complicatis, superne longe angustatis, marginibus carınnlaque 
serrulatis, basilaribus copioais oonfertis basi dilatatis suheva- 
ginatis 1% —"s ped. long. 3—4 lin. lat,, cmlmeis sursum de- 
erescentibns remotis vaginatis; vaginis herbaceo -rigidulis tri- 
pollicaribus arctis; cymis paniceliformibus terminalibus ac la- 
teralibus irregulariter decompositis aut supradecompositis 
longe pedunculatis, is copiosis fascienlatis, his selitariisz 
pedenculis 3% —1 poll. long. compresso-angulatis y. subtereti- 
bus subfrmis laevibus v. scaberrimis; ramis fasciculatis seta- 
ceis inaegnalibns bractea foliacea munitis, teretinscalis striatis 
scaberrimis ®— '% poll, long., ochreis hrevibus; epiculis soli- 
tariis ovalibus obtusis plurifloris 2 Zin. Zong., primo leviter 
compressis; squamis membranaceis Zanceolato-ovatis aculius- 
enlis muwiicis carinato-convexis ex toto ferrugineo-rubiginosis; 
caryopsi para squama circ. '% hreviore ellipseidea compresso- 
triquetra acuminato - mucronnlata minute punctulata straminea; 
setis fexnoso-corrugatis caryopsi multo longioribus; stylo brevi 
prefunde trifide. — Herb. Hodk. et, Thomson. — Wichura, 
coll. m. 712. Coll, Schottmüller n. 131. 
india orient., ia M. Khasia, alt. 5—-6000 ped. — Jocu- 
hama Japoniae. 
9.8. Polyphylius Vahl. 
Glauco-virens; cnlmo tenui erecto 1 — 3-pedali, pennam 
columbinam v. gallinaceam crasso, trigono striato usque fere 
ad apicem foliato; foliis confertis herbaceo-tenacihus lineari- 
bus acuminatis planis, basi complicalis, marginibus carinaque 
aubtiliter serrulatis, 6—-8 poll. long. 2's—3 lin. lat.; eyma 
corymbosa irregulariter decomposita plariradiata; radiis divari- 
catis valde inaegualibus filiformibus obsolete angulatis strio- 
latis laeribus; involueri snbtriphylii folio infimo crmam ple- 
ramgue paulo superante; bracteis radiorum secundorum brevibus 
