354 CLXXiii. GEAMiNB^. (J. D. Hooker.) [Festuca, 0. Stapf. 



snbulate-lanceolate, 1- or obscurely 3-nerved at the base, margin white-hyaline ; 

 II i in., lanceolate j flg. gls. -5^^ in., oblongrlanceolate, acute or tip obscurely 2-fid, 

 margins narrowly hyaline, minutely puberulous below the tip, nerves faint ; awn 

 snbterminal, straight or fleruoua ; palea oblong-lanceolate, a-tbothed, keels minutely 

 scaberulous. LoSimiles large, 2-3-fid. Anthers -fg-^ in. Ovary qaite glabrous. 

 Grain -J in., linear-oblong, tightly adherent to the palea and usually the gl., groove 

 flat ; hilum nearly = the grain, 



11. T. leptopog'on, Siapf; leaf-base obtuse or rounded, panicle 

 6-12 in., branches distant dividing from near tVie base, spikelets i in. or 

 rather more, flg. gls. J-j in., tip 2-fid, awn in the sinus ^ the gl. or rather 

 longer. P. gigantea, Griseh. in Goett. NacTir. (1868) 74 {in 'part). Bromus, 

 No. 17 & 18, Herb. Ind. Or, B.f. & T. 



SiKKiM Himalaya, alt. 8-11,000 ft., /. D. H. Khasia Hills, alt. 5-6000 ft., 

 Hook. f. & T., Olarlcf. 



Bootstock short, slender, roots fibrous. Stems 2-4 ft., loosely tufted, nodes 5-6. 

 Lecmes, sheaths and ligule as in F. gigcmtea, but blade smaller, 4-7 by ^—4 in., and 

 base not amplezicaul. Panicle open or contracted, erect or nodding, branches 

 scabrid ; branchlets few, distant, more or less appressed, lateral pedicels very short. 

 Spikelets linear-lanceolate, pale green; rachilla scabrid, intcrnodes short; gls. 

 membranous, I Jj in., subulate-lanceolate, margins white-hyaline; II J in., lanceo- 

 late; flg. gls. scaberulous below tbe tip, margiiis narrowly hyaline, nerves faint; 

 palea linear-lanceolate, finely pointed, keels minutely scaberulous. Lodicules 2-fld. 

 Anthers ^^ - ^ g in., elliptic. Ovary with the top minutely hispidulous. Qrain ^ in., 

 linear -oblong, free or adherent to the base of the palea, groove very shallow, top 

 hispid, hilum = f of the grain. 



tt Flg. gls. awnless, mucronate. 



12. p. asthenica^ Hook. f. ; stems rather slender, nodes 3, leaves 

 linear narrowed at the base, panicle 5-8 in., branches capillary rough 

 sparingly divided beyond the middle, pedicels capillary, spikelets ^q-I in. 

 lanceolate 2-4-fld., internodes of rachilla short, flg. gls. ovate-lanceolate 

 acute 3-5-nerved. 



Kashmir, alt. 7-9000 ft., Clarke, Duthie. 



jSiem tall, up to 4 ft., smooth, innovations unknown. Leaves 6-11 by ^— | in. 

 linear, finely acuminate, flaccid, rough, pale green, many -nerved, flat,, young eon- 

 volute; sheaths smooth or the lower scabrid, striate ; ligule ^^ - l in., scarious, very 

 obtuse, ciliolate, at length lacerate. Paniole more or less contracted, nodding, 

 flexuous ; rachis smooth below ; lowermost branches up to 3 in., binate. Spikelets 

 obovate when open, green ; rachilla minutely scaberulous, internodes t'<y~A '"• > 

 gls. thinly membranous; I |-f in., snbulate-lanceolate, 1-nerved, hyaline except 

 along the percurrent nerve ; II ■}•- J in., oblong-lanceolate, acute, 3-nerved ; flg. gls. 

 i in., ovate-lanceolate, acute, 5-uerved (2 lateral nerves very faint), scaberulous, 

 tip hyaline ; palea linear-oblong, minutely 2-toothed, keels slightly scabrid. Lodicules 

 obliquely ovate. Anthers -^ iu., linear. Ooary hispidulous on the top. Qrain 

 i in., linear-oblong, dorsally flat and almost so veutrally, slightly adherent to the 

 palea, hilum i-J in. shorter than the grain. 



13. F. modesta, Steud. 8yn. Gram. 316 ; stem tall rather stout, 

 nodes 2-3, leaves of innovations linear finely acuminate, cauline smaller, 

 panicle 6-12 in. loose open, rachis scabrid, lower branches very long binate 

 sparingly divided beyond the middle, lateral pedicels short, spikelets 

 about i in. loosely 3-4-fld., internodes of rachilla long, flg. gls. oblong acute 

 6-7-nerved. DutMe Grass. N.W. Ind. 42. F. elatior, Bisr6. Strachey Sf 

 Winterb. a. 3. Schedonorus modestus, l^ees ex Steud. I. e. 



