352 159. GRAMINE. 
Gluma i. ovata, apice breviter mucronata, margine ciliata, 
9-nervis, ad 23 lin. longa; gl. ii. 7-nervis, prime subsequilonga 
sed latior, marginibus subhyalinis involutis, apice mucronata ; 
gl. iii. hyalina, enervis, late elliptica, superne rotundata et cilio- 
lata, 13 lin. longa, cum palea specie vacua subequilonga sed 
angustiore ; gl. iv. oblonga, hyalina, vix 2 lin. longa, apice bifida, 
arista breve imperfecta, ad 23 lin. longa sed swpe vix e spicula 
exserta; palea quam gluma paullo brevior florem 3 celans ; 
anthere rubro-brunnez, 11 lin. longe. 
Formosa: planted by savages in mountains near Bankinsing, 
the grain good to eat (A. Henry, 76!). Herb. Kew. 
Described from a single specimen which includes the base of 
the stem and the upper portion bearing a single leaf and the 
panicle. The plant is evidently closely allied to S. sibiricus, 
in some respects suggesting a cultivated form of that species. 
It differs in its more open panicle, the almost complete absence 
of sessile spikelets, the less hairy character of the spikelets, the 
almost complete disappearance of the awn on the fertile glume, 
and the shape of the glume of the empty (or perhaps male) 
floret. 
/ 8. Spodiopogon sagittifolia, Rendle, n. sp. 
l Planta perennis; culmus basi innovationibus obsessus, erectus, 
teres, glaberrimus, ad 34-pedalis altus, basi vix 1 lin. diametro 
excedens, 3—4-nodus. Foliorum vagin glabre, ore pilose, 
infima excepta internodiis breviores; ligula ad 3 lin. longa, 
scariosa, obtusa, vel apice fimbriata, dorso pilosa ; lamina petio- 
lata; petiolus tenuis, in facie superiore complanatus, in foliis 
inferioribus ad 5 poll. longus, in superioribus deminuens, in 
supremis pene obsoletus, pilosulus vel glabrescens ; lamina 
linearis, superne ad apicem acutum attenuata, basi angustata 
et sagittata, plana, in facie superiore glabra, inferiore pilosa 
ad 10 poll. longa et 4j lin. lata. Panicula ovoidea, ad 44 poll. 
longa, 23 poll lata, rhacheos nodi pilosuli, rami filiformes 
verticillati (interdum cum paucis interpositis), patuli, 14 poll. 
longi vel breviores, apice clavati et spieulas binas gerentes ; 
spicule 3 lin. longæ, conformes, altera sessilis, altera pedicellata ; 
pedicellus filiformis, 2 lin. longus, marginibus purpureo-ciliatus. 
Glume i. et i. squales, dorso pilose, virides, membranacez, 
prima 10-nervis, anguste ovata, obtusa, 2? lin. longa; secunda 
prime similis sed cum basi latiore, et 8-nervis, apice emarginata, 
