"uncnes erect, solitary or 2-nate ; lateral pedicels sliorter than t. 

 M<W» oblong, broadly obovate wlieii open, p ile green or puri)lisli ; 

 "Dieokie,^ acute or subacnto ; II i.imilar } iu. ; flg. gts. ^-^ in., suioot' 



sub-2-toothed, keels scabiid. 



brous. Grain 



Teduca, 0. Stapf.] clxxiii. gramine^. (J. D. Hooker.) 349 



Tempkbate and Alpine Himalaya, alt. 10 16,000 ft., from Kashmir to Sikkim, 

 ^DrsTBiB. Central aud Eastn. Europe, Orient, Central Asia, Rocky Mts. 



Siems 4-14 in. tufted, nodes 2, both in the lower ^ of the stem. Leaves 2-6 in., 

 •Hifonn to capillary, 3-5-nerved, green or glaucous, rarely rough, bands of 

 *"'ercnchjma distinct; sheaths of innovs. tight, smooth, open to near the base, 

 Pi'ftistent when dry; ligule very short, obscurely auricled. Panicle contracted; 

 tiwnches erect, solitary or 2-nate ; lateral pedicels shorter than the spikelets. 



■■ • gl. I Jjin., 

 th to scabern- 



w, prniaose, 5-nerved ; palea oblong-lanceolate, sub-2-toothed, 1 

 ■'■'^fculeiminute, obliquely ovoid. .4«^7i*n? ^V^j in., linear. Ocarj/ ghi 

 Tfin-.vfntrally grooved, hilum ahnost as long as itst-lf.— As represented in India 

 ■ ^'«-'t«J"a is a very -.veil deliued species. 



• *^f-''*6eh'ca, Stajif ; stein 2 6 in., sheaths entire below the middle, panicle i-1 



i ™- Jo"g up to i in. broad, flg. gis. ^ in., more or less purplish black and scabrid 



™ "11' upper J, awu iniunte, anthers J^-^'n i»- F. oviiia, viir. alpiua, Ori.<,eb. in 



\ rf. ^"'f^r. (1868) 73. Tibet N. of Sikkim, alt. 17-19,000 fo. Dilfers from 



I J""». '•«'•■ Halleri, to which it is referred by Hack. I.e. 112, iu the sheaths being 



"i*ito the middle and in the very minute anthers. 



t,.^i*''^umminsii, S)Ja»/; stem slender, leaves |-4 in., sheath open 



I.r , *^« ^^idflle, panicle 2-4 in. narrow nodding or flexuous, branches 



Zl "^.'^ ^"^^ flexuous, spikelets i-i in. elliptic or (open) obovate 



2; f '^'^^^ ^«'i^"'^' flg- Kls. oblong-lanceolate, palea 2-fid, anthers 



ellipti 



30-A i»., grain free. F. duriuscula, Herb. Ind. Or. Hf. 



sS ^J^'^i^AYA. alt. 11-12,000 ft., J. D. H. W. Bhotan, Cummins 

 mS^tl"}^^^-' ^"fted, nodes 2-3 uppermost towards the middle, smooth except 

 ( r" %) below the panicle. Leave., setaceous, or cauline rarely flat very narrow 

 Pwl ,n/"''i'^"^' smooth, nerves 5 green strong above, obscure beneath, ma - 

 Wth°""-T^ '^«»'i« «f sclerenchyma very slender ; sheaths oV'"T- ?^ lif 

 «,ri;i'i'">,\'»*lle. smooth, subpersistent, of the cauline leaves tight; hg^'^ ^^« f' 

 •^litarr 7'-^ ^''"^ '■^"d '•^'^^te Fanich «ith scabrid rachis ; branches usual y 

 W. oT;; '""'."^ ^'■°'" near the base, scabrid ; lateral pedicels shorter than the spikc- 

 iVi I V '^"■'i- ^Pi^elets pale green or purple, more or less ^caberulons I 

 •^f'AnlT'l' " lanceolate. a!ute, |-i in., S-nerved ; flg. S^'-^i'^^'^^ 

 ^i^iK "' ^°"*? "^^ the gl. ; palea as long as the gl.. conspicuous y 2-fid, moic 

 Caifv '^- Lodicnles 2. h,hed O.any glabrous. f?ra.» linear-obloag, i-. >n., 

 Jf grooved, hilum slightly exceeding the middle. 



«is*';?**\y^«»lea, Stapf; densely tufted, leaves setaceous, sh^a^^s of 

 ^'5r er?7^'^«r^^ t« ^^« base, panicle 2-3 in. open or contraf «^ 

 ^i^.S::'^f ««-^brid rarely nodding, branches subsoh ary sp.kelet. 



ilin X^'^ac^»« scabrid rarely nodding, branches suosout...j, '-i— - 

 'inW"/ T'' '^^^"tl. fig- gls. oblong-lanceolate awned palea 2-hd, anthers 



Ml '^"^* ^^■' grain free. F. duriuscula, H 



^tt 



f'liicli 



-^S.S-''^.P-i^tenCH: 'J;: ::^^ tight su-ooth; -l^^l-ery 



^S.naft'""'^'^^- Pa^icZ. ovato or narrower ; lower branches ^^■«1^"J;;^ V^,, 



^'"»«*firml.' ^^'''** pedicels shorter than the spikelets. *^»'^f ^'f, *■,_ ,_ i„' 

 ^^'"b- meuibrauous; I J^ in., subulate-lauceolate, 1-aerved j H « to i"-' 



