FkdtUca, 0, Stapf.] dLxxiii. gbamine^. (J. D. Hooker.) 351 



Var. aW»to<ct, Stapf; awn as lotig as the gl. or rather loilger very slender, 

 Bhthers 'ii-i§ in., ovary (v^ry Joung) glabrous.— Bromus ?, No. IS, Merb: Ind. Or. 

 Hf. ^ r.— Sikkim, alt. 11,000 ft. 



ft ^Ig. gls. ^yV in. ; anthers linear, J^-^ in. ; panicle less wavy or 

 jlaccid. 



6. P. kashmiriaixa, Stapf; stenis tufted, nodes 1-2 rarely 3 upper- 

 most below the middle, leaves ut the innovs. hexagonal, panicle 2-5 in., 

 branches solitary lowest rarely geminate, spikelets ^-f in. elliptic-oblong 

 3-5-fld., gls. thinly membranous, flg. gls. oblong-lanceolate \-^ in., awn 

 = ^ gl. or longer, top of ovary densely hispid, grain loosely adherent to 

 the palea. F. durinscula, Butliie Grass. N.W. Ind. 41; Serb. BfOyle & 

 Soolc.f. Sf T. in part. 



Tempbeate and Alpine Himalaya; from Kashmir to Eumaon, alt. 8- 

 14,000 ft. 



Stem 1-2 ft., innovations always apo-geotropic ; sheaths of (always ?) intra- 

 vagiual shoots, tight, smooth, closed to the middle or f , rarely higher. Leaves 

 (cauline) setaceous, usually shorter than of the innovations, rarely flat, more or less 

 puberulous above, smooth beneath, green, sulcate between the 5-7 nerves, bauds 

 of sclereuchyma distinct ; ligule short; truncate, ciliolate, scarcely auricled. Pa/hiole 

 usually contracted, rather stiff or flexuous ; rachis scaberulous or smooth below ; 

 brauohes erect or spreading, filiform, scaberulous, sparingly divided from below the 

 middle ; lateral pedicels = \ the spikelet or shorter. iSpikeleU green or tinged 

 with purple or violet ; gls. smooth oi: obscurely scaberulous ; int£rnodes of rachilla 

 j'j in., mintitely scaberiilous ; gl. I rs~-To '"•> fahceolate, 1-nerved ; II ^ in., lanceolate 

 or ovate-lanceolate, acute, 3-nerved ; flg. gls. faintly 5-nerved. Lodieules obliqufely 

 oblong, 2-Iobed. Anthers -rj-^ •''•' linear. Grain ^ in., linear-oblong, grooved, 

 hilum nearly as long as the grain. — I have seen only one specimen amongst all the 

 forms of F. Icashmiriana with apparently (but by no means typical) extravaginal 

 innovations. Variegated specimens of the type resemble van nigricans {F. nigricans^ 

 ."chleich.) of F. violacea, and F. rubra var. fallax, forma alpestris (F. nigreseens, 

 Iiam.) from which they diflFer in absence of extravaginal shoots, more open sheaths, 

 and more hispid ovary with a slightly developed constriction below the top. 



Var. Itgulata, Stapf ; more flaccid, leaves up to 1 ft., ligule up to ^j in. with 

 more or less acute auricles. F. violacea, var. virescens, and F. rubra genuiua, Hackj 

 mas.— Kashmir, alt. 11-13,000 ft., Dutlne. 



'■ Var. delilis, Stapf; very flaccid, cauline leaves up to 8 by ylj in. pubescent 

 above, nerves very prominent beneath, pauicle flaccid, spikelets green, awu long or 

 short. F. heterophylla, Lamk. ex Sack. mss. ; Qriseb. in Qoett. Nackr. (1868) 73j 

 —Kashmir, alt. 8-12,000 ft., i>uthie. — Approaches closely shade forms of F. hetero- 

 piglla, difi^ering only in the structure of the leaves. 



Var. simlensis, Stapf; taller, more robust, cauline leaves up to 1 ft. by J^ in. 

 almost flat, ligule short, panicle 6-12 in., spikelets J-f in., internodes of rachilla up 

 to i in., gl. I |-i in., ll i-i in., flg. gls. up to i in., awu = the gl. or rather shorter. 

 F. duriuscula, Eerb. S. /. ^ T. (mi part). ? F. ovina, Oriseb. in Qoett. Nachr. 

 (ISfii) 73.— Simla, alt. 7-8000 fc, Thomson, Dutkie. — Habit rather of i-'. duriuscula, 

 diflering in the more closed sheaths and hairy tip of ovary. Distinguished ftoin 

 certain forms of J", rubra, L., by the hairy ovary and absence of stolons. 



7. p. altaica, Trin. ex Lideh. Fl. Alt. i. 109, Fl. Boss. iv. 354, Ic. 

 t. 228; stehis tilfted, iiodes 1-2, leaves up to 9 in. stibsetaceouS, sheaths 

 crowded open to the middle latterly to the base, ligule very short, panicle 

 4-6 in. very loose, lower branchtes 2-nate long slender with 1-2 subterminal 

 spikelets, lateral pedicels equal to or longer than the 3-6-fld;. variegated 

 spikelets which are i-i in.' loiig, glumes thin tips and margins hyaline. 



