tlie upper part generally somewhat rough. Branches generally from 5 to 8 at each of the 

 lower nodes in the panicle, to 5 or 6 cm. long, slender, very rough, bearing to 7 or 8 

 spikelets. Pedicels from 1 to more than 2 cm. long, rough, generally somewhat thicke- 

 ned at the end. 



Not unfrequently there occur long, vigorous panicle-branches serving for main axes 

 of whorls of second order, and may thus bear up to 20 spikelets, giving the panicle 

 an irregular appearance. Sjjikelels up to 18 — 19 mm. long, 2 to 4 flowered, not unfre- 

 quently with an incompletely developed terminal floret, with the florets rather far apart. 

 The upi^er glume about 18 — 19 mm. long, 3- or sometimes 5-nerved, tapering to a point, 

 rough along the nerves, of the same length as the florets, or sometimes a little longer, 

 Ihe lower one about % shorter, 1-ncrved. with a long point, and rough nerve. Both of them 

 are membranous, greenish only along the nerves, frequently with a tinge of violet at 

 the base. The whole panicle is of a pale yellowish green colour, like f. jhivescens 

 Gaud. Axis of the florets beset Avith long, erect, rather stiff hairs, often reaching 

 higher than up to the middle of the floret, while, in the typical species, they are com- 

 monly only V'' to Vo as long. Lower pale 13 to 15 mm. long, gradually acuminate, lan- 

 ceolate, terminated by 2 short acute teeth, roughly dotted on the back, 4-nerved, and 

 about the middle furnished with a long, geniculate, rougli awn, projecting 15 to 18 

 mm. beyond the apex of the pale itself. The upper pale only slightly shorter, awnless. 



Occurring in meadows, and in thickets of Salix on islets in the river Abakan, near 

 Askys. In full flower in the middle of June. 



Besides, I have collected, in the neighbourhood of Kushabar, some specimens of a 

 very few-flowered form, differing also in other characters from the typical species. I 

 enter this one as: 



f. depauperata nov. f. 



Panicnla ex paiicis spicidis composilct piaecipue distincta. Rami 2-3 ex nodis 

 singulis encdi. brevissimi, longitndine 0,2-0,3 nun. plerumqiie non excedentes, non furcati. 

 Sua cuique ranw spicula una. Spiculae igiiiir pediculo brevissimo a.vi ipsi (if/i.vae. Spiculae 

 singulae 2-3 (losculos in .se conlinentes. (ilunia superior saepius lanla ul spiculam 

 lotam circumclndal. 



Culms 70 to 80 cm. higli, cylindrical, furrowed, always completely glabrous. 

 Sheaths, especially the lower ones, densely long-haired, the upper ones more or less 

 glabrous. Leaves 8 to 10 cm. long, and 6 to 7 mm. broad, equally broad, rather suddenly 

 contracted and pointed at the apex, hairy, but not rough beneath, glabrous above. 

 Ligules about 5 mm. long, somewhat pointed at the top, and slightly tattered. The lower 

 part of the rachis smooth, the upper part more or less rough. Panicle narrow, 10 to 

 12 cm. long, its branches 2 or 3 in the lower nodes, very short, from 2 to 9 mm., gene- 

 rally from 2 to 5 nun. long, slightly rough, always unbranched, and reduced to pedicels, 

 each one only with one solitary spikelet. The pedicels slightly thickened immediately 

 below the spikelet. Spikelets 2- or 3-flowered, 13 to 15 mm. long. The upper glume, pro- 

 jecting beyond the summit of the florets, is 3-nerved, acuminate, more or less tattered 



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