Danthonia.'] CLXZIII. GRAMINEJE. (J. D. Hooker.) 81 



the uppermost gl. Glumes 5 or more, I and II empty, subequal, as long 

 as the whole spikelet, persistent, keeled, acute or acuminate ; flg. gls. dorsally 

 rounded, ciliate, 7-9-nerved, 2-fid, lobes acute at the base or awned and 

 with a rigid twisted awn in the sinus ; palea broad. Lodicules 2, fleshy. 

 Stamens 3. Styles free. Grain free within the membranous or hardened 

 gl. and palea. Species about 100 enumerated. 



1. D. himalaica, Hook.f. ; leaves as long as the stem wiry, panicle 

 3-4 in. contracted few-fld., branches and pedicels very short, spikelets 

 few -1 in., 5-6-fld., gls. I and II unequal 6-7-nerved, flg. gls. sparsely 

 hairy 9-nerved, lateral awns 0. 



KTJNAWAR ; Jaunsar, on Lokardi Peak, alt. 8-9000 f fc., Duthie. 



Stems 12-18 in., densely tufted, filiform. Leaves convolute, erect, quite smooth, 

 deeply ribbed in the inner surface ; sheath short, smooth ; ligule in., hyaline, 

 lacerate. Panicle of 4-8 erect spikelets; rachis and short erect pedicels, smooth, 

 glabrous. Gls. I and II pale brown, much longer than the flg. gls., finely 

 acuminate, margins hyaline, I 6-7-nerved; II longest, 7-nerved ; flg. gls. ^^ in., 

 pale green, 2-fid; awn straight, base strongly twisted; callus silkily villous; 

 palea short, obtusely 2-lobed, keels scabrid. Lodicules clavellate. Anthers as long 

 as the palea. Ovary ovoid, hirsute, styles short, stigmas long. 



2. D. exilis, Hook.f. ; stem and leaves filiform, panicle short con- 

 tracted racemiform few-fld., branches and pedicels verv short, spikelets | 

 in. 3-5-fld., gl. I and II unequal 1-3-nerved, fl. gls. villous, lateral awns 

 very short. 



KASHMIR; Tilail and Bargil, alt. 9-11,000 ft., Clarke ; Gurail, alt. 8-9000 ft., 

 Duthie. 



Stem 3-10 in., densely tufted, very slender. Leaves 3-5 in., convolute ; ligule 

 short. Panicles -1 in., erect or cernuous, 6-10-fld., green or brownish, branches 

 and pedicels smooth. Spikelets erect ; rachilla very short between the upper gls. ; 

 gl. I and II scarious, lanceolate, acuminate, 1-nerved or obscurely 3-nerved at 

 the base, I the shortest; flg. gls. much shorter than II, oblong, coriaceous, faintly 

 7-nerved, cleft nearly to the middle, lateral awns as long as their gl., median twice 

 as long erect; callus densely bearded ; palea linear-lanceolate, 2-toothed, sparsely 

 hairy ; nerves strong, scabrid. Grain obovoid, smooth, glabrous. 



3. D. cachemyriana, Jaub. & Sp. Illustr. PI. Orient, iv. 46, t. 331 ; 



stems ascending from a stout woody stock, leaves very long narrow con- 

 volute, panicle contracted, spikelets f-f in., gl. I and II subequal 3-7- 

 nerved, flg gls. sparsely hairy, lateral awns much longer than gl. II. D. 

 kashmiriana, Duthie in Aikins. Oaz. N.W. Ind. 630, Grass. N.W. Ind. 

 32 ; Griseb. in Goett. Nachr. (1868) 78. 



TEMPERATE and ALPINE HIMALAYA, and W. TIBET, alt. 10-14,000 ft. 



Stem 1-2 it., densely tufted, or creeping below and clothed with shining 

 sheaths. Leaves as long as the stem or longer, erect, flexaous, wiry, glabrous ; 

 sheaths glabrous, or lower rarely tomentose ; ligule a pubescent ridge. Panicle 

 most variable in number and disposition of the spikelets, erect, 4-5 in. long, with 

 30 or more close erect spikelets f in. long, or more lax with fewer (3-4 or more) 

 spikelets on longer or snorter rarely spreading branches and pedicels, the latter 

 smooth hairy or scabrid. Spikelets 2-5-fld., erect, pale, rather shining ; rachilla 

 more or less hairy ; gls. I and II membranous, sometimes purple, rarely very sparsely 

 hairy, keels smooth ; I rather the smallest, nerves very variable, more or less trabe- 

 culate; flg. gls. much smaller, linear- lanceolate, cleft about way down, 9-nerved; 

 lateral awns as long as the gl. or longer, exserted, median strongly twisted often to 



