Stipa.] OLXxiii. GEAMiNEJi. (J. D. Hooker.) 231 



Prodv. i. 132 (ex Bertol.). S. sareptana, Beak, in Bull. Soe. Nat. Mose. 

 Ivii. (1882) 52.' S. ukranica, Stevd. Norn. Ed. I. 816. S. ukranensis, 

 Lamik. I. c. S. Varonini, Xretssn. in Script. Bot. Hurt. Univ. Petrop. ii. 

 22. 



Wksteen Himalaya ; Kashmir, alt. 9-11,000 ft., Jaequemont, &c. — Distbib. 

 Westwd. to Spain. Bahnria. China. 



Stem 2-3 ft., rather stoat. Leaves 1-2 ft. , filiform, convolute, soaberulous ; 

 ligule lanceolate. Panicle very narrow, more or less enclosed in a sheath, which is 

 6-10 in. long with a filiform blade often as long as itself; branches and pedicels 

 short. Spikelets white, glistening, hyaline, gl. I and II very narrow, with finely 

 acuminate tips ; I 5-nerved below ; II 5-nerved ; III i in. long, nerves pubescent 

 below, above and palea quite glabrous; callus nearly half as long as its gl., 

 scabrid, top bearded. Anther cells with naked tips. — Dr. Stapf informs me that 

 the N. America S. comata, Trin. & Rupr. might be referred here. 



8. S. slblrica^ Lamk. Illustr. i. 158 ; tall, leaves long flat, panicle 

 elongate very narrow branches erect, spikelets J-i in. green lanceolate, 

 gls. I and II oblong-lanoeolate, III hairy, awn about twice as long as 

 the spikelet rather stout hairy towards the base only. Kunth Enum. PI. i. 

 185; Trin. in Act. Petrop. (1829) 78; Trin. ^ Bupr. I.e. 1842,59; Ledeb. 

 Fl. Boss. iv. 448, Ic. Fl. Boss. t. 99 ; Stevd. Syn. Oram. 129 ; Boiss. Fl. 

 Orient, v. 499 ; Buthie Fodd. Grass. K. Ind. 27. Avena sibirica, Linn. 

 8p. PI. 79 ; Omel. Fl. Sibir.i. t. 12. 



Western Temperate Himaiata, from Kashmir to Kunawur, alt. 8-9000 

 ft., Falconer, Ac. ; Black Mts., Duthie. — Distbib. Affghan. Siberia to Korea. 



Stem 2-3 ft., as thick as a duck's quill or more, simple or branched. Leaves 1-2 

 ft. by^-Jin., smooth ; ligule oblong. Panicle 6-12 in., inclined; branches erect 

 and appressed, rarely spreading, scaberulous ; pedicels usually shorter than the 

 terete spikelet. Gls. I and II snbhyaline. III nearly as long as II, terete or 

 slightly dorsally flattened ; palea as long as its gl. , linear, obtuse, doraiiUy hairy ; 

 callus short, conical. Anther-tips bearded. 



\aT.? pallida ; very slender, leaves filiform, spikelets ^i in. pale, gl. Ill half 

 as long as II, awn capillary three to four times as long as the spikelet. S. pallida, 

 Munro em Buthie Orais. N.W. Ind. 27 (name). S. sibiiiea, TAnn. var. Herb. 

 StracJiey ^ Winterbottom.—TAet, N. of Kumaon, alt. 15,000 ft., Strach. ^ 

 Winterb. — The specimens are very scanty and want radical leaves. 



9. S. tortilis, Besf. Fl. Atlant. i. 99, t. 31 ; annual, panicle partially 

 slieathed dense-fld. almost spiciform, spikelets fascicled, gl. I and I£ 

 Bubequal much longer than IV setaoeously linear. III linear hairy or 

 scabrid, awn 2-4 in. straight column only hairy, callus long acute. Trim, 

 in Act. Petrop. (1829) 78, 185, Trin. & Rupr. I. c. VI. v. (1842) 64 ; Eunth 

 Enum.Pl.i.im; Steud. Syn. Oram. 130; Boiss. Fl. Orient, v. 500. S. 

 capensis, Nees Fl. Afr. Austr. i. 170. ?I%unb. Prodr. PI. Afr. Austr. 109. 

 S. humilis, Brot. Fl. Lusit. i. 86 (,non Gav.). S. paleacea, Sibth. & 8m. 

 Prodr. Fl. Orsec. i. 65 ; Fl. Orsec. i. t. 86 {non Jahl). S. seminuda, Vahl 

 ex Hornem. Sort. Safn. i. 76. 



ThePANJABj Peshawur and Wazuristan, S<ew)or«.— Distbib. Westwd. to the 

 Atlantic. S. Africa. 



Stem very slender, tufted, 4-6 in. Learns filiform. Fa'nicle 1-4 m., sheath 

 sometimes \ in. broad or more. Spikelets |-1 in. ; gl. I and II 3-nerved ; callus of 

 III = i of the gl. bearded at the top only ; column of awn hairy throughout its 

 length. Anthers with bearded tips. 



