354 CLXXIII. GKAMINEJE. (J. D. Hooker.) [Festuca, 0. Stapf. 



subulate-lanceolate, 1- or obscurely 3-nerved at the base, margin white-hyaline ; 

 II i in., lanceolate ; flg. gls. -^- in., oblong-lanceolate, acute or tip obscurely 2-fid, 

 margins narrowly hyaline, minutely puberulous below the tip, nerves faint ; awn 

 subterminal, straight or flexuous ; palea oblong-lanceolate, 2-toothed, keels minutely 

 scaberulous. Lodicules large, 2-3-fid. Anthers y^-r i n - Ovary quite glabrous. 

 Grain ^ in., linear-oblong, tightly adherent to the palea and usually the gl., groove 

 flat ; hilum nearly = the grain. 



11. F. leptopog-on, Stapf; leaf -base obtuse or rounded, panicle 

 6-12 in., branches distant dividing from near the base, spikelets in. or 

 rather more, flg. gls. -i in., tip 2-fid, awn in the sinus = the gl. or rather 

 longer. F. gigantea, Griseb. in Goett. Nachr. (1868) 74 (in part). Bromus, 

 No. 17 & 18, Herb. Ind. Or. H.f. & T. 



SIKKIM HIMALAYA, alt. 8-11,000 ft., /. D. H. KHASIA HELLS, alt. 5-6000 ft., 

 Hook.f. & T., Clarice. 



Hootstock short, slender, roots fibrous. Stems 2-4 ft., loosely tufted, nodes 5-6. 

 Leaves, sheaths and ligule as in F. gigantea, but blade smaller, 4-7 by i- in., and 

 base not amplexicaul. Panicle open or contracted, erect or nodding, branches 

 scabrid ; branchlets few, distant, more or less appressed, lateral pedicels very short. 

 Spikelets linear-lanceolate, pale green; rachilla scabrid, internodes short; gls. 

 membranous, I T T in., subulate-lanceolate, margins white-hyaline; II % in., lanceo- 

 late; flg. gls. scabernlous below the tip, margins narrowly hyaline, nerves faint; 

 palea linear-lanceolate, finely pointed, keels minutely scaberulous. Lodicules 2-fld. 

 Anthers ^ a\y in., elliptic. Ovary with the top minutely hispidulous. Grain in., 

 linear. oblong, free or adherent to the base of the palea, groove very shallow, top 

 hispid, hilum = -| of the grain. 



ft Flg. gls. awnless, mucronate. 



12. I*, asthenica* Hook. f. stems rather slender, nodes 3, leaves 

 linear narrowed at the base, panicle 5-8 in., branches capillary rough 

 sparingly divided beyond the middle, pedicels capillary, spikelets y 3 ^-^ in. 

 lanceolate 2-4-fld., internodes of rachilla short, flg. gls. ovate-lanceolate 

 acute 3-5-nerved. 



KASHMIR, alt. 7-9000 ft., Clarke, Duthie. 



Stem tall, up to 4 ft., smooth, innovations unknown. Leaves 6-11 by ^~| in. 

 linear, finely acuminate, flaccid, rough, pale green, many-nerved, flat, young con- 

 volute ; sheaths smooth or the lower scabrid, striate ; ligule T V~i in., scarious, very 

 obtuse, ciliolate, at length lacerate. Panicle more or less contracted, nodding, 

 flexuous; rachis smooth below ; lowermost branches up to 3 in., binate. Spikelets 

 obovate when open, green ; rachilla minutely scaberulous, internodes -g^-^g- in. ; 

 gls. thinly membranous; I - in., subulate-lanceolate, 1-nerved, hyaline except 

 along the percurrent nerve ; II -f-i in., oblong-lanceolate, acute, 3-nerved ; flg. gls. 

 i in., ovate-lanceolate, acute, 5-nerved (2 lateral nerves very faint), scaberulous, 

 tip hyaline ; palea linear-oblong, minutely 2-toothed, keels slightly scabrid. Lodicules 

 obliquely ovate. Anthers ^ in., linear. Ovary hispidulous on the top. Grain 

 i in., linear-ol>long, dorsally flat and almost so ventrally, slightly adherent to the 

 palea, hilum - in. shorter than the grain. 



13. F. modesta, Steud. Syn. Gram. 316; stem tall rather stout, 

 nodes 2-3, leaves of innovations linear finely acuminate, cauline smaller, 

 panicle 6-12 in. loose open, rachis scabrid, lower branches very long binate 

 sparingly divided beyond the middle, lateral pedicels short, spikelets 

 about 5 in. loosely 3-4-fld., internodes of rachilla long, flg. gls. oblong acute 

 5-7-nerved. Duthie Grass. N.W. Ind. 42. F. elatior, Herb. Strachey # 

 Winterb. n. 3. Schedonorus modestus, .Naes ex Steud. I. c. 



