230 CLXXIII. GRAMINE.E. (J, D. Hooker.) [Stipa 



Nat. v. (1842) 87. L. alpina, F. Schmidt Reise Amurl. 73. Ptila^rostis 

 mongholica, Griseb. in Ledeb. Fl. Ross. IT. 447, in Goett. Nachr. (1868) 82. 



ALPINE HIMALAYA; Kumaon, alt. 14,000 ft., Strachey 8f Winterbottom. N. 

 Sikkim, alt. 14-16,000 ft., J.D.H. WESTERN TIBET; Ladak, alt. 13,000 ft., 

 Thomson, Lance. DISTRIB. Altai Mts. Mongolia. 



Stems 1-2 ft., densely tufted, very slender. Leaves 4-6 in., almost capillary, 

 flexuous. Panicle 4-6 in., branches solitary, lower 1-3 branching at the ends. 

 Spikelets ovoid, pedicels | in. ; gls. I and II oblong-lanceolate, acute ; I 1-nerved 

 or 3-nerved below; II nerves 3, very slender; III about i shorter than II, hairy all 

 over ; awn twice as long as the spikelets or more, hairy to the tip. Anther-cells 

 with bearded tips. 



5. Si conclnna, Hook. f. ; panicle small few-fld. contracted, branches 

 and pedicels short erect, spikelets $ in. ovoid dorsally compressed purple, 

 gls. I and II ovate acute tips hyaline, III glabrous, awn about twice as 

 long as its gl. 



SIKKIM HIMALAYA, in the Tibetan Region, alt. 14-16,000 ft., J. D. H. 



Stem 6-10 in., rather stout. Leaves 2-4 in., filiform, flexuous. Panicle l-l 

 in., solitary, branches and pedicels erect. 61. I and II acuminate; I 1-nerved 

 II 3-nerved ; awn hairy to the tip. Anther cells with bearded tips. 



** Awn plumose above the column only. 



6. S. pennata, Linn. Sp. PL 78 ; panicle narrow sheathed, gl. I and 

 II subequal cnspidately awned, III == 5 II glabrous above, awn 6-9 in. 

 flexuous plumose above the column only. Host Gram. Austr. iv. 19, t. 

 33 ; Engl. Bot. t. 1356 ; Trin. in Act. Petrop. (1829) 32 ; Trin. & Rupr. I. c. 

 vii. (1842)80; Kunth Enum. PI. i. 179; Reichb. Ic. Fl. Germ. 46; T. Nees 

 Gen. Fl. Germ. Monocot. i. n. 26; Ledeb. Fl. Ros*. iv 450; Boiss. Fl. 

 Orient, v. 502. S. aperta, appendiculata, gallica & tanricola, Janka ex 

 Celak in (Estr. Bot. Zeitsclir. xxxiii. (1883) 317, 319, 349. S. eriocaulis, 

 Borb. in (Entr. Bot. Zeitschr. xxxiii. (1883) 401. S. Grafiana, & Tirsa, 

 Stev. in Bull. Soc. Nat. Mosc. xxx. ii. 115, 116. S. pulcherrima, C. Koch 

 in Linnsea, xxi. (1848) 44U. 



WESTERN TIBET ; Gilgit, alt. 9-10,000 ft., Giles. DISTRIB. Westwd. to the 

 Atlantic. N. Asia. 



Stem 2-3 ft., densely tufted. Leaves 1218 in., rigid, convolute, sheaths smooth 

 or rough ; ligule oblong. Panicle few-fld., branches short. Spikelets about 1 in. 

 long; gl. I and II hyaline, tips almost capillary ; III hirsute, callus in. long ; awu 

 twisted and glabrous from the lower third. 



*** Awn glabrous or scaberulous, or hairy on the. column only, 

 f Tip ofgl. Ill entire. 



7. S. capillata, Linn. Sp. PL Ed. II. 116 ; panicle very narrow 

 sheathed, spikelets 1 in., gl. II longer than I, IIl=about II glabrous above, 

 awn 6-8 in. flexuous smooth glabrous throughout. Host Gram. Austr. 

 iii. 4, t. 5 ; Reichb. Ic. Fl. Germ. t. 46 ; Kunth Enum. PL i. 180, Suppl. 133 ; 

 Trin. $ Rupr. in Act. Petrop. Ser. VI. v. (1842) 72, t. 55 ; Ledeb. FL Ross. 

 iv. 449; Steud. Syn. Gram. 130; Boiss. Ft. Orient, v. 500. S. capillaris, 

 Gronov. ex Trautv. in Act. JHort. Petrop. ix. (1848) 350. S. erecta, Hort. 

 Madr. ex Trin. Diss. i. 186, in Mem. Acad. Petersb., vi. I. (1829) 81. 

 S. juncea, Lamk. Illust. i. 157., S. Lagascae, Guss. PL Rar. 48, Fl. Sic. 



