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at least in flower, 2-5 in, ; branches smooth, 1-2 in., naked near 
the base. Spikelets shining, green or tinged with purple, ovate- 
lanceolate, 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 nearty as long as 
the glume. 
Simla. — W. Himalaya, 8000-12,000 ft. 
*3. Agrostis alba, Linn. ; FI. Br. Ind. 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. 
