. Ind. Or. Af- ^ ' _^ 



TKMrKRATE HIMALAYA, from Kashmir, alt. 7-9000 ft., and Knniaou, ft^. 

 ft., to Sikkim, alt. 7-12,000 ft. Munipore, alt. 9000 ft.. Watt. . usceudi"?' 



Stems widely creepiug iu wet places, more tufted in drier, 4-18 m-? 



