424. 159. GRAMINE. 
riorem 5, 1-2 poll. longi; spicule oblanceolate et obovate, 4- 
flore, rigidule, 24 lin. longs, pedicellos seabridulos excedentes. 
Glume steriles acute, lanceolate, 3-nerves, in carina nervisque 
lateralibus scabride ; superior latior et longior (vix 13 lin. longa) 
quam inferior; florentes ovate obtuse, apice breviter membra- 
naces, 5-nerves, carina scabrida et velut nervis marginalibus ad 
medium pilosa, pedicellus contexto-lanatus; gl. infima 13 lin. 
longa; palea 1} lin. longa; carinis ciliolatis; anthers 3 lin. 
lonve. 
Kianasu: Shanghai (Faber, 293!); Snensr: Mt. Laoysan, 
Teuizscien {Hugh !), Kaolinsien (aah ), Hansunfu, Mt. Lean- 
san (Hugh!) Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew, 
A distinct species of the Poa nemoralis group, differentiated 
by its long acute ligule, dense narrow panicle with quinate 
branches which are free from spikelets beluw, and minute 
anthera. 
Var. ligulata, Rendle, n. var. Planta gracilis, bipedalis; ligula 
elongata, acuta, ad 5 lin. longa. Panicula gracilis; spiculie 
bifloree. 
SzkcHUEN : Fou, Yangtzekiang (Faber, 1159!), Herb. Kew. 
5. Poa gracillima, Rendle, n. sp. 
Herba humilis, ut apparet cæspitosa, glabra, 4 poll. alta; 
culmi tenues, compressi. Folia caulina 3, supremum basin 
panieulze amplectans; vagina suprema quai inferiores longior 
(10 lin. longa) lamine equans, lamina foli secundi longior 
(1l poll. longa); vagine strictz, compressa, striate; ligula vix 
4 lin. longa, obtusa; lamina linearis, superne longe attenuata, 
plana, flaccida, ł lin. lata. Panteula lj poll. longa, rhachis 
capillaris, flexuosa, levis, nodis 5, rami distautes, ascendentes, 
solitarii, tenuissimi, scabriduli, parte inferiore (ad dimidiam) nudi, 
superne 5-1-spiculiferi ; rami duo infimi semipollicares, interdum 
eum ramulo breve 2-spieulifero. Spicule elliptice, 2-3-florew, 
1} lin. longs; pedicello scabridulo spieulam æquante. Glume 
subrigidule, steriles, lanceolate, acute, eum carina scabridula, 
inferior uninervis, 4 lin. longa, superior latior, trinervis, § lin. 
longa; fertiles omnino glabre, plicate, oblongo-lanceolate, ob- 
tus, in parte + superiore membranacea, albidz, 5-nerves, in 
carina scabridule, inferior 1 lin. longa, palea paullo brevior, 
carinis in parte superiore seabridulis; antherg vix j lin. longe. 
