Galamagrosiis.] olxxiii. qbaminba (J. D. Hooker.) 263 



** Glume III hairy ,all over ; callus hairs shorter than gl. III. 

 ■ t' Paleaofgl. HI nearly as long' as its gl,' 



8. C. niunroaua, Boiss. Fl. Orient, v. 523 ; very slender, leaves long 

 narrow.'paniole effuse or contracted, spikelets ^^j^ in., gls. I and II sub- 

 eqnal oblong-lanceolate acute 1-nerv^d, keels nearly smooth,. III = J I 



• broadly truncate orenate, awn short infra-median included or 0, callus 

 shortly hairy, anthers short. AgTostis ciliata. Herb. Strachey ^ Winter- 

 lottom; Herb. Ind. Or. Hf. & T. in part; ?Dwthie Orass. N.W.Ind. 29 

 (non Nees). A. Munroatia, Aitch. 8f Hemsl. m Jowm. Linn. Soc. xix. 

 (1882) 192. A.-pilosula, Hack, in Herb. Dufhie n. 6231 {non Trin.). A. 

 EOylealia, Duthie I. c. 30. 



Westeen Himaiata, from Kashmir to Kumaon, alt. 8-12,000 ft., Boyle, &c. 

 — DiSTEiB. Affghan. 



Stems 6-18 in., tufted, roots fibrous. Leaves 2-8 in., scaberulous or nearly 

 smooth, flaccid, or in high altitudes strict ; sheaths nearly smooth ; lignle variable. 

 Panicle 2-5 in., oblong or pyramidal ; branches capillary, erect or spreading, lower 

 fascicled or 2-3-nate, smooth or minutely scaberulous, lower often long spreading 

 and naked below. Spileelets pedicelUed, green or purplish ; gl. I and ll very 

 thin, smooth; 111 hairy all over; palea as long as its gl. or J shorter. — A very 

 variable plant, one of two (the other is 0. pilosula) which have been'referred by 

 Munro and others to Agrostis Soyleana, Trin., a plant described by Trinius as 

 having the bearded rachilla proper to Deyeumia (see end of genus). I have in vain 

 sought to identify Munroana with any other of the Boylean species, none of which 

 are accurately described. 



Var. striata ; stem 6-10 in. strict, leaves very narrow rather stiff erect, panicle 

 contracted, branches short erect or spreading, pedicels very short, spikelets green 

 or purple, gl. Ill always awned. Agrostis No. 4, Serb. Strach. Sf Winterb.- — 

 Common at altitudes of 11-15,000 ft. Though differing entirely in habit from the 

 lax open panicled form of Mutiroana, I feel sure that this is only the alpine' form of 

 that plant from intermediates occurring between them. It resembles .rrfjrrosWs 

 maquiglumis, Griseb. 



9. C. Grlffithiana, Hook. f. ; tall, erect, leaves long narrow sub- 

 coriaceous, panicle long narrow branches suberect, .spikelets ^ in., gl. I 

 and II suhequal lanceolate acute. III narrow tip truncate with 4 short 

 bristles the lateral longest, awn subbasal to median exserted, hairs of 

 oaUus very short, anthers linear. 0. Hookeriana, var. aspera, Munro in 

 Herb. Hf. & T. Agrostis Eoyleana, Munro in Herb. Strach. & Winterb. n. 

 2. Lachnagrostis Griffithiana, Munro Gat. PI. Griff. Falc. &c. 67 ined^ 

 Deyenxia GrifB.thii, Mvmro I. c. 56. 



"Western Himalaya ; Kumaon, alt. 5500 ft., Strachey Sf Winterb. Khasia 

 Hills, alt. 5000 ft., Griffith {Kew distrib. n. 6598), Hf. ^ T. &e. 



Stem 2-3 ft.; quite erect, as thick as a crow-quilj. Lec^ves, 6-10 by J^ in., 

 ancl sheaths smooth or subscaberulous ; ligule very short. Panicle erect ; branches 

 2-4 in., 2-5-nate, iiaked for half their length, then \Yith crowded branchlets and 

 shortly ppdicelled green or purplish spikelets. Spikelets i in.. Ill hairy all 

 over; palea nearly as long as its gl. — A much taller and stout,er plant than any 

 form of 0. MunrooMa, with much larger spikelets, short callus hairs, and linear 

 anthers. A fourth imperfect gl. sometimes occurs. 



tt Falea of gl. Ill very short, rarely = J its gl. 



10. C. pilosula, Hook. f. ; stem very slender erect, leaves long 



