344 CLXxm. gbaminb^. (J. D. Hooter.) IPoa, O. Stapf. 



short, upper elongate, lower sheaths lax scarious, leaves linear flat or 

 plicate acute flaccid, panicle pyramidal, lower branches binate spreading 

 or deflexed, spikelets ^ in. obovate 2-fld., flg. gls. broadly oblong obtuse, 

 base copiously silky-hairy, wool 0, keels of palea long-ciliate. P. alpina 

 partly, & P. flexuosa, ??partly Herb. Ind. Or. Hf. ^ T. 



SiKKiM Himalaya, alt. 16-18,000 ft. j PLachoong Valley, alt. 11,000 ft., 

 J. D. R. 



Stems 8-12 in., from a slender evanescent rhizome, forming lax stoloniferous 

 tufts with the surculi, smooth, terete ; internodes mostly very short, the penultimate 

 = J-J the stem, uppermost up to 6 in., exserted. Leaves 2-3 by ^-xs in., chiefly 

 crowded towards the base of the stem, with 1-2 shorter higher up, or all short, 

 glabrous, smooth with roughish margins j lower sheaths lax, scarious, upper up to 

 3 in., membranous, smooth; ligule /j— nj in., ovate, obtuse. Panicle up to 2 in., 

 lax, lower branches 1^ in. shorter, niiked for most of their length, smooth, branchlets 

 roughish. Spikelets shortly or the terminal longer pedicelled, loosely disposed or 

 the terminal crowded, green or suffused with violet, rachilla pilose ; gls. firm, I ^ in., 

 acute, l-nerved, keel roughish ; II rather larger, acute, 3-nerved ; flg. gls. rather 

 longer than II, upper ^ hyaline, nerves obscure. Lodicules unequally 2-lobed. 

 Anthers J^ in., linear. Grain elliptic-oblong, laterally compressed. 



2. Spikelets ovate or oblong ; gls. I Sr II distinctly shorter than the flg. 



14. P. hlmalayana, Nees ex Steud. Syn. Oram. 256 ; stem tall 

 erect or ascending slender weak, leaves linear flat long-acuminate rather 

 flaccid, ligule ovate or oblong, panicle contracted or efEuse, lower branches 

 2- rarely 3-4-nate long capillary flexuous, spikelets ^-g- in. 3-4-fld., gls. 

 distant, gl. I lanceolate acuminate margin hardly hyaline, iflg. gls. narrow 

 tip alone hyaline, base scantily silky-hairy, keels of palea long-oiliate. 

 Duthie Grass. N.W. Ind. 40. — Deschampsia, Wall. Cat. n. 8885. — Poa n. 

 18, Herb. Ind. Or. Hf. ^ T. 



Tempebate & Alpine Himalaya, from Kashmir to Bhotan, alt. 7-13,000 ft., 

 Boyle, Wallich, Griffith, &c. 



Stems 12-18 in., loosely tufted, .smooth, internodes 5-6, gradually longer 

 upwards, mostly exserted. Leaves lJ-3 by -j^fg in., rarely broader, narrowly linear, 

 roughish above, glabrous beneath ; sheaths appressed, smooth, upper about 4 in. ; 

 ligule about J^ in., ovate or oblong. Panicle up to 6 in., rather flaccid, very lax, 

 rachis smooth ; lower branches about 2 in., loosely forked at the tips only, branch- 

 lets roughish. Spikelets i~^ in., rather distant, oblong, pale green j gls. thin ; I 

 x'^-| in., l-nerved, keel roughish; II rather larger, 3-nerved, lateral nerves long; 

 flg. gls. ^— f in., oblong, subobtuse ; nerves 5, slender, elongate, sometimes pro- 

 minent, outer pair & keel or the keel only silky-hairy, wool scanty. Lodicules 

 minute, unequally 2-fid. Anthers about -^ in., linear. 



16. P. tremula, Stapf; stem rooting at the base ascending, leaves 

 flat or of the surculi plicate acute flaccid, sheaths of upper largest, ligule 

 obloug, panicle pyramidal, lowest branches solitary or binate, spikelets 

 lax oblong i-J in. 3-6-fld., gl. I oblong-lanceolate, II acuminate 3-nerved, 

 flg. gls. with upper ^ hyaline, wool rather copious, keels of palea shortly 

 ciliate. P. altaica, Munro in Herb. Jacquemont (n. 277). P. nepalensis, 

 & nemoralis. Herb. Ind. Or. Hf. ^ T. (in part). P. trivialis Oriseb. in Goett. 

 Naehr. (1868) 75; ButUe Grass. N.W. Ind. 41.— Festuoa, Wall. Gat. n. 

 3798. 



Temperate & Alpine Himalaya ; from Kashmir, alt. 8-15,000 ft., Jacque- 

 mont, Ac, to Garwhal, Duthie. Westebn Tibet ; Ladak, Thomson, Schlagint- 

 weit. 



