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WESTERN HIMALAYA: on steep rocky slopes near Mandáli, in Jaunsár, at elevations 
of between 7,000 and 9,000 feet; Duthie (No. 14481). 
This is a much smaller plant than F. modesta, to which it is most nearly allied. 
The glaucous tint of the foliage, and the polished and glistening appearance of the 
stems and spikelets, at once distinguish this grass from the former, with which it is 
sometimes associated. 
PrarE 93.—Festuca lucida Stapf. Entire plant,—of natural size. 1, single spikelet; 2, empty 
glumes; 3, flowering glume ; 4, palea, stamen and pistil; 5, lodicules ; 6, ovary and styles,—a// enlarged 
Jj. F. D. 
