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vestita ; gl. ii. prim: subsequans sed paullo angustior et superne 
magis membranacea, cum carina et nervis lateralibus duobus; 
gl. iii. paullo brevior, anguste lanceolata, hyalina, supra mediun 
ciliata cum marginibus involutis, vacua; gl. iv. minor, 4 lin. longa, 
lineari-oblonga, nervo excepto hyalina, apice integro, cum arista 
simplici, debili, 34 lin. longa, instructa. Spicula pedicellata 
sessili similis, vix 14 lin. longa. 
Formosa: Takow (4. Henry, 1143!) Mus. Brit.; Herb. 
Kew. 
A well-marked species near the Indian E. fastigiatus, but 
distinguished by its larger, gracefully spreading, purple-haired 
racemes, and the hairs on the spikelet more than twice as long 
as the glume. 
1. Spodiopogon cotulifer, Hack. Mon. Androp. p. 187, et in 
Bull. Herb. Boiss. vii. (1899) p. 641, et sér. 2, iii. (1903) p. 501; 
Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. vii. p. 108; Palibin, in Act. Hort. 
Petrop. xix. (1901) p. 129. 
Andropogon cotuliferum, Thunb. FI. Jap. p. 41. 
Eccoilopus andropogonoides, Steud. Syn. Gram. p. 124. 
Zulalia cotulifera, Munro, ex Mig. Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.- Bat. ii. 
p. 289; Franch, et Savat. Enum, Pl. Jap. li. p. 189. 
Cuextane: Ningpo Mountains (Faber, 3, 1734 !); Formosa: 
Takow (A. Henry, 1045!), Apes’ Hill (Playfair, 240, 309! A. 
Henry, 1022!), Bankinsing Mountains (A. Henry, 1558!) ; 
Lucuu ARCHIPELAGO (Wright!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. 
Japan; Mountains of North India. 
2. Spodiopogon formosanus, Rendle, n. sp. 
Planta perennis ; culmus erectus, subvalidus, subeompressus, in 
parte inferiore unilateraliter sulcatus, basi 13 lin. crassus. Folii 
vagina glabra, membranacea, ad internodium applieita; ligula 
brevis, pilosa; lamina anguste lanceolata, acuta, plana, glabra, 
8 poll. longa, 3 poll. lata. Panicula e vagina folii supremi 
breviter (c. 1 poll.) exserta, subovata, 7 poll. longa, ad 2 poll. 
lata; rhachis flexuosa ; rami ad nodos fasciculati, flexuose ascen- 
dento-patuli, ad nodum infimum usque ad 33 poll. longi, in parte 
inferiore, interdum usque ad medium, nudi, superne breviter 
ramulosi et densius spiculiferi; spicule sepissime pedicellate, 
pedicelli glabri, inequales, quam spiculis s«pius breviores ; 
spicul bilineales vel paullo longiores, lanceolate, sparsius pilose. 
