Poa, 0. Stapf.] oLXxiii. gramine^. (J. D. Hooker.) 345 



Stems 15-20 in., stoloniferous, erect or ascending from a prostrate rooting base ; 

 internodes 5-7, gradually lengthening upwards, all but the upper included in the 

 sheaths. Leaves 4r-8 by ^ in., linear, acute, smooth or nearly so, glabrous, flaccid, 

 upper often longer than their sheaths ; lower sheaths lax, upper about 6 in. , smooth ; 

 ligule f-^ in., obtuse, or shorter in the surculi. Fanicle up to 10 in., pyramidal, often 

 elongate, very lax and flaccid, rachis smooth ; lower branches often 6 in., capillary, 

 flexuous, loosely branched and at the tips only, nearly smooth, branchlets roughish. 

 Spileelets distant, oblong, pale green ; rachilla glabrous or hairy ; gis. thin, rather 

 distant; I 1-^ in., acute or acuminate, 3-1-nerved, margins hyaline, keel roughish; 

 II rather larger, broader in the middle, lateral nerves sometimes short ; flg. gls. 

 ^-1 in., oblong, subobtuse, keel and all the obscure nerves and interspaces or the 

 outer only silky -hairy ; palea ^ shorter, keels ciliate especially towards the base. 

 Lodicules unequally 2-lobed. Anthers VinV i°-> elongate-oblong. 



Var. micranthera, Stapf; fl. gls. less hairy, anthers smaller, gls. I and II 

 usually thinner, lateral nerves sometimes obscure. — Kashmir, alt. 12-13,000 ft., 

 Clarice, Duthie. 



16. F. Crammieana, Hook.f. ; stem leafy throngfaoat, leaves broadly 

 linear long-acuminate, ligule oblong, panicle contracted or at length open, 

 lower branches binate or solitary, spikelets ^-g in. 3-2-£ld., gls. firm, I 

 lanceolate acute, II narrowly oblong, fl. gla. oblong tip only hyaline, 

 nerves prominent outer and keel silky-hairy, keels of palea shortly ciliate, 

 wool scanty. 



SiKKiM HlMAlATA; Tankra Mts., alt. 12,000 ft., Gammie. 



Stems 1-2 ft., terete, smooth, leafy; internodes 7-8. Leaves up to 4 by ^ in., 

 scattered along the whole stem up to the panicle, flat or plicate, glabrous, smooth, 

 except the margins and midrib, upper shorter j lower sheaths lax, median 2^-3^ in. , 

 asperulous or nearly smooth, except the margins; ligule i-J in., acute, dorsally 

 roughly piiberulous. Panicle up to ii in., narrow, lower branches capillary, 

 flexuous, loosely branched at the tips only ; branches and branchlets smooth. 

 Spileelets i in. and upwards, shortly or the terminal longer pedicelled, oblong, acute, 

 pale green; gls. firm, I i in., 3-nerved, margin entire hardly hyaline; II rather 

 longer, narrowly oblong, 3-nerve(l ; fl. gls. ^ in., acute or subobtuse, keel and outer 

 nerves prominent silky-hairy, palea rather shorter. Lodicules subquadrate, shortly 

 2-Iobed. Anthers -^ in., oblong. 



17. p. annua; lAnn. Sp. PI. 68 ; stem shortly creeping and rooting 

 stoloniferous, leaves flat flaccid acute, panicle ovate or oblong sometimes 

 subsecund lower branches at length spreading or deflexed, spikelets 3-7-fld., 

 gls. 1 and II oblong-lanceolate obtuse, flg. gls. prominently 5-nerved 

 margins and tip broadly or narrowly scRrious, keel and nerves below 

 more or less silky ciliate, keels of palea long-oiliate, anthers minute. 

 Rost Gram. Austr. ii. t. 64 ; Fl. Ban. t. 1686 ; Engl. Bot. t. 1141 ; Knapp 

 Gram. Britt. t. 52 ; Reichb. Ic. FL Germ. t. 82 ; Ledeb. Fl. Boss. iv. 377 ; 

 Boiss. fl. Orient, v. 601 ; Griseb. in Goett. Nachr. (1868) 75 ; Wight Cat. n. 

 1789 ; Thw. En-um. Pl. Zeyl. 372 ; Trim,. Gat. Qeyl. PI. 110 ; Aitchis. Cat. 

 Pan/ah PL 168; Duthie Grass. N.W. Ind. U), Fodd. Grass. N. Ind. 67. 

 P. alpina, Herb. Strach. §• Winterb. n. 12. P. Royleana, Nees ex Steud. 

 S'l/n. Gram. 256. Serb. Strach. 8r Winterb. n. 3 ; Dtithie I. c. ; Griseb. in 

 Goeit. Nachr. (1868) 75. 



Throughout the Temperate & Subalpine Himalaya, & Western Tibet, 

 alt 6-12 000 ft., the Khasia and Nilghiki Hiils, alt. 5-7000 ft. (introduced?). 

 CETioN(introdnced?)—DisTEiE. Europe, Temp. Asia. 



Annual or perennial ; stolons slender. Stems 6-12 m., erect, usually geniculate, 

 slightly compressed, smooth; internodes gradually lengthening upward, upper 



