268 CLXXITI. GRAMiNEJ!. (J. D. Hooker.) [Deyeuxia. 



Grain narrowly oblong. I do not find the awn to be twisted, as in the description 

 cited, and it is inserted lower than in the figure in the Linnsean Journal. 



Var. humilis, Griseb. 1. c. ; smaller, stems weaker, leaves t'g g- m - broad, panicle 

 small lax-fid., spikelets green, gl. Ill hardly scaberulous, palea shorter. Deyeuxia 

 No. 2, Herb. Ind. Or. Hf. fy T. Sikkim Himalaya ; Lachen Valley, alt. 11-12,COO 

 ft., /. D. H. 



7. D. filiformis, Hook. f. ; stem very slender, leaves short, panicle 

 short, spikelets | in., gl. I and II subequal subscaberulous, II 3-nerved, 

 III hyaline asperulous, tip truncate 4-cleft, awn capillary submedian 

 exserted palea = ^f its gl., hairs of rachilla about = the gl., hairs 

 of callus short. Calamagrostis filiformis, Griseb. in Goett. Nachr. (1868) 



79. 







SIKKIM HIMALAYA; Lachen Valley, alt. 10-12,000 ft., J. D. H. 



Stem 12-18 in., terete, tufted. Leaves 2-4 in., narrow, nearly smooth; ligule 

 membranous. Panicle 2-3 in. long and nearly as broad, pyramidal ; branches few, 

 very slender, nearly smooth. Spikelets shortly pedicelled, pale purplish ; gl. I and 

 II sometimes both 3-nerved ; III strongly 4-nerved, irregularly 4-cleft at the apex, 

 the lobes almost setaceous ; awn inserted a little above the middle of the back. 



8. D. pulchella, Hooh.f. ; stem short stout, panicle 1-2 in. oblong 

 or ovate, spikelets in. crowded dark purple, gl. I and II scaberulous finely 

 acuminate, III scaberulous irregularly 4-toothed or sub 4-aristate, awn 

 supra-median to sub-apical included, palea ^-1^ as long as its gl., rachilla 

 densely penicillate hairs =gl. Ill, callus shortly bearded. Calamagrostis 

 pulchella, Griseb. in Goett. Nachr. (1868) 78. 



ALPINE and SUBALPINE HIMALAYA; from Kumaon and Garwhal, alt. 10-15,000 

 ft., to Sikkim, alt. 14-16,000 f t. DISTEIB. Tibet. W. Szechuen, Pratt. 



Stems densely tufted, strict, erect. Leaves 3-5 in., rarely more, T L- in. broad, 

 smooth or scaberulous, usually flat; ligule short, membranous. Panicle variable in 

 size and form ; branches minutely scabrid, sometimes elongate and spreading. Spike- 

 lets smaller than in D. scabrescens and not so strongly scaberulous, I and II 

 rather unequal ; III split at the tip into almost setiform lobes ; insertion of 

 awn most variable, but never quite terminal, capillary, as long as its gl. or shorter. 

 A very variable plant ; the N.W. specimens have large looser more open panicles 

 than the Sikkim. In one specimen from Garwhal, alt. 10-13,000 ft. (No. 143 and 245 

 Duthie) the panicle is very open) and I find occasionally a gl. terminating the 

 rachilla. 



9. D. abnormis, Hook. f. ; tall, leaves narrow flat, panicle broad or 

 narrow, branches in distant whorls of 3-6 divided and flg. toward the 

 ends, spikelets y 1 ^-^ ^ n - long-pedicelled, g!s. I and II subequal oblong- 

 lanceolate acute, III rather shorter than I tip narrowly truncate crenulate, 

 awn 0, palea = about -| its gl., rachilla very minute or obsolete, callus 

 hairs = -| the gl. Agrostis abnormis, Munro Cat. PI. Griff. Heifer, &c., 

 57,ined. Calamagrostis capillacea, Clarke mss. Agrostis No. 11 & 12, 

 Herb. Ind. Or. Hf. & T. 



SIKKIM HIMALAYA; Lachoong Valley, alt. 9000 ft., J. D. H. KHASIA HILLS, 

 alt. 5-5500 ft. , common, Griffith, &c. 



Stem 6-18 in., densely tufted, erect strict and slender with a narrow panicle, or 

 rambling with stout branching stems 3-4 ft. long and a very effuse panicle ; upper 

 internodes sometimes scaberulous. Leaves 6-8 by %-% in., rather rigid, scaberulous, 

 as are the sheaths; ligule short, rounded. Panicle 4-6 in., rachis very slender 

 strict ; branches and branchlets capillary, quite smooth. Spikelets pale brown ; gl. 



