350 OLXxiii. GRAMiNB^. (J. D. Hooter.) [Festucd, 0. Stapf. 



lanceolate, acute j flg. gls. i-| in., strongly involute, nerves 5 faint ; awn from i to 

 as long as the gl. ; palea as long as the gl., scaljrid or puberulous. Lodicules 2-lobed. 

 OiJory glabrous. Chrain ^ in., linear-oblong, deeply grooved, hilum slightly exceeding 

 the middle. 



Var. brevis, Stapf; stems 4r-6 in. often shorter than the leaves, sheaths open 

 to the middle only, panicle i-l^ in. contracted, flg. gls. i in., anthers -^j— rV ™- — 

 Siltkim Himalaya, alt. 11-13,000 ft.— Referred by Hackel (Monogr. Pestuc. Eur. 

 89) to F. ovina, var. supina, but evidently only a dwarfed state of J", polyaolea. 



** Pig. gig. gla,brous or nearly so except sometimes towards the tip, 

 thin, more or less shining ; ovary very rarely glabrous. — Innovations intra- 

 vaginal, their sheaths closed to beyond the middle, except in nitidula. 



t Flg- gls. ^— |- in. ; anthers minute ; panicle usually very flexuous 

 and flaccid. 



4. P. nitidula, Stapf; stems tufted, node solitary near the base, 

 leaves 1-2 in. very narrow, panicle Ij— 3 in., ovate open or contracted, 

 bra.nches tisnally spreading flexuous naked to beyond the middle, spikelets 

 \—k in. 2-5-fld., margins of gls. narrowly hyaline, flg. gls. y in. oblong- 

 lanceolate, awn half as long as the gl., anthers elliptic ^^-^^ in., ovary top 

 sparsely hispidnloas. F. pumila, Duthie Qrass. N.W. Ind. 42 (non Vill.) ; 

 Serb. Strach. & Wmfor6.— Festuca, n. 10, Herb. Ind. Or. H.f. %■ T. 



. WiSTEEN Tibet ; Nubra, alt. 12-14,000 ft., Thomson. N. of Kumaon, alt. 

 15,000 ft., Strachey ^ Winierbottom. 



Stems 4-1^ ft., far exserted beyond the uppermost sheath, smooth. Leave's 

 complicate, rather thick, green, 5— 7-nerved, smooth, bands of sclerenchyma hardly 

 any ; sheaths of iunovs. closed to about J,' smooth ; ligule very short, eiliolate, more 

 or less auricled. PaAicZe flexuous, sometimes flaccid ; rachis smooth belo.w'; branches 

 np to ^ in;, solitary or lowest 2-Date, suhcapillary, sparingly divided ; lateral pedicels 

 often very short. Spikelets elliptic to lanceolate, green or purplish ; gls. thinly 

 membranous, I ■j'^nj in., lanceolate; II ^ in., lanceolate, distinctly 3-nerved; flg. 

 gls. smooth, very minutel}' scaberulous below the tip ; awn -y as long as the gl. ; 

 palea about as long as the gl., keels scaberulous. Lodicules 2-lobed. Gram -Jg in., 

 free or adherent to the base of the palea, linear-oblong, hilum ^ of the grain.- — 

 Thomson's specimens are tall and very slender, Strachey & Winterbottom's only 3-5 in. 

 high. 



5. P. undata, Staff; stems tufted erect or base geniculate sheathed 

 beyond the middle or almost to the panicle, nodes 2-3, uppermost about 

 median, leaves subsetaceous subacute complicate or the cauline flat taper- 

 ing to a fine point, panicle 4-6 in. flaccid flexuous, branches few sub- 

 capillary flexuous, spikelets J-j in. 2-4-fld. lanceolate, gls, thinly mem- 

 branous, flg. gls. oblong-lanceolate, awn or very short, anthers not 

 5-5- in., top of ovary hispidulous rarely glabrous. — Bromus, No. 16, Serb. 

 Ind. Or. H.f ^ T. 



SiKKiM Himalaya, alt. 12,000 ft., J. D. H. 



Stems 1-2 ft. Leaves glibrous or puberulous above, 7-9-nerved, green j sheaths 

 tight, basal thin brown rarely finely hairy; ligule very short, truncate, scarcely 

 auricled, glabrous or sparsely eiliolate. Panicle often more or less seeund ; rachis 

 smooth or seabrid, very slender ; branches simple or very sparingly divided, solitary 

 or the lowest binate up to 3 in. Spilcelets pale green, somewhat shining; rachilla 

 scantily seabrid, internodes very short; gl. I ^V iO'j lanceolate, 1-nerved; 11^ in., 

 broadly lanceolate, acuminate, 3-nerved ; palea oblong-laneeolate, about equal the 

 gl., obscurely 2-toothed. Lodicules obliquely ovoid, sub-2-lobed. Anthers violet. 

 Styles terminal. 



