268 OLxxiii. GEAMiNB^. (J. D. Hooker.) [Deyewat'a. 



GraAn narrowly oblong. — I do not find the awn to be twisted,. as in the description 

 cited, and it is inserted lower than in the figure in the Linnsean Journal. 



Tar. humilis, Griseb. 1. c. ; smaller, stems weaker, leaves tS— ^ in. broad, panicle 

 small lax-fid., spikelets green, gl. Ill hardly scabernlous, palea shorter. Deyeuxia 

 No. 2, Herb. Ind. Or. Hf. ^ T.— Sikkim Himalava j Lachen Valley, alt. 11-12,000 

 ft., /. D. H. 



7. D. filiformis, Hook. f. ; stem very slender, leaves short, panicle 

 short, spikelets | in., gl. I and II subeqnal snbscaberulous, II 3-nerved, 

 III hyaline asperuloas, tip truncate 4-cleft, awn capillary submedian 

 exserted palea = 5— f its gl., hairs o£ rachilla about = the gl., hairs 

 of callus short. Calamagrostis filiformis, Griseb. m Ooett. Nachr. (1868) 

 79. 



SiKKiM Himalaya ; Lachen Valley, alt. 10-12,000 ft., 3. D. S. 



Stem 12-18 in., terete, tufted. Leaves 2-4 in., narrow, nearly smooth; ligule 

 membranous. Fanicle 2-3 in. long and nearly as broad, pyramidal ; branches few, 

 very slender, nearly smooth. Spikelets shortly pedicelled, pale purplish ; gl. I and 

 II sometimes both 3-nerved ; III strongly 4-nerved, irregularly 4-cleft at the apex, 

 the lobes almost setaceous ; awn inserted a little above the middle of the back. 



8. D. pulchella, Hook.f. ; stem short stout, panicle 1-2 in. oblong 

 or ovate, spikelets ^in. crowded dark purple, gl. I and II soaberulous finely 

 acuminate. III scabernlous irregularly 4-toothed or sab 4-aristate, awn 

 supra-median to sub-apical included, palea §-1^ as long as its gl., rachilla 

 densely penioillate hairs = gl. Ill, callus shortly bearded. Calamagrostis 

 pulchella, Griseb. in Ooett. Nachr. (1868) 78. 



AxPlNEand subalpine Himaiata ; from Kumaon and Garwhal, alt. 10-15,000 

 ft., to Sikkim, alt. 14^16,000 ft.— Disteib. Tibet. W. Szechuen, Pratt. 



Stems densely tufted, strict, erect. I/eaves 3-5 in., rarely more, -^g-i in. broad, 

 smooth or scabernlous, usually flat ; ligule short, membranous. Panicle variable in 

 size and form ; branches minutely scabrid, sometimes elongate and spreading. Spike" 

 lets smaller than in i). scahrescens and not so strongly scabernlous, I and II 

 rather unequal ; III split at the tip into almost setiform lobes ; insertion of 

 awn most variable, but never quite terminal, capillary, as long as its gl. or shorter.- — 

 A very variable plant; the N.W. specimens have large looser more open panicles 

 than the Sikkim. In one specimen from Garwhal, alt. 10-13,000 ft. (No. 143 and 245 

 Duthie) the panicle is very open) and I find occasionally a gl. terminating the 

 rachilla. 



9. D. abnormis, Hook. f. ; tall, leaves narrow flat, panicle broad or 

 narrow, branches in distant whorls of 3-6 divided and flg. toward the 

 ends, spikelets tj-tV in. long-pedicelled, gls. I and II subeqnal oblong- 

 lanceolate acnte. III rather shorter than I tip narrowly truncate orenulate, 

 awn 0, palea = about f its gl., rachilla very minute or obsolete, callus 

 hairs •= j-| the gl. Agrostis abnormis, Munro Cat. PI. Oriff. Heifer, Ac, 

 57,ined. Calamagrostis capillacea, Glarke mss. — Agrostis No. 11 & 12, 

 Herb. Ind. Or. Hf. & T. 



Sikkim Himalaya ; Lachoong Valley, alt. 9000 ft., J. D. H. Khasia Hills, 

 alt. 5-5500 ft. , common, G-riffith, &c. 



Stem 6-18 in., densely tufted, erect strict and slender with a narrow panicle, or 

 rambling with stout branching stems 3-4 ft. long and a very efiiise panicle ; upper 

 internodes sometimes scabernlous. Leaves 6-8 by i— J in., rather rigid, scaberulous, 

 as are the sheaths; ligule short, rounded. Panicle 4-6 in., rachis very slender 

 strict; branches and branchlets capillary, quite smoothi Spiheleta pale brown ; gh 



