TWO NEW PHILIPPINE GRASSES 
By E. ITacki;l. 
Oraz, Austria. 
ARUNDINELLA l^addi. 
Arundinella pubescens Merr. & Hnck. n. sp. 
Annua. Ciilmi erocti, 20 ad 30 cm. nlti, grnrilo?^ tcrotos, in parte 
superiore nnda laxe liirsuti, 3 iul ^-lunles, nodis oiniiilms in cnlmi parte 
J vel ^ sitis reverso-bai'baiis, siiaplices vel raiiio uno allerovo aueti. 
Folia nndique hirsnta, pilip patnlip bapi plcmmque tul)crculatis vestiti. 
Vaginae internodia siiperantes, teretes, Inxiusculae, ligula Reries piloriim 
brevium. Laminae e basi rotundata liueari-lanceolatae, acutae, G ad 10 
em. longacj 4 ad 7 mm. latao, erectae, rigidula(% nervis crassinpculis 
parum prominulis peicursae. Panicula elongato-lineari-olilonga, 15 ad 
30 cm. longa, basi subiuterrupta et laxa, superue laxluscula vel apico 
densiuscula^ contracta^ angusta (vix 2 cm. lata), rhaclii scalira et laxo 
pilosa, ad ramorum ortum parce barbata, internodiis inferioribus usque ad 
9 cm., superioribus vix 2 cm. longis, ramis inferioribus Bolitariis vel 
biniSj superioribus binis usque ad quatemis, omnibus tenuitcr filifonnibus 
scaberrimis suberectis, primariis in | inferiore nudis, secundariis pler- 
isque basilaribus brevissimis a basi spiculiferis, spiculis secus rauios 
geminis, paribus in inferiore parte rami valde distantibus, in PU])eriorc 
subcontiguis, pedicellis inaequalibus, altero spicula longiore, altero ca. 
3-3-plo breviore. Spiculae laneeolatae, 4 mm. longae, palllde viridulue; 
gluma I, 2.5 mm. longa, ovato-lanccolata, acuta, murronata, ^-norvis, 
carina scabra; II, spiculam aequans. ovato-lanceolata, in rostnim 8ub- 
ulatum apice angusie obtusum acuminata, 5-nervis, luevis; Til, 3 inm. 
longa, ovato-laneeolata, acuta, mucronulata, cbartacea, tonuitor 3-norvis, 
glaberrima (etiam callo), paleam paullo breviorum florem(|ue <^ fovens; 
IV 2 mm. longa, laneeolato-oblonga, ex apice obtusiuijculo urifilam einit- 
tens 6 mm. longam geniculatam, tenuitcr papilloma, pubcnorvis, callo 
minute barbulato. Paloa glumam aequans, binervis. 
Palawan; prope Iwaliig (B. of S. 856 Foxworthy) Maju, 1906. 
Affinis .1. hispidac 0. Kuntze (.1. nrpalrnsi Trin.) quae a nostra diffcrt 
rndice pereniii, culmo robusto multinodo glabro, nodis glai>ris, laminis 
elongatis, panicula oblonga dense baud interrupta, gluma I. Ill '™ 
subaequante IV callo pilis i glunuie aequantibus barbata. 
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