Small, stoloniferous perennial, almost completely smooth and glabrous, forming brownishgreen, extravaginal tufts, c. 5-12 cm tall, culms overtopping leaves; laminae persistent. Sheaths membranous, smooth, nerved, keeled; ligule 0.5- 1.5 mm long, entire, smooth across tapered top, and abaxially smooth; lamina 1-3.5 cm × 1-2 mm, flat or folded, subcoriaceous, smooth apart from finely scabrous margins and midrib near curved tip. Culms 3-12 cm long, smooth, very slender, erect. Panicle 1-3 cm long, ± open or contracted, with few, ovate spikelets; rachis, branchlets and pedicels slender, with sparse, scattered prickle-teeth. Spikelets 2-3 mm long, 2-3-flowered, light green, tinged purple. Glumes unequal, submembranous with hyaline margins, a few prickle-teeth on midnerve near tip; lower glume 1.5-2 mm long, 1- nerved, narrow-lanceolate, acute, upper 2-2.5 mm long, (1)-3-nerved, elliptic-oblong, subobtuse to obtuse. Lemma 2-2.5 mm long, 5-nerved, ellipticovate, obtuse, smooth apart from a few prickle-teeth on midnerve near tip, midnerve with short crinkled hairs to c. ½ length, lateral nerves with a few hairs near base, internerves glabrous. Palea 1.5- 1.8 mm long, smooth apart from minutely scabrous keels. Lodicules c. 0.1 mm long. Callus with a few wispy hairs. Rachilla c. 0.5 mm long, smooth. Anthers 0.3-0.4 mm long. Caryopsis c. 1 × 0.5 mm. Endemic

Gramen perenne alpinum parvum stoloniferum spiculis parvis antherisque brevissimis, primo adspcctu Poac sublimi et P. incrassatae simile ab utraque specie differt lemmatis nervis pilis indutis, a priore etiam panicula contractiore, ramulisque minus nliformibus, a posteriore foliis plerumque latioribus, paniculae rhachidc ramulique paene laevibus. lemmatis apice piano non paene cucullato internervisque laevibus non minute papillosis.

Small, stoloniferous, almost completely glabrous, brownish green perennial tufts, c. 5-15-(25) cm, culms overtopping leaves; branching extravaginal; leaf-blades persistent. Leaf-sheath membranous, glabrous, ribbed, keeled. Ligule 0.5-1.5 mm, entire, tapered, glabrous throughout. Leaf-blade 1-3.5 cm × 1-2 mm, flat or folded, subcoriaceous, smooth, but midrib scabrid near curved tip; margins finely scabrid. Culm 3-15-(20) cm, very slender, erect or geniculate at base, internodes glabrous. Panicle 1-3 cm, ± open or contracted, with few, ovate spikelets; rachis, branches and pedicels slender with sparse, scattered prickle-teeth. Spikelets 2-3-(3.5) mm, 2-3-flowered, light green, tinged purple. Glumes unequal, submembranous with hyaline margins, a few prickle-teeth on midnerve near tip; lower 1.5-2 mm, 1-nerved, narrow-lanceolate, acute, upper 2-2.5 mm, (1)-3-nerved, elliptic-oblong, subobtuse to obtuse. Lemma 2-2.5 mm, 5-nerved, elliptic-ovate, obtuse, glabrous, but midnerve with short crinkled hairs to c. ½ length and sparsely prickle-toothed near tip, lateral nerves with a few hairs near base. Palea 1.5-1.8 mm, keels minutely scabrid, interkeel glabrous. Callus with a few wispy hairs. Rachilla c. 0.5 mm, glabrous. Lodicules c. 0.1 mm. Anthers 0.3-0.4 mm. Gynoecium: ovary 0.4-0.5 mm; stigma-styles 0.8-1 mm. Caryopsis c. 1 × 0.5 mm.