PuatTe 2262. 
AGROPYRUM THOROLDIANUM, Oliv. 
GraMIneEz. Tribe HorDEEa. 
arginibus in : 
lodiculis lateraliter 1-dentatis inferne incrassatis paullo longiore. 
Has. Tibet, 16,500 feet; Thorold (No. 108). 
Culmi 3-5 poll. longi folia superantes. Spice 3-1 poll. longer. 
This interesting grass, which has something of the aspect and 
dimensions of the annual Agropyrum t 
Teferable to the section of the genus, a 
Pseudosecale, which in the ‘ Genera Plantarum’ is merged in the section 
remopyrum. The flowering glumes are not carinate but rounded on 
the back. The awn of the flowering glumes may be from } to } the 
length of the glume.—D, Ouiver. 
Fig. 1. Part of leaf-sheath, showing ligule. 2. Spikelet. 3. Flowering glume. 
: . ; gligule. 2. sp foo 
4. Outer glume, §. Palea. 6. Lodicules. 7. Stamensand pistil. All enlarged. 
