374 cLxxjii. GRAMiNE^ (J. D. Hookcr.) [Elymus. 



2. E. dahurlcus, Turc. in Bull Soc. Nat Mosc. (1838) 105, et xxix. 

 I. (1867) 62 ; spike Darrow strict or subflexuous, spikelets gemmate 

 2-3-fld., empty gls. collateral linear-lanceolate acuminate or subaristate 

 5-7.nerved nearly as long as the spikelet, fl. gls. lanceolate scaberulous 

 5-nerved narrowed into a slender erect awn as long or twice as long as 

 the gl. PHordeum sylvaticum, DutJiie Grass. NJV, Ind. 45. 



Kashmir, Falconer, &c. ; Iskurdo, Clarke, alt. 7500 ft. ; Siiul Valley, 6OO0 ft.. 

 Gammie. Western Tibet, alt. 11-14,000 ft., TTiowsow— Distrib. >-. Asia. 



Stem 2-3 ft., rather stout and leafy, or shorter more slender and leaty at tn 

 base chiefly. Leates 3-8 by ^-l in., flat, finely acuminato, u early smootu^^or 

 scahcruloas above; sheaths smooth; ligule very short. Spike 3-8 ni.; ra 

 glabrous or nodes pubescent. Spikelefs ^-^ in. exclusive of the awns, green, n- 

 bricating; gl. I and II su\)equal, strongly 3-5-uerved, smooth or scaberulous, rare y 

 toothed on one side towards the tip; fl. gls. lanceolate, more or ^®?^ "* . *"^ ij 

 notched at the tip, 5-nerved, from nearly glabrous to scaberulous, and witb ^^"^^V 

 ciliolate nerves; awn ^-J in. ; keels of obtuse palea strongly shortly ciliate. 

 oblong, dorsally compressed, concavo-convex, tip villous. i o ' fld 



Yar. ? more robust, spike stouter, spikelets large, i-| in., more crowded, ^-a-u ., 

 awns of fl. gl. i-l in.— Karakoram. alt. 12,000 ft., Clarke. 



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3. E. dasystachys, Ttit^, in Ledeh. Fl All i. 120, FL Boss. iv. 3^3, 

 le. t. 249; spike stout strict, spikelets geminate 2-5-fld., empty g^* 

 collateral unequal subulate-lanceolate 1-3-nerved aristately acuminciie, ^^ 



Mosc 



jenisseen 



Karhmie & KuNAWUB, alt. 8-12,000 ft., Jarquemont, Clarke, <S;c. |^ ^.^^^ 

 Tibet, alt. 10-14,000 ft., Thomson, &c. Li^ptal (N. of Kumaou) alt. i*,^^ 

 Strachey ^ Witi/erhottom. — Disthib. Turkestan, Siberia. ^ , , j or 



Stem 2-5 ft., stout or slender. Leaves 6-^12 in., flat and ^s ^"'.ariable i" 

 narrow with margins involute, smooth or scabcrulous, '^P^^*^ ^ g'^l./.f^ i in. 

 breadth ; rachis stout, pubescent sparsely villous or nearly glabrous. ^^^'^.^^ ^,^^q of 

 lung; gl, I and II very narrow, 1- rarely 3-nerved; fl. gls. "**^^'^*^^U rj„ge palea 

 the awn on both sides', 5-nerved, rarely almost glabrous; keels of odi f 

 stoutly ciliate. 



4. E.? Thomson!, Hook. /.; spike stout strict, spikelets 2^^^^^^^ 

 densely crowded sessile and peJicelled, glumes all scarious (^". ! .;^ jj(i 7-9 

 oblong or ovate-oblong with hyaline margins or very stout midriD 

 fainter lateral nerves suddenly ending in a short stout awn. 



in., glabrous or faintly pubescent ; rachilla very short and stout ; S^"'"*:?. Y^e, 7"^- 

 ceut, usually broadly notched below the awn often unequally, margins cii • ^^ ^^^^ 



". -wio piaiiL, niinjii resembles a wneat more rnan an x*ty"'^*>^> "- . 

 genua it difi*ers iu the free grain with a glabrous tip; both speciuitu 

 advanced, and I doubt the graiu being in a normal condition. 



