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itiropgon,] clxxiii. gramine^. (J. D. Hooker.) 175 



tmwtli; ligule a ridge. Spikes very pale, rachis aud proper peduncles filiform, 

 pabroas the latter ^-f in. long, axils slightly bearded ; joints and pedicels = i the 

 wwtf 8pikelet> compressed, hardly grooved and not translucent in the centre, sides 

 not thickened. Sessile spiMets small, callus hairs = i the gls.; gl. I thin, nerves 

 Te^siender, keels ciliate with stiff very short bristles; II lanceolate, acuminate, 

 Mie, nerves 3 faint ; III much smaller, oblong, obtuse, nerveless; IV, awn } in., 

 W^* u ^^*^^^V dilated. Pedlcelled splkelets narrower than the sesj^ile, gl. I 

 ' ^ea; ii and III as in the sessile; IV small, oblong, often unequally 2.fid, 

 , nerveless. "-Although the pedicels of the upper spikelets and joints of the 



9 nprr y Tt ^ J v*iiM,tc»^. jrtiuvctmea spi/ceieis narrower Liiau tue st:sM»t^, ^i' j- 



dfiaf -'-ii^^"^ ^A'^.^® ^" ^^^® sessile; IV small, oblong, often unequally 2.fid, 



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Kuntzeanus, ffacH. Monog 



WdpiT *' •^«'CA. Monogr.Androp. 47»; tall, noaes tmcKiy 



12-15 a ^^^''^ narrowly linear smooth, sheaths terete glabrous, spikes 

 wdippir^ ^'^' i"^ densely fascicled slender silky pnrplish, joints and 

 Wn!f^ ■ I'^^^^y ^'^^^*« ^i*^ long hairs, sessile spikelets \ in. linear- 

 keels S J- ,^^'^^ - 3 t^e spikelets. gl. I pitted' or not 7-9-nerred 

 'eels subpectinately ciliate tovvards the 2-toothed tip. 



'Rem^3?-^ff *°^ Central Peotinces, Kuntze, Dathie. 

 'We terPt-^ ^^ L^^*^^ '^^ ^ goose-quill below, with 2-3 slender flowering branches 

 •Oooth mara-^"' u" -^^^^'«s 10 in. and upwards by i-^ in., glabrous, glaucous, 

 ^"lons nr * ^•'^oernlous, upper cauline short, rigid. Spikes corymbose, slender, 

 '«*" snilpW ^^ ^"^^^* ^~^ ^°-' slender, glabrous; joints and pedicels = } the 

 «'• I qnite ffl h"" ^°^l' ^'■anslaeent in the middle line. Sessile spikelets narrow; 

 ^ lanceolate ?1^' "' II lanceolate, acuminate or mucronate, margins ciliolate; 

 f'I'eleU narr' ^'*'^™»» 5 IV awn abont i in., base somewhat dibtted. Pedicelled 

 '^^^i^^i^^^Z . "'® ^'^^s'le, male; gl. I strongly 9-11-uerved, keels ciliate 

 linear, or o'P' ^^ o-nerved; III ovate-oblong ciliate, nerveless; IV small. 





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bron, l®°*'*****''»*8> Sook. f. ; stem erect stout compressed, nodes 



^^^ pedicel? -n "**"y ^'i a thyrsiform fascicle shortly stipitate, joints 

 '^^liw hairT-'i 7^ ^^^^ ^o°g hairs, sessile spikelets \ in. ovate-oblong, 

 '•^sparspirMi -, spikelet, gl. I membranous dorsally flat 5-7-nerved 

 filiate: ' ^ ^"^'^•5' ^^^^on% towards the base, tip truncate keels minutely 



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the thumb, with stout 

 ronelv Z" "T '^""iPfessed equitant leaf-sheaths. Leaves 8-10 by \A in-. 

 1 -» "cabernTn ' .S^^b'^ous or sparsely hairy, tips acicular, margins and both 

 y '"•. in an «/°? ' ^^^^^h& smootb, lower equitant ; ligule short, scarious. bpi^kes 

 u**" and pediopi! '"'"'''* tl'yrsus 3 in. long, pale purphsh, proper peduncles i-i m. ; 

 i^^^'ecthaii %'"'^, '^'"'^^'•' fl'^t ^ith a translucent channel, ciliate with very 

 J*"?*'? incuJ'vpH f f *^*^'^"**' ^a"'^^ small ; gl. I thin, shining, margins rather 

 v., . J ucurvpH u__, . , ' . e 3-Derved, cdiate, not 



or 2-toothed mem- 



V , *'? incurred r, -i"«e(ew, callus small ; gl. 1 tnm, smu 



J!'"^ 5 Hi nar,n„ 1 . f slender; II ovate-oblong, acute, 3-n 



2,><Jilatation n/.u r^' *='''^*e; IV a very narrow entire - „ ^ „ . 



T^^^' « C °^^^ ^"^^e °f tl>e slender awn, which is M in. long. Pe^».^».'^ 



S^^^illsl '^ the se3^ile. linear-oblong ; calln. naked; gl. I convex, many- 



ST""*" fromthli' "I.'inear-oblone, ciliolate • TV O.-I have seen only a single 



, , '^^o^d-shaped leaves are remarkable. 



arked. 



^^' ^'lorescence!'"""^ '''' P^"^''^^'^' lower much sliorter than the rachis of 



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