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23. STIPA. From' the Greek stupe, tow, referring to the long, 
entangled awns. — Temperate and tropical regions. 
Perennial ; stems tufted, smooth, 1-3 ft., erect. Leaves gla- 
brous, long, narrow, flat. Ligule short, oblong. Spikelets green, 
narrow, J in., terete, pointed, 1-flowered, arranged on the rough, 
erect branches of a long, very narrow, loose panicle. Rhachilla 
not prolonged. Empty glumes 2, oblong-lanceolate, glabrous, 
upper one slightly longer. Flowering glume nearly as long, hairy, 
hard, closely enwrapping a 2-sexual flower, the tip produced in a 
rough, pubescent, rather thick, long, simple awn. Stamens 3. 
Styles 2, distinct, feathery. Grain cylindric, free, but closely 
embraced by the persistent glumes. 
Awn twice as long as the spikelet. Anther-tips bearded 1. S. sibirica. 
Awn 4-6 times as long as the spikelet. Anther-tips naked 2. S. Orthoraphium 
1. Stipa sibirica, Lam . ; FI. Br. Ind. vii. 231. Stems 2-3 ft. 
Leaves 1-2 ft., about J in. broad. Panicle 6-12 in. Spikelets ^ 
in. Flowering glume densely hairy ; awn twice as long as the 
spikelet, lower half twisted. Anther-tips bearded. 
Simla. — W. Himalaya, 7000-9000 ft. — Central Asia, eastward to Corea. 
2. Stipa Orthoraphium, Steud . ; FI. Br. Ind. vii. 233. Stems 
1-2 ft. Leaves 6-12 in., about £ in. broad. Panicle 6-12 in. 
Spikelets J in. Flowering glume thinly hairy, furnished on the 
back just below the base of the awn with 2 or 3 pairs of straight, 
downward-pointing, diverging, short spines ; awn four to six times 
as long as the spikelet, not twisted. Anther-tips naked. 
Fagoo. —Temperate Himalaya, eastward to Sikkim, 7000-11,000 ft.— Naga 
Hills. 
24. 0RYZ0PSIS. From the Greek oryza, rice, and opsis, ap- 
pearance. — N. temperate regions. 
Oryzopsis sequiglumis, Duthie ; FI. Br. Ind. vii. 234. Peren- 
nial ; stems tufted, smooth, 2-4 ft., erect. Leaves smooth or 
the margins slightly rough 6-12 in., narrow, flat, finely pointed. 
Ligule long, oblong. Spikelets green or tinged with purple, about 
J- in., slightly flattened, pointed, 1-flowered, arranged on the 
rough, very slender, paired or whorled branches of a loose panicle 
6-12 in. long ; lower branches long, naked for about half their 
length. Rhachilla not prolonged. Empty glumes 2, persistent, 
thin, glabrous, nearly equal, lanceolate, long-pointed. Flowering 
glume about three-quarters the length of the empty glumes, red- 
brown, pubescent, stiff, jointed at the base, narrowed into a slender, 
rough awn as long as or slightly longer than the spikelet. Stamens 
3, anthers tipped with a tuft of minute hairs. Styles 2, free, feathery. 
Grain oblong, flattened, free, but closely embraced by the hardened, 
persistent glumes. 
Simla, Mahasu. — Temperate Himalaya, 6000-10,000 ft. 
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