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15-30-spiculosae ; rhachis angulosa, flexuosa, glabra vel in angulis 

 minute pilosa. Spiculae inter se admodum remotae, maturze diva- 

 ricatini patulae, basi nudae aut raro a seta conspicua suft'ulta?, 

 longae 2 cm., latae 4 mm., compressae, subturgidae, 30-46-flor33 ; 

 rhachilla subexalata. Glumae adpresso-imbricatae, marginibus 

 involutis, cinnamomeo-rubescentes vel pallidiores, in dorso plano- 

 concavo concoloriter 9-11-nerviae; latera latiuscule estriata; 

 margines hyalini, crispato-undulati, specie (exsiccati) serratuli. 

 Stamina 3, subinclusa ; antherae oblongae, truncatae, obsolete 

 cristatae, rubescentes. Stylus cum ^ parte nucis aequilongus ; 

 rami 3, longiusculi, rubro-maculati, exserti. Nux obtusiuscula, 

 nigra ; cellulae extimae quadratae, emarcidae, tenues, inconspicuae. — 

 In exemplis C. proceri, ante explicationem florum, spiculae vi- 

 dentur subteretes ; haec sunt C. torosus leetorum veterum. — In 

 C omato, E. Br., glumae intensius castaneo-rubrae. — C. procerus 

 (in herbariis veterum) cum C. puncticulato niaxime confusus est. 

 Asia australi-orientalis cum Australia ; in aestuariis maritimis 

 etiamque in montanis. 



India, alt. O-1000 metr., ab Himalaya usque ad Zeylaniam 

 (Wallich nn. 3355 B, 1203, h. Mus. Brit.); Chumba (C. 

 B. Clarice n. 23683, h. Kew) ; Cooch Behar (C. B. Clarke 

 n. 23683, h. Kew) ; Chota INTagpore (C. B. Clarke n. 25079, 

 h. Kew) ; Madras Peninsula (Heyne, h. Kew ; Koenig, h. 

 Kew ; G. Thomson, h. Calcutta ; Wight nn. 1832, 2309, h. 

 Kew); Zeylania (Col. Walker, h. Kew; Thwaites C. P. 

 u. 3752, hh. Kew, Mus. Brit., Calcutta) ; Soonderbun, com- 

 munis (C B. Clarke n. 25079 &c). 

 Arracan; in aestuariis submersis (Kurz, h. Calcutta). 

 Java (Labillardiere, h. Kew). 

 China : Amoy (Ranee n. 1392, h. Kew) ; Shanghai (Maingay 



n. 639, h. Kew). 

 Australia (B. Brown n. 5897, hh. Kew, Mus. Brit.) ; Queens- 

 land (Antalia Dietrich n. 609, h. Mus. Brit.). 

 [There is a fragment in h. Calcutta, collected in Maunbhoom 

 (Chota Nagpore) by Y. Ball, which may be a species closely 

 allied to C. procerus ; the spikelets are large, comose from the 

 long stigmas, the rhachis of spike fuscous-pilose.] 



Sect. N. Coryrnbosi. 

 Corymbosi, Kunth, Enum. ii. p. 53 ; Boeck. in Linncea, xxxvi. 

 p. 271. 



