350 CLXXIII. GRAMiNEvE. (J. D. Hooker.) [Festuca, 0. Stapf. 



lanceolate, acute ; flg. gls. | in., strongly involute, nerves 5 faint ; awn from | to 

 as long as the gl. ; palea as long as the gl., scabrid or pnberulous. Lodicules 2-lobed. 

 Ovary glabrous. Grain -^ in., linear-oblong, deeply grooved, hilum slightly exceeding 

 the middle. 



Var. brevis, Stapf; stems 4-6 in. often shorter than the leaves, sheaths open 

 to the middle only, panicle -! in- contracted, flg. gls. i in., anthers ^-^ r in. 

 Sikkim Himalaya, alt. 11-13,000 ft. Referred by Hackel (Monogr. Festuc. Eur. 

 89) to jF. ovina, var. supina, but evidently only a dwarfed state of F. polycolea. 



* Flg. gls. glabrous or nearly so except sometimes towards the tip, 

 thin, more or less shining ; ovary very rarely glabrous. Innovations intra- 

 vaginal, their sheaths closed to beyond the middle, except in nitidula. 



"f Flg. gls. -| y in. ; anthers minute ; panicle usually very flexuous 

 and flaccid. 



4. I*, nitidula, Stapf \ stems tufted, node solitary near the base, 

 leaves 1-2 ,in. very narrow, panicle 1-|- 3 in., ovate open or contracted, 

 branches usually spreading flexuous naked to beyond the middle, spikelets 

 i-i in. 2-5-fld., margins of gls. narrowly hyaline, flg. gls. } in. oblong- 

 lanceolate, awn half as long as the gl., anthers elliptic -^-^V i n -> ovary top 

 sparsely hispidnlous. F. pumila, Duthie Grass. N.W. Ind. 42 (non Vill.) ; 

 Herb. Struck. & JFrnzterfc. Festuca, n. 10, Herb. Ind. Or. H.f. fy T. 



WESTERN TIBET ; Nubra, alt. 12-14,000 ft., Thomson. N. of Kumaon, alt. 

 15,000 ft., Strachey fy Winterbottom. 



Stems -! ft., far exserted beyond the uppermost sheath, smooth. Leaves 

 complicate, rather thick, green, 5-7-nerved, smooth, bands of sclerenchyma hardly 

 any; sheaths of innovs. closed -to about , smooth ; ligule very short, ciliolate, more 

 or less auricled. Panicle flexuous, sometimes flaccid ; rachis smooth below ; branches 

 up to I in., solitary or lowest 2-nate, subcapillary, sparingly divided ; lateral pedicels 

 often very short. Spikelets elliptic to lanceolate, green or purplish ; gls. thinly 

 membranous, I ty-ro iu -> lanceolate; II in., lanceolate, distinctly 3-nerved ; flg. 

 gls. smooth, very minutely scaberulous below the tip ; awn ^ as long as the gl. ; 

 palea about as long as the gl., keels scaberulous. Lodicules 2-lobed. Grain ^ in., 

 free or adherent to the base of the palea, linear-oblong, hilum ^ of the grain. 

 Thomson's specimens are tall and very slender, Strachey & Winterbottom's only 3-5 in. 

 high. 



5. F. undata, Stapf; stems tufted erect or base geniculate sheathed 

 beyond the middle or almost to the panicle, nodes 2-3, uppermost about 

 median, leaves subsetaceous subacute complicate or the cauline flat taper- 

 ing to a fine point, panicle 4-6 in. flaccid flexuous, branches few sub- 

 capillary flexuous, spikelets $-% in. 2-4-fld. lanceolate, gls. thinly mem- 

 branous, flg. gls. oblong-lanceolate, awn or very short, anthers not 

 |-g in., top of ovary hispidulous rarely glabrous. Bromus, No. 16, Herb. 

 Ind. Or. H.f. $ T. 



SIKKIM HIMALAYA, alt. 12,000 ft., J. D. H. 



Stems 1-2 ft. Leaves glabrous or puberulous above, 7-9-nerved, green ; sheaths- 

 tight, basal thin brown rarely finely hairy; ligule very short, truncate, scarcely 

 auricled, glabrous or sparsely ciliolate. Panicle often more or less seeund ; rachis 

 smooth or scabrid, very slender ; branches simple or very sparingly divided, solitary 

 or the lowest binate np to 3 in. Spikelets pale green, somewhat shining ; rachilla 

 scantily scabrid, internodes very short; gl. I T ^ in., lanceolate, 1-nerved ; II in., 

 broadly lanceolate, acuminate, 3-nerved ; palea oblong-lanceolate, about equal the 

 gl., obscurely 2-toothed. Lodicules obliquely ovoid, sub-2-lobed. Anthers violet. 

 Styles terminal. 



