342 CLXXIII. GRAMINE^;. (J. D. Hooker.) [Poa, 0. Stapf. 



y. Glumes all thin, I & II acute or subacute, 1 1-nerved or with a very 

 slender 2nd ; anthers T \- in. Stem slender, densely ccespitose with fascicled 

 basal surculi, or more loosely Sf stoloniferous ; panicle slender, branches 

 capillary. Grlareosae. 



9. P. polycolea, Stapf; stems fascicled wiry smooth, leaves narrowly 

 linear or subsetaceous, lower sheaths very lax white scarious, ligule very 

 short, panicle contracted or effuse, lower branches 2-5-nate capillary, 

 branchlets and pedicels long, spikelets }-\ in. loosely 3-fld., gl. I acute or 

 subacute margins hyaline, flg. gls. oblong upper - hyaline, nerves and 

 keel sparsely silky hairy or glabrous, keels of palea minutely scabrid. P. 

 setotina, Herb. Strach. Sf Winterb. n. 11. Poa n. 15, Herb. Ind. Or. Hf. 

 & T. 



WESTERN HIMALAYA; from Kashmir to Kumaon, alt. 8-12,000 ft. 



Stem 6-12 in., erect or ascending, rather strict, lowest internodes loosely 

 sheathed, uppermost rather far exserted. Leaves lower 8 in., long-acuminate, flat or 

 more or less convolute, subflaccid, glabrous, smooth or margins and nerves beneath 

 asperulous; uppermost sheaths up to 3^ in. Panicle 2^-4 in., pyramidal, rigid or 

 flaccid, lowest branches 2-3 in., flexuous, lower or naked, then loosely branched ; 

 branches rather long, roughish ; pedicels of spikelets up to -^ in. Spikelets loosely 

 disposed, oblong, bright green or variegated ; gls. thin, I i- in., lanceolate, 

 1-nerved, keel roughish; II longer, oblong, 3-nerved ; flg. gls. \- in., acute or 

 subacute ; nerves slender, prominent or obscure, outer and keel glabrous or sparsely 

 silky ; wool or hardly any ; palea rather shorter. Lodicules unequally 2-lobed. 

 Anthers T ^ in., linear. 



10. P. Falconer!, Hook. f. ; stem tall leafy, leaves narrowed from 

 the middle scaberulous above and beneath, upper equalling or exceeding 

 their sheaths, ligule ovate, panicle narrow very lax, lower branches binate, 

 spikelets }\ in. 2-3-fld., gl. I oblong-lanceolate acute, II subobovate- 

 oblong, flg. gls. acute or subacute tip shortly hyaline, nerves obscure 

 sparingly pubescent, wool 0, keels of palea finely serrulate. 



WESTERN HIMALAYA, Falconer ; Garwhal, alt. 12-13,000 ft. Duthie (n. 288). 



Stem 2-2^ ft., erect, smooth, terete, 4-5-leaved above the base ; internodes 

 short, or the upper more or less elongate and exserted. Leaves about 6 by ^ in., 

 subflaccid, linear, glabrous, flat or subplicate, upper about equalling their sheaths; 

 lower sheaths lax, upper adpressed, firm, uppermost 3-6 in. ; ligule ^-^ hx Panicle 

 about 4 in., narrow, very lax, flexuous and flaccid; lower branches flexuous, erect, 

 sparingly and loosely again branched, smooth or nearly so, branchlets roughish. 

 Spikelets as long as or shorter than their pedicels, oblong, green or purplish below, 

 gls. thin, I -*-i in., 1-nerved, margin broadly hyaline, keel minutely asperulous; II 

 rather longer, 3-nerved ; flg. gls. - in., oblong, nerves very slender, pilose on the side 

 at the base only; palea rather shorter than the gl. Lodicules unequally 2-fid. 

 Anthers about -^ ( \ in. 



11. P. flexuosa, Walilb. Fl. Carp. 22, FL Suec. 57 (ex parte) ; stems 

 usually very slender tufted stoloniferous, leaves narrowly liuear acute or 

 acuminate flat plicate or involute, cauline sometimes deflexed, panicle 

 pyramidal lax, lower branches 2- rarely 3-nate or solitary, branches and 

 pedicels scaberulous, spikelets %} in. 2-3-fld., gls. thin I oblong-lanceolate 

 1-3-nerved margin broadly hyaline, II rather longer, fl. gls. broadly oblong 

 upper i or ^ hyaline base shortly silky-hairy, nerves obscure or slender 

 and prominent, wool scanty or 0, keels of palea scabrid. Reichenb. Ic. Fl. 

 Germ. t. 84; Blytt Norg. Fl. 126. PP. cenisia, Duthie Grass. N.W. Ind. 

 40 ; VGriseb. in Goett. Nachr. (1868). 75. P. cenisia, var. /3. flexuosa, Hartm. 



