346 CLXXiij. QEAMiNEiE. (J. D. Hookpr.) [Pqa, 0. Sfapf. 



exserted or not. Leaves 2-4 in,, rarely more, by -^■^~i '•?■> linear, smooth, margin 

 i-oughish ; sheaths up to 2 ill,, lax, subcompressed, usually Jopger than the blade, 

 margins roughish ; ligule ovate or oblong, up to ^ in., shorter in the lower leaves. 

 Fanicle up to 3J in., rigid, lower branches up to 1^ in., 2- rarely 3-5-nate or 

 solitary, spreading, naked to the middle and braijchlet? smooth. Spikelets i— J jh,, 

 subses'sile or shortly pedicelled, more or less crowded, ovate or oblong-ovate, greep 

 or purplish j gl. 1 -j^-xV in., lanceolate, acute, l-nervpd, with sometimes Z-slender 

 lateral nerves, keel minutely scaberulous ; II rather longer, 3-nerved ; flg. gis. ^ in., 

 obtuse, rarely subacute. Anthers ^ in. Grain ^g— j^ in., ob,16ng. 



Var. nepalensis, Griseb. in Goett. Naohr. (186B) 7.5, perennial, stem 20 in., leaves 

 12-20 iu., ligule shorter, panicle up to 6 in., lower branches almost capillary, upper 

 and branchlets subscaberulous, spikelets more distant longer pedioelled glaucous 

 green, keel and outer nerves of fl. gl. silky-hairy to the middle, wool often copious. — 

 P. .annua, ^. Nees in Berh. Sot/le. Poa nepalensis, Wall, ex Dtithie Orass. N.W. 

 ind. 40.— Poa, Wall. Cat. n. 3791. Western Himalaya, from Dalhousie to Nepal. 



Var. sikkimensis, Stapf; perennial, rootstock slender giving off stems surculi and 

 stolons at the nodas, leaves up to i in. broad, ligule i— J in. denticulate, panicle 3-6 in., 

 branches slender flexuous and branchlets subscaberulous, glumes firraei-, flg. gIs. pearly 

 glabrous, wool 0. P. alpina & nepalensis (in part), Merb. Jnd. Or. Sf. Sf T, — 

 Eastern Eimalayii, alt. 11-15,000 ft., J. D. H., &c.i W. Bhotan, Cwamins. Some 

 specimens approach P. himala/yana, in their slender habit and narrower leaves, 

 but the ligule is much larger. 



nNKNOWN SPECIES. 



P. HAN8IANA, SoyU III. Bot. Himal. 416 {name). — Han^i & Saharunpore, 

 Moyle. Probably, from the localities, P. a/nnua. 



119. CoLPODiUM, Trin. 

 See 103. Catabrosa, Beauv. p. 310. 



120. GXiVCERIA, Br. 



Perennial, rarely aanual grasses. Leaves linear, flat or convolute. 

 Spikelets few or many-fld., in contracted or efEuse panicles ; rachilla ;jointed 

 between the fler- gls. rarely hairy, uppermost fl. usually imperfect. Glumes 

 1 and II hyaline, empty, persistent, 1-5-nerved ; flg. gls. broadly oblong 

 obovate or fan-shaped, dorsally rounded, 3-9-nerved, nerves often obscure 

 vanishing belovv the broadly hyaline obtuse rounded (rarely subacutf) or 

 truncate tip ; keels of palea smooth or scaberulous. Lodicules 2, minute or 

 well developed. Stamens 3. Stales short, distinct. Chain terete or com- 

 pressed, free or subadherent to the palea — Species about 30 enumerated. 



Sect. I. Htduochloa.. Flg. glumes strongly 7-nerved. Lodicules 

 minute. 



1. G. tong'Iensis, Clarice in Journ. Linn. Soc. xv. (1876) 119 ; very 

 slender, leaves narrow smooth, panicle elongate slender, branches few erect 

 at length spreading unequal lower up to 4 in. erect at length deflexed, 

 snikelets ^-j in. 4-8-fld., gls. I and II 1-nerved. G. caspica, Griseb. in Ooeit. 

 Nachr. (1868) 76 (non Trin.) 6. fluitans, Duthie Grass. N. W. Ind. 41 (non 

 Br.). G. rivularis, Jacquem. mss. — Poa n. 24, Serb. Ind. Or. TIf. ^ T. 



Temperate Himaiaya, from Kashmir, alt. 7-9000 ft., and Kamaon, alt. 4-5000 

 ft., to Sikkim, alt. 7-12,000 ft. Munipore, alt. 9000 ft., Watt. 



Stems widely creeping in wet places, more tufted in drier, 4-18 in., ascending, 



