Oalamagrostis.] OLXXIII. GRAMINE^B. (J. D. Hooker.) 263 



* Glume III hairy all over ; callus hairs shorter thau gl. III. 

 f Paled ofgl. Ill nearly as long as its gl. 



8. C. IWCunroana, Boiss. Fl. Orient, v. 523 ; very slender, leaves long 

 narrow, panicle effuse or contracted, spikelets ^Wo in., gls. I and II sub- 

 equal oblong-lanceolate acute 1-nerved, keels nearly smooth, III = f I 

 broadly truncate crenate, awn short infra-median included or 0, callus 

 shortly hairy, anthers short. Agrostis ciliata, Herb. Strachey Sf Winter- 

 bottom; Herb. Ind. Or. Hf. & T. in part; VDutkie Grass. N.W. Ind. 29 

 (non Nees). A. Munroana, Aitch. 8f Hemsl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. xix. 

 (1882) 192. A. pilosula, Hack, in Herb. Duthie n. 6231 (non Trin.}. A. 

 Boyleana, Duthie I. c. 30. 



WESTERN HIMALAYA, from Kashmir to Kuraaon, alt. 8-12,000 ft., Royle, &c. 

 DISTEIB. Affghan. 



Stems 6-18 in., tufted, roots fibrous. Leaves 2-8 in., scaberulous or nearly 

 smooth, flaccid, or in high altitudes strict ; sheaths nearly smooth ; ligule variable. 

 Panicle 2-5 in., oblong or pyramidal ; branches capillary, erect or spreading, lower 

 fascicled or 2-3-nate, smooth or minutely scaberulous, lower often long spreading 

 and naked below. Spikelets pedicellled, green or purplish ; gl. I and II very 

 thin, smooth; III hairy all over; palea as long as its gl. or shorter. A very 

 variable plant, one of two (the other is C. pilosula') which have been referred by 

 Munro and others to Agrostis Royleana, Trin., a plant described by Trinius as 

 having the bearded rachilla proper to Deyeuxia (see end of genus). I have in vain 

 sought to identify Munroana with any other of the Roylean species, none of which 

 are accurately described. 



Var. stricta ; stem 6-10 in. strict, leaves very narrow rather stiff erect, panicle 

 contracted, branches short erect or spreading, pedicels very short, spikelets green 

 or purple, gl. Ill always awned. Agrostis No. 4, Herb. Strach. Sf Winterb. 

 Common at altitudes of 11-15,000 ft. Though differing entirely in habit from the 

 lax open panicled form of Munroana, I feel sure that this is only the alpine form of 

 that plant from intermediates occurring between them. It resembles Agrostis 

 incequiglumis, Griseb. 



9. C. CS-riffithiana, Hook. /. ; tall, erect, leaves long narrow sub- 

 coriaceous, panicle long narrow branches suberect, spikelets in., gl. I 

 and II subequal lanceolate acute, III narrow tip truncate with 4 short 

 bristles the lateral longest, awn subbasal to median exserted, hairs of 

 callus very short, anthers linear. 0. Hookeriana, var. aspera, Munro in 

 Herb. Hf. & T. Agrostis Royleana, Munro in Herb. Strach. & Winterb. n. 

 2. Lachnagrostis Griffithiana, Munro Cat. PL Griff. Falc. &c. 67 ined. 

 Deyeuxia Griffithii, Munro I. c. 56. 



WESTERN HIMALAYA; Kumaon, alt. 5500 ft., Strachey fy Winterb. KHASIA 

 HILLS, alt. 5000 ft., Griffith (Kew distrib. n. 6598), Hf. $ T. &c. 



Stem 2-3 ft., quite erect, as thick as a crow-quill. Leaves 6-10 by - - in., 

 and sheaths smooth or subscaberulous ; ligule very short. Panicle erect ; branches 

 2-4 in., 2-5-nate, naked for half their length, then with crowded branchlets and 

 shortly pedicelled green or purplish spikelets. Spikelets in., Ill hairy all 

 over; palea nearly as long as its gl. A much taller and stouter plant than any 

 form of C. Munroana, with much larger spikelets, short callus hairs, and linear 

 anthers. A fourth imperfect gl. sometimes occurs. 



ft Palea of gl. Ill very short, rarely = | its gl. 



10. C. pilosula, Hook. f. ; stem very slender erect, leaves long 



