354 CLXxiiL GRAMiNE^. (J. D. Hooker.) [Fesiuca, 0. Stapf. 



subulftte-lanceolate, 1- or obscurely 3-nerved at the base, margin white-hyaline; 

 II \ in., lanceolate ; fi^'. gls. yV^ ^"-^ oblong-lanctolate, acute or tip obscurely 2-fi(l, 

 margins narrowly hyaline, minutely puberulous below the tip, nerves faint; awn 

 subterminal, straight or flexuous ; palea oblong-lanceolate, 2-toothed, keels minuteiy 

 scaberulous. Lodicules large, 2-3-fid, Anthers y^j-f in. Ovary quite glabrcos. 

 Grain ^ in., linear-oblong, tightly adherent to the palea and usually the gl., groove 

 flat ; hilura nearly = the grain. 



11. P- leptopog-on, stapf; leaf-base obtuse or rounded, panicle 

 6-12 in., branches distant dividing from near the base, spikelets i m. or 

 rather more, flg. gls. i-^ in., tip 2-fid, awn in the sinus = the gl. or rather 

 longer. F, giganteJi, Griseb. m Goett, Nadir. (1868) 74 {in part). Bromua, 

 No. 17 & 18, Serb. Lid. Or. H.f. & T. 



SiKKiM HiiiALAYA, alt. 8-11,000 ft., /. D. H. Khasia Hills, alt. 5-600Dft., 



ifoofc. /. & T., Clarice. j, 



Rooistock short, slender, roots fibrous. Bteim 2-4 ft., loosely tufted, nodes 5-t>. 

 Leaves^ sheaths and ligule as in F. gigantea^ but blade smaller, 4-7 by .f-J in-> ^° 

 base not amplcxicaul. Panicle open or contracted, erect or nodding, braneie 



hispid, hilum = | of the grain. 



tt Fig. gls. awnless^ mucronate. 



12. r. asthenica^ Hook. f. ; stems ratber slender, nodes 3, leaves 

 linear narrowed at the base, panicle 5-8 in., branches c^P^'^^^^g ^ jp 

 sparingly divided beyond the middle, pedicels capillary, spikelets yo 3 ' 

 lanceolate 2-4-fld., internodes of rachilla short, flg. gls- ovate-lanceow 

 acute 3-5-nerved. 



Kashmir, alt. 7-9000 ft., Clarke, Duthie. ,^ in. 



Stem tall, up to 4 ft., smooth, innovations unknown. Leaves 6-11 by r 5^^^^ 

 linear, finely acuminate, flaccid, rough, pale green, many-nerved, flat, young ^^^^ 

 volute; sheaths smooth or the lower scabrid, striate; ligule J^-i ^"•' ®*!f"noddingi 

 obtuse, ciliolate, at length lacerate. Panicle more or less contracteu, ° ^^^/^^ 

 flexuous; rach is smooth below; lowermost branches up to 3 in., binate. ^ P .^ . 

 obovate when open, green; rachilla minutely scaberulous, internodes ^.<>'2^^ 5 

 gls. thinly membranous; 1 |-4- in., subulate-lanceolate, 1-uerved, »y=^'"'^fl^ ^U- 



i 



t. ^ _,^ ^, „„..^ « 



oblifjnely ovate. Anthers ^ in., linear. Ouar^/ 'hispidulons on ^^^^, ^^P' i. /I'ibc 



^ .so ventr;dly, slightly adherent to 



-}- in., linear-oblong, dorsally flat and almost 

 palea, hilum i-| in. shorter than the grain. 



tall rather stout 



13. r. modeata, Sfeud. Syn. Gram. 316 ; stem tall ^'f.^^^' J^Her, 

 nodes 2-3, leaves of innovations linear finely acuminate, cauline j^^^^ 



panicle 6-12 in. loose open, rachis scabrid, lower branches very ^^"^^-jjelets 

 sparingly divided beyond the middle, lateral pedicels short, sp ^^^^ 

 about h in. loosely S-i-fld., internodes of rachilla long, flg. g^S; ^a?n^ieu 4" 

 5-7-nerved. Duthie Grass. N.W. Ind. 42. F. elatior, iferb. ocra^^ j 

 Winterb. n. 3. Schedonorus modestus, Nees ex Steud. L c. 



