Sti^a.] CLXXIII. GBAMINEJS. (J. D. Hooker.) 231 



Prodr. i. 132 (ex Bertol.). S. sareptana, Beck, in Bull. Soc. Nat. Nose. 

 Ivii. (1882) 52. S. ukranica, Steud. Nom. Ed. I. 816. S. ukranensis, 

 IrtMik. 1. c. S. Varonini, Krassn. in Script. Bot. Hort. Univ. Petrop. ii. 

 22. 



WESTEBN HIMALAYA ; Kashmir, alt. 9-11,000 ft., Jacyuemont, &c. DISTRIB. 

 Westwd. to Spain. Dahuria. China. 



Stem 2-3 ft., rather stout. Leaves 1-2 ft., filiform, convolute, scaberulous ; 

 ligule lanceolate. Panicle very narrow, more or less enclosed in a sheath, which is 

 6-10 in. long with a filiform blade often as long as itself; branches and pedicels 

 short. Spikelets white, glistening, hyaline, gl. I and II very narrow, with finely 

 acuminate tips; I 5-nerved below; II 5-nerved ; III in. long, nerves pubescent 

 below, above and palea quite glabrous; callus nearly half as long as its gl., 

 scabrid, top bearded. Anther cells with naked tips. Dr. Stapf informs me that 

 the N. America S. comata, Trin. & Rupr. might be referred here. 



8. S. sibirica* LamJc. Illustr. i. 158 ; tall, leaves long flat, panicle 

 elongate very narrow branches erect, spikelets $-i in. green lanceolate, 

 gls. I and II oblong-lanceolate, III hairy, awn about twice as long as 

 the spikelet rather stont hairy towards the. base only. Kunth Enum. PL i. 

 185 ; Trin. in Act. Petrop. (1829) 78 ; Trin. $ Rupr. I. c. 1842, 59 ; Ledeb. 

 Fl. Ross. iv. 448, Ic. Fl. Ross. t. 99 ; Steud. Syn. Gram. 129 ; Boiss. Fl. 

 Orient, v. 499 ; Duthie Fodd. Grass. N. 2nd. 27. Avena sibirica, Linn. 

 Sp. PI. 79 ; Gmel. Fl. Sibir. i. t. 12. 



WESTERN TEMPERATE HIMALAYA, from Kashmir to Kunawur, alt. 8-9000 

 ft., Falconer, &c. ; Black Mts., Duthie. DISTBIB. Affghan. Siberia to Korea. 



Stem 2-3 ft., as thick as a duck's quill or more, simple or branched. Leaves 1-2 

 ft. by ^-J in., smooth ; ligule oblong. Panicle. 6-12 in., inclined ; branches erect 

 and appressed, rarely spreading, scaberulous ; pedicels usually shorter than the 

 terete spikelet. Gls. I and II subhyaline, III nearly as long as II, terete or 

 slightly dorsally flattened ; palea as long as its gl. , linear, obtuse, dorsally hairy ; 

 callus short, conical. Anther-tips bearded. 



Var. ? pallida ; very slender, leaves filiform, spikelets ^--i in. pale, gl. Ill half 

 as long as II, awn capillary three to four times as long as the spikelet. S. pallida, 

 Munro ex Duthie Grass. N.W. Ind. 27 (name). S. sibiiica, Linn. var. Herb. 

 Strachey fy Winterbottom. Tibet, N. of Kumaon, alt. 15,000 ft., Stracli. fr 

 Winterb. The specimens are very scanty and want radical leaves. 



9. S. tortilis, Desf. Fl. Atlant. i. 99, t. 31 ; annual, panicle partially 

 sheathed dense-fld. almost spiciform, spikelets fascicled, gl. I and II 

 subequal much longer than IV setaceously linear, III linear hairy or 

 scabrid, awn 2-4 in. straight column only hairy, callus long acute. Trin. 

 in Act. Petrop. (1829) 78, 185, Trin. & Rupr. 1. c. VI. v. (1842) 64 ; Kunth 

 JKnum.Pl.i.180; Steud. Syn. Gram. 130; Boiss. Fl. Orient, v. 500. S. 

 capensis, Nees Fl. Afr. Austr. i. 170. ?Thunb. Prodr. PI. Afr. Austr. 109. 

 S. humilis, Brot. Fl. Lusit. i. 86 (non Cav.}. S. paleacea, Sibth. & Sm. 

 Prodr. Fl. Grsec. i. 65 ; Fl. Grsec. i. t. 86 (non Vakl). S. seminuda, Vahl 

 ex Hornem. Hort. Hafn. i. 76. 



The PANJAB ; Peshawur and Wazuristan, Stewart. DISTRIB. Westwd. to the 

 Atlantic, S. Africa. 



Stem very slender, tufted, 4-6 in. Leaves filiform. Panicle 1-4 in., sheath 

 sometimes i in. broad or more. Spikelets f-1 in. ; gl. I and II 3-nerved ; callus of 

 III = i of the gl. bearded at the top only ; column of awn hairy throughout its 

 length. Anthers with bearded tips. 



