159. GRAMINEX. 435 
longa; palea subequilonga vel paullo longior, dorso et in carinis 
binis hirsutula, apice bilobulata; lodicule 3, obovatz, superne 
rotundate et ciliate, 1l lin. Jong ; anthere 3, 22 lin. longe ; 
ovarium glabrum, stylus brevis, stigmata 3 plumosa. 
Kranesu: Kiangsu hills (Faber, 19!); Cuextana: bills 
near Huchan, Taihoo Lake (Carles, 227!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. 
Kew. 
A distinct species characterized by the short crowded groups 
of spikelets, closely arranged on the slender flowering shoots 
which are more or less densely associated and overtopped by 
leafy shoots. 
2. Arundinaria Faberi, Rendle, n. sp. 
Frutex bipedalis; internodia in parte superiore florifera 
glabra, 2 ad 4 poll. longa, ramuli floriferi fascieulati; vagina 
aphylle internodia excedentes, glabrz, margine et apice 
ut in foliaceis. Foliorum vagine strict, sese involventes, 
glabre, margine ciliolate, apice breviter marginate et cum 
auriculis fimbriatis instructe; ligula brevis, truncata; lamina 
anguste lanceolata, + acuminata, ad 3 poll. longa, 3 poll. lata, in 
petiolum brevem attenuata, glabra, margine aspera, subter 
asperula, venæ secundarie utrinque 3, interspatiis minute et 
regulariter tessellatis. Ztacem? terminales, lineares, semipedales, 
rhachis gracilis ultra folie ultime vaginam longe (circa 4 poll.) 
exserta, glabra; spicula pauce, multiflore (sepe 6-10) ad 
21 poll longæ, atro-purpuree, pedicellis tenuibus flexuosis. 
Glume steriles valde inequales, inferior lanceolata, acuta, 
13 lin. longa, uninervis, et dorso carinata, superior, ovata, 
irinervis, earinata, abrupte acuta, 3$ lin. longa; rhachillze 
articuli clavati, margine et apice ciliolati; glume florentes 
dissite, ovate, acuminate, dorso carinate eum venulis secun- 
dariis utrinque 3 prominentibus, dorso hirsutule, inferior > 
poll. longa; palea brevior, bidentula, in carinis et dorso sub 
apice hirsutula; lodicule ovate, obtuse, venulose; stigmata 3 
plumosa. 
SzecuuEN: above Chingking, Yangtzekiang (Faber, 1119). 
Herb. Kew. 
Approaches the Himalayan species Arundinaria racemosa, 
Munro, but differs in the longer-exserted panicles and the large 
upper barren glume. 
