SHpa.'] OLxxiii. GRAMiNB^. ( J„ D. Hooker.) 233 



Tery large efEuse or contracted, spikelets ^ in. seasile or shortly pedicelled, 

 gls. I and II oblong-lanceolate unequal, III tip 2-fld, awn ^-^ in. Duthie 

 Orass. Jf-W. Ind. 27 ; Steud. Syn. Gram. 132. S. altaiea, Trin. ex Ledeb. 

 Fl. Alt. i. 80, in Act. Acad. Peirop. 1829, 74 ; Ledeb. Ic. Fl. Boss. t. 22^ ; 

 Xunih Enum. PI. i. 184. Laeiagrostis splendens, JEmm^A Mevia. Oram. i. 

 5S, Enum. PL i. 178; Trin. 8p. Gram.Ic.89; Griseb. in Goett. Nachr. 

 82. Agrostis longiaristata, Herb. Boss, ex Kunth Enum. I. c. 



Western Tibet, alt. 8-12,000 ft., Falconer, Ac. — Distrib. Siberia. 



Stem 3-5 ft., aa thick as a goose-quill below, yellow, shining; roots very stout, 

 Termiform. Leaves 6-12 in., and sheaths smooth or scaberuloas, acuminate, lower 

 sheaths long loose ; ligule elongate. Panicle 12-18 in., pyramidal when open ; 

 rachis slender, smooth ; branches semi-Terticillate, capillary, i-10 in., simple below, 

 branched above. Spihelets white or dull purplish ; gl. 1 and II subacute ; I l-uerved ; 

 11 longest, 3-nerved, HI and palea villous; callus short, conical; awn J-J in,, not 

 twisted. Anther-tips bearded. Lodicules 3, oblong, very minute. — A small state 

 collected in Balti by Schlagiutweit and in the Karakoram, alt. 9000 ft, by Clarke, is 

 ODly 18 in. high, with an open panicle 3-6 in. long, and pale purple spikelets. 



14. S. Orthoraphium, Steud. Syn. Gram. 131 ; stem slender, leaves 

 flat or convolute, panicle very nai row, branches few erect few-fld., spike- 

 lets ^i in., gl. Ill as long as II sparsely hairy tip entire, awn glabrous 

 ■with 2 or more deflexed spinnles towards the base. Orthoraphium Roylei, 

 Nees in Proc. Linn. Suc.i. (1841) 94, m Ann. Sf Mag. Nat. Mist. (1841.) 221. 

 — Btreptachne ? Wall. Cat. n. 3795. 



Tempeeate Himalata ; from Kashmir to Sikkim, alt. 7-11,000 ft., Wallich, 

 Ac. Naga Hills, alt. 10,000 ft., Clarke. 



Stems densely tufted,. 18-24 in. Leaves 6-12 in., t'j— | in. broad, and sheaths 

 .quite smooth ; ligule short, ciliate. Panicle 6-10 in., rucljis erect; brunches solitary 

 or biuate, lower 1—3 in. bearing few distaut, imrrow, terete, pedicelled spikelets ; 

 gls. subequal, 1- or faintly 3- nerved, obtuse or tips suh-dentale; 111 very narrow, 

 subrostrate; callus short, obconic, bearded; awn 1 in., rather stout, not twisted, 

 nearly tmooth, jointed on the gl. but persistent. Lodicules 3, large, oblong, obtuse. 



DOUBTSUL SPECIES. 



S. BHETIJLOEA, Griseh. in Ooett. Nachr. (1868) 82 ; stems 1-1^ ft., leaves 

 sboi't convolute, ligule short obtuse, panicle narrow base sheathed, branches 1-2- 

 nate distant, gls. I and II linear-lanceolate acuminate. Ill seriately hairy, awn 2 

 ill., bairs towards its base shorter. — Western Tibet, Gnari Khorsum, Schlagintweit, 

 Probably S. orientalis, Trin. 



61. ORVZOFSXS, Mictx. 



Perennial grasses. Xeai'esflat or convolute. /S^pi^eJefo loosely panicled, 

 ovoid or lanceolate, dorsally compressed, 1-fld. Glumes 3, I and II 

 equal or subequal, acute or subrostrately acuminate, very thin ; I 

 6-nerved ; II sub 3-nerved; III shorter, coriaceous, articulate by a short 

 broad glabrous basal callus, lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, more or less 

 pubescent, tip minutely 2-toothed, with a very slender often caducous un- 

 twisted awn ; palea oblong, coriaceous, as long as the gl., glabrous or 

 hairy. iodicwZes 2, ovate, thin. Stamens S, anther-tips minutely bearded. 

 ■Grain dorsally compressed, oblong, free witliin the hardened gl. and palea. 

 —Species about 16, N. temp, regions. 



