232 CLxxin. gramine^; (J. D. Hooker.)' [Stipa. 



tt Tip offfl. III2-fid or 2-toothed. 



10. S. Jacquemontll, Jaub. & Spach, 111. PI. Or. iv. 60, t. 639 ; 

 leaves convolute filiform, panicle narrow rachis and lax-fld. branches 

 tiliform, spikelets -g-J in. linear-lanceolate, gl. I and II subequal lanceolate 

 acuminate. III half as long as II terete villous, awn capillary geniculate 

 8-4 times as long as the spikelet villous at the base. Lasiagrostis 

 Jacquemontii, Munro ex £oiss. Fl. Orient, v. 506. 



N. W. Himalaya ; Kashmir, Astor, Tilail, &c., alt. 8-9000 ft., Jacquemont, 

 &c. Westeun Tibet J F'M, Thomson. — Distbib. Affghanistan. 



Stems densely tufted, erecr, 10-18 in., very slender. Leaves 6-10 in., erect, 

 snbflexuous ; ligule a very short membrane. Panicle 4-6 in. long, erect or slightly 

 incliued, branches erect few-fld. Spikelets erect, green or pnrplish, pedicels jiatlier 

 shorter than the spikelets ; gl. I and 11 3-nerved ; III 4 in., terete, villous all over ; tip 

 2-toothed ; awn 1-li in. twisted below the knee ; callus very short, conical, villously 

 bearded ; palea much shorter than the gl. Anther-tips bearded. 



11. S. Duthiei, Sooh. f. ; tall, very slender, leaves very long and 

 "narrow, panicle long narrow few-fld., rachis and long pedicels capillary, 

 spikelets \-\ in., very narrow, gl. I and II subequal very narrowly lan- 

 ceolate, III sparsely hairy, awn capillary nearly straight about twice as 

 long as the spikelet. 



Western Himalaya ; Garwhal, alt. 12-13,000 ft., Duthie (n. 273). 



Stem 3-5 ft., tufted. Leaves 12-18 in. or more, ■^■^—^ in. broad, flat, or the 

 lower convolute ; ligule large, oblong, obtuse. Panicle 8-10 in., branches bearing 

 one or two erect spikelets at the extremity, lower branches 3 in. Spikelets pnle, 

 glistening ; gl. I 3-nervcd ; II S-nerved j III about \ shorter than II, tip minutely 

 2-fid ; awn f in., hairy at the twisted base j callus short, conical, oblique, bearded j 

 palea nearly as long as the gl., glabrous. Anther-tips bearded. 



12. S. Hookerl, Stajif in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxx. (1894) 121 j tall, 

 robust, leaves convolute, panicle oblong loosely branched, branches many- 

 fld., spikelets J-i in. longer than their pedicels, gl. I and II subequal 

 oblong-lanceolate acute minutely scaberuloua, IV sparsely hairy or villous, 

 awn about as long aa the gl. scabernlous. S. robusta, Duthie Grass. N.W. 

 Tnd. 27 (name). Lasiagrostis robusta, Munro toss, ex Duthie I.e. {name). 



Westeen Tibet ; in wet places, alt. 10-14,000 ft., Jacquemont ; Nubra, Thomson. 

 TiEBTAN SiEKiM, alt. 15-16,000 ft., J. D. H.— DiSTEiB. Central Tibet, alt. 14.800 

 ft., Thorold. 



Stems 3-4 ft., densely tufted, as thick as a swan's quill at the base, hard, leafy 

 upwards. Leaves 1-2 ft., smooth or scaberulous ; ligule J in., oblong. Fanicle 

 3-10 in., inclined j branches 2-4-nate, suberect, and rachis and pedicels smooth. 

 Spikelets yellowish or purplish ; gl. I broadest, 1-3-nerved ; II 3.nerved j III rather 

 shorter than II, terete, 5-uerveii ; awn more or less curved, slender, hardly twisted 

 towards the base; palea nearly as long as the gl., hairy; callus small, conical, 

 bearded. Anther-tips naked or minutely bearded.— In the specimen from Northern 

 Sikkim the stem at the base is as thicfe as the thumb, the leaves and stems shorter, 

 and panicle sometimes contracted oblong and dense-fld., the short branches crowded, 

 and the spikelets very shortly pedieelled ; their gl. Ill is deeply 2-fid, with equal or 

 unequal setaceous-pointed lobes. 



B. Column of awn not twisted. (See also S. Hooheri.) 



13. S. splendens, Trin. in Spreng. Neue Bntdech. ii. 54? Diss. 

 i. 183, m Act. Petrop. (1830) i. 76 ; tall, robust, leaves convolute, panicle 



