Feduca, 0. Stapf.] clxxiii. gramine^. (J. D, Hooker.) 355 



Western Tempeeate Himalaya, from Jamu to Kuuuton, alt. T-8700 ft., 

 ioijle, 4c. 



. "*^^* '^-S ft., loosely tufted ; innovations ascending or stolonifonn. Leaves of 

 innovs, ap to 2 ft. by ^-^| iu., flat, young convolute, rough or almost smooth, sub- 

 J^m, many-nerved, caaline 4-6 by \-^^ in. ; sheaths open to the base, smooth or 



It] H r^^^'***^''^°^^'V^^''^^^^» ^*^"^^"o*^*^ brown; ligule fin,, truncate, ciliolate, 

 engtb lacerate. Panicle ovtite, lower branches up to 8 iu. Spihelets green, open 



:ept alone: t^he percurrenb nerve; IL ^ in., oblong- 



oova,e; rachilldscabrid, internodes up to t'j in. ; gU. thinly membranous, I | in,, 

 Wbuiate-lanceolafce, hyaline except along the percurre; 



ceoate, acute, 3-nerved ; flg. gis. -^^-\ in., scaberulous, margins narrowly hyaline; 

 pwea linear-oblong, 2.dentate, keels scarcely scabrid. Lodicuhs broadly elliptic, 



eg Obtuse. Anthers ^u in., linear. Ovart/ top hispid, styles terminal. 



A \v *!■ IttCida, Stapf', steal tall, nodes 2, leaves linear glaucous, 

 scaK V? 1 °^ ^^^^^ ^hiiQ, panicle 6-7 in. broadly ovate, brauchlets very 

 Jjaond, lateral pedicels louff, spikelets ^--^^ in. glistening, flg. gls. oblong 

 whit ^^ ^^bobtuse mucronate £-7-nerved, tips and margins hyaline, 



i)tt;^J^^ ^^^Ar.AYA; GvawuAL, Jauusar, in the Deodar forest, alt. 9000 ft., 



\j.\l^}'f ^*^^» rather stout, smooth; internodes 2, elongate. Leaves 6-12 by 

 glaucon^ ^^^ acuminate, flat except the involute scaberulous margins, firm, smooth, 

 glaocoii ^^7'"^>'^ed ; basal sheaths of innovs. very long, cauline tighter pale 

 lax- C* ;'^"**^ M iu., white, split to the middle into fine fibres. Panicle very 



ki-els 8caV T °"''' sitle-nerves prominent; palea Hnear-obloug, obscurely 2-hcl, 

 '%litlvnir' i^'"^*'"*'''-* obliquely ovoid. Anthers i in., linear. Ocary with a 

 a i-iiiiue liispidulous top. styles iiist below the ton. 



**FIo 



s top, styles just below the top 



wers dioBcions ; innovations intra vaginal. 



1 ^ «M 



fie tot) ll **^*f *^*' ^^'"•''''•- e.v Bois.s. Fl. Orient, v. 626; stem sheathed to 

 'ifflple or!f-! .^^"^ fi''™^ panicle 3-6 in. ovoid or linear, lower branches 

 '«Mir pl? ^ 1 ^^y''"*^ *h« "i'ddle with 1-4 ovate-oblong 4-6-fld. epike- 

 'obcilioKf '"^ ^^- ^^^*« or ovate-oblong subobtuse scaberulous, margins 

 - Sol!i°'" '^^i^^icnlate, awnlesa or tip setiform. F. mutica, Jacquem. 

 ... ^eS TT'li' transparent, Munro mss. Poa albida, Turcz ex fnn. 

 \ ^■pallida / -Pe'er^^- Ser. YL i. (1831) 387; Kunth E num. PI i- ^^7. 

 ^^^'iGo.fTT'",- ""■'• Leacopoa sibirica, Griseb. in Ledeb. Fl. -Kof-^- 

 <^,^iiT^r^J- (1868) 76.-Fe8tuca, n. 3, Herh. E.f. & T.-Schedo- 



■ "• 4 Herh. Strachey & Winterh. 





•^^"cafu^'lft/if T. nit. 13-15.000 ft., from Ladak to N. of Kumaon.-DisxBiB. 

 . Stem,' J f' *•> ^"h"ria. 



■"^f. fitielv^p, ' '."*^ed, erect, smooth. Leaves 6-10 in., rarely more, by Jg-r >"•, 

 ^y Promin, n?"",""^'"' '""">^1> oi- scabrid, subconvolute, dull green, nerves many 

 ?''•> la-,1 , ' 'r'""'' ^"'"'"'e one 3 in.; sheaths of innovs. open to the biW>, 



y- Pa«^i™*''''*' ^"'"1"'" smooth; ligule very short, membranous trnnrat.', 

 t*''""''', er .^f '"■•^' '""■'■""' «'• ^•■vpanded. stiff or flexuous; lower branohes solitary 

 r''^'*« pale I "'" 'P'«"a''i"^', very variable in length ; lateral pedieels very short. 

 !'!"'0*ie8 . :f "^'». fo-T*<T in., very broad when open; raehilla niinately scabnd 

 I "^fvtd*! "• ' g»- tl"", I ^V-l in., ovate to ovate-lanceolate, suhaeute, l-.ierved 



*'i in «;"'•/* '■^ ^««'-'' «■''»« «"d >'J»line except along the green nerve; II 



' «'niilar, but more oblong fild usually distinctly 3-n.rved; flg. gls. 



A a 2 



