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1. Dimeria falcata, Hack. Mon. Androp. p. 85. 
Dimeria fuscescens, Munro, in Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 419, non Trin. 
FoxiEN : Amoy (Hance, 1385 in part!) ; Kwanerune: Canton 
(Sampson, 1051 !); Hoxekoxa (Hance, 1385 in part! Lamont D). 
Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. 
Tonkin. 
2. Dimeria sinensis, Rendle, n. sp. 
Herba annua; culmi erecti, filiformes, simplices (vel interdum 
cum ramo racemifero altero e nodo secundo orto), 7-nodi, 6-11 
poll alti. Foljorwm vagine, ut laminæ prosertim in marginibus, 
tuberculato-ciliate, ad nodos barbate ; ligula perbrevis, truncata ; 
laminz plane, lineares, acute, in parte culmi inferiore ad 13 poll. 
longe et 2 lin. late, superne breviores, summa rudimentaria. 
Racemus solitarius terminalis, ultra folium ultimum plus minus 
elatus, densus, 1-11 poll. longus, circa 1 lin. latus, rbachi sub- 
flexuosa, dorso in parte inferiore sulco tenui percursa, marginibus 
anguste alata et breviter ciliata; spicule conniventes, 1i lin. 
longs; pedicelli brevissimi dorso breviter barbati; eallus brevis- 
simus eum pilis ipsi subequantibus instructus. Gluma i. linearis, 
obtusa, basi subangustata, in margine, sub apice excepta, et carina 
dense pilosa, vix 14 lin. longa; gl. ii. quam prima duplo latior, 
rhomboideo-oblonga, obtusa, basi angustata, margine membrana- 
cea, carina lata, pilosa, 14 lin. longa, 2 lin. lata; gl. iii. angusta, 
hyalina, enervis, apice obtuso pilosa, margine sparse pilosa, vix 
1 lin. longa; gl. iv. oblonga, basi angustata, hyalina, uninervis, 
apice obtusa, 14 lin. longa; arista perfecta, 61 lin. longa, columna 
vix 3 lin. longa. 
Kwanaruna: Canton (Hance, 1385 in part!). Mus. Brit. 
Has the habit of the Ceylon species Dimeria pusilla, Thwaites, 
but is at once distinguished by its remarkably blunt spikelets. 
1. Arthraxon breviaristatus, Hack. Mon. Androp. p. 350; 
Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. vii. p. 144. 
Yunnan: Kimise ( Delavay, 1811 in herb. Paris. fide Hackel). 
Kbhasia Hills. 
I have seen no specimen. 
9. Arthraxon ciliaris, Beauv. Agrost. p. lll, t. xi. fig. 6; 
Hance, in Journ. Linn. Koc., Bot. xiii. (1873) p. 134; Franchet, 
