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ceolatis tubo brevioribus.—Himalayan range at Sabatko, and 
towards Cashmere. 
57. N. connata, (Royle); caule erecto villoso, foliis scasiidind 
lanceolatis acutis integerrimis basi cordato-amplexicaulibus 
subconnatis utrinque viridibus glabris, spica oblonga densa 
vel basi subinterrupta, bracteis lanceolato-subulatis ciliatis 
calycem zequantibus, dentibus calycinis subulatis tubo longi- 
oribus.—Cashmere.—A beautiful species. 
58. N. elliptica, (Royle); caule erecto villoso, foliis sessilis 
bus oblongis obtusis argute dentatis basi cordatis. utrinque 
viridibus, superioribus acutis, spica basi interrupta, foliis flor- 
alibus bracteisque ovato-lanceolatis acutissimis ciliatis calyce 
longioribus, dentibus calycinis subulatis tubo longioribus.— 
Syen range, Himalaya.— Remarkable for the elegant and 
regular teeth of the leaves. 
59. N. polystachya, (Royle); caule erecto tenuiter pubescente 
ramoso, foliis parvis sessilibus oblongis obtusis crenatis basi 
cordatis utrinque viridibus glabris, spicis basi interruptis, 
foliis floralibus lato-ovatis bracteisque ovato-lanceolatis acutis 
calyce subbrevioribus, dentibus calycinis subulatis tubo sub- 
sequalibus.— Cashmere.— Allied to the last, but more glabrous 
and branched; leaves smaller; spikelets enge and more 
slender; bracteas and floral leaves shorter. 
60. N. nervosa, (Royle); glabra, caule humili erecto ramoso, 
foliis brevissime petiolatis lanceolatis acutis serratis basi 
rotundatis utrinque viridibus, spica oblonga densa, bracteis 
exterioribus ovatis acutissimis ciliatis calyce longioribus, 
dentibus calycinis longe subulatis tubo subeequalibus.— Cash- 
mere. 
61. N. spicata, Benth. in Wall. Pl. As. Rar. 1. 64.— Com- 
mon in the Himalayan range; Mussooree; Cashmere. 
62. N. discolor, (Royle); caule adscendente basi villoso, 
foliis petiolatis ovatis obtusis crenatis basi subcordatis supra 
viridibus subtus incanis, spica oblonga densa vel basi subin- 
terrupta, bracteis oblongo-linearibus acutissimis calycem 
squantibus, calycis glabriusculi dentibus subulatis tubum 
squantibus.—Syen range and Mussooree. — . 
63. N. elata, (Royle); caule erecto glabro, doliis petiolatis 
