Plate 2525. 



ASPERELLA DUTHIEI, Stapf. 



Gramine.e. Tribe Horde.k. 



A. Duthiei, Staff in IIooLf^ Fl. Brit. Ind. vii. p. 375 ; affinis A. 

 Jfystrici et A. sibi?-icce, sed spiculis unifloris ab utraque di versa ; 

 prceterea differt ab A. Hystrice spica graciliore, nee rigide stricta, et 

 ab A. sibirica foliis angustioribus iirmioribusque glumarum nervatione 

 magis distincta aristis multo brevioribus. 



Perennis Caulibus alte vaginatis glabris circa 3 ped. altis. Foliar um 

 vagince glabra?, ad nodos tenuiter adpresseque villosula?, intermedia^ ad 

 5 poll, longa? ; ligula? truncate, minutissime ciliolata? ; lamina? lanceo- 

 late, setaceo-acutata?, tenues, utrinque scabrida?, glabra?, ad 10 poll, 

 longa?, ad 1\ lin. lata?. Spica subflexuosa, 6 poll, longa, rhachi 

 pubescente. Spicules fere omnes geminata?, 1 -flora?, pallidas ; rhachilla 

 glabra glum a in aristam transmutata terminata. Gluma jiorens lanceo- 

 lata, 7-nervis, in nervis asperula, 5 lin. longa, arista recta fere duplo 

 longiore. Palea gluma? suba?quilonga. Lodiculce obovata?, pilosula?. 

 Ovarium superne pilosum. 



India : Tihri Parhwal, 7,000-8,000 feet, J. F. Duthie, 14564. 

 China : Chienshih, south-west Hupeh, A. Henry, 5918. — O. St 



Fig. 1, a ligule; 2, rhachilla witli modified terminal glume; 3, a pair of 

 spikelets; 4, flowering glume j 5, palea; 6, a lodieule ; 7, pistil. — All cn- 

 largt d. 



