230 cLxxiii. GRAMiNE^. (J, T). Hooker.) [Stipa 



Nat. v. (1842) 87. L. alpina, F. Schmidt Beise Amurl. 73. Ptilasfrostis 

 mongholica, Griseb. in Ledeh. Fl. Ross. iy. 447, in Goett. Nachr. (1868) 82. 



Alpine Himaiata; Kumaon, alt. 14,000 ft., Strachey ^ Winterbottom. N. 

 Sikkim, alt. 14-16,000 ft., J.JD.B. Westebn Tibet; Ladak, alt. 13,000 ft., 

 Thomson, Lance. — Distkib. Altai Mts. Mongolia. 



Stems 1-2 ft., densely tufted, very slender. Leaves 4-6 in., almost capillary, 

 flexuous. Panicle 4-6 in., branches solitary, lower 1-3 brancliing: at the ends. 

 Spikelets ovoid, pedicels J in. ; gls. I and II oblong-lanceolate, acute ; I l-nerved 

 or 3-nerved below ; II nerves 3, very slender ; III about i shorter than II, hairy all 

 over ; awn twice as long as the spikelets or more, hairy to the tip. Anther-celU 

 with bearded tips. 



5. S. concJama, SooJc. f. ; panicle small fevr-fld. contracted, branches 

 and pedicels short erect, spikelets j in. ovoid dorsally compressed purple, 

 gla. I and II ovate acute tips hyaline. III glabrous, awn about twice as 

 long as its gl. 



Sikkim Himalaya, in the Tibetan Region, alt. 14-16,000 ft., J. B. K 

 Stem 6-10 in., rather stout. Leaves 2-4 in., filiform, flexuous. Panicle 1-lJ^ 

 in., solitary, branches and pedicels erect. 61. I and II acuminate; I l-nerved 

 II 3-nerved ; awn hairy to the tip. Anther cells with bearded tips. 



** Awn. plumose above the column only. 



6. S. pennata, Linn. Sp. PL 78 ; panicle narrow sheathed, gl. I and 

 II sabequal cuspidately awned. III = g II glabrous above, awn 6-9 in. 

 flexuous plumose above the column only. Host Gram. Austr. iv. 19, t. 

 33 ; Engl. Bot. t. 1356 ; Trin. in Act. Petrop. (1829) 32 ; Trin. & Rupr. I. c. 

 vii. (1842) 80 ; Eunth Enum. PI. i. 179 ; Reichb. Ic. Fl. Germ. 46 ; T. Nees 

 Gen. Fl. Germ. Monocot. i. n. 26 ; Ledeb. Fl. Ros>-. iv 450 ; Boiss. Fl. 

 Orient, v. 502. S. aperta, appendioulata, gallica & tauricola, Janka ex 

 Oelak in (Estr. Bot. Zeitschr. xxxiii. (1883) 317, 319, 349. S. eriocaulis, 

 Borh. in (Estr. Bot. Zeitschr. xxxiii. (1883) 401. S. Grafiana, & Tirsa, 

 8tev. in Bull. Soc. Nat. Mosc. xxi. ii. 115, 116. S. pulcberrima, C. Koch 

 in Linnsea, xxi. (1848) 44U. 



Westben Tibet ; Gilgit, alt. 9-10,000 ft., G«c*.— Distkib. Westwd. to the 

 Atlantic. N. Asia. 



Stem 2-3 ft., densely tufted. Leaves 12-18 in., rigid, convolute, sheaths smooth 

 or rough ; ligule oblong. Panicle few-fld. , branches short. Spikelets about 1 in. 

 long J gl. I and II hyaline, tips almost capillai-y ; III hirsute, callus ^ in. loug j awn 

 twisted and glabrous from the lower third. 



*** Awn glabrous or scaberulons, or hairy on the column only. 

 + Tip ofgl. Ill entire. 



1. S. caplllata, Linn-. Sp. PI. Ed. II. 116; panicle very narrow 

 •sheathed, spikelets 1 in., gl. II longer than I, IIl=about ^ II glabrous above, 

 awn €-8 in. flexuous smooth glabrous throughout. Most Gram. Austr. 

 iii. 4., t. 5 ; Reichb. Ic. Fl. Germ. t. 46 ; Kunth Enum. PI. i. 180, Suppl. 133 ; 

 Trin. Sf Rupr. in Act. Petrop. Ser. YI. v. a842) 72, t. 55 ; Ledeb. Fl. Ross. 

 iv. 449; Steud. 8yn. Gram. 130; Boiss. Fl. Orient, v. 500. S. oapillaris, 

 •Gronov, ex Trautv. in Act. Sort. Petrop. ix. (1848) 350. S. erecta, Hort. 

 Madr. ex Trin. Diss. i. 186, in Mem. Acad. Petersb. vi. I. (1829) 81. 

 .S. juncea, Lamk. Illust. i. 167. S. Lagascae, Guss. PI. Bar. 48, Fl. Sic. 



