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CXIII. GKAMINEiE 
at least in flower, 2-5 in. ; branches smooth, 1-2 in., naked near 
the base. Spikelets shining, green or tinged with purple, ovate-lan- 
ceolate, hardly in. Lower empty glume slightly the longer. 
Flowering glume hairy, about three fourths the length of the 
empty glume, base with a tuft of minute hairs, a very short, slender, 
included awn below the middle of its back ; pale nearly as long as 
the glume. 
Simla. — W. Himalaya, 8000-12,000 ft. 
*3. Agrostis alba, Linn. ; FI. Br. Incl. vii. 254. Perennial ; 
stems 1-3 ft., erect. Leaves slightly rough, 4-10 in., up to J in. 
broad. Panicle spreading at least in flower ; branches smooth, 
1^-2| in., naked towards the base. Spikelets shining, green or 
tinged with purple, narrowly ovoid. Empty glumes equal, keel of 
the lower rough. Flowering glume glabrous, awnless, nearly as 
long as the empty glumes ; pale nearly half as long as the 
glume. 
