The Philipx'ine Joubnal of Science, C. Botany 
Vol. VI, No. 4, September, 1911. 
A NEW SPECIES OF SCHIZOSTACHYUM. 
By J. Sykes Gamble. 
{Eighfield, East Liss, Hants, England.) 
Schizostachyum Fenixii Gamble sp. nov. 
Frutex scandens. Folia chartacea, glabra, lineari-lanceolata, apice 
longe setaceo-acumiBataj basi inaequaliter contracta et rotundata, mar- 
ginibus scabra, 30 ad 35 cm longa, 4 ad 5 cm lata; ncrvi infra conspicui 
utrinque 10 ad 12; glandulae transversae eonspicuae, obliquae; petiolus 
brevissimus corrugatus, vix 3 mm longus ; vaginae striatae, ore auriculis 
rotundatis aliquando ad 5 mm longis et fimbriis albis saepe 7 ad 8 mm 
longis instructae; ligula brevis longe ciliata. 
Flores in paniculis floriferis longissimis ramosis ramulis brevibus vix 
8 ad 10 cm longis; rhachis gracilis conspicue pubenilus, glomerulis ad 
nodos multifloris vaginatis; vaginae stramineae cito caducae. Spiculae 
uniflorae in glomerulis multae fertiles, 6 ad 8 mm longae, acuminatae, 
additis etiam mnltis imperfectis et bracteis piibescentibus glumaceis; 
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umae steriles 2 ovatae 
marginibiis ciliatis ; florens 6 mm longa, margine ciliata enervis, glabra , 
palea convoluta, glabra, 7 mm longa, enervis ; lodiculae 3, eonspicuae, 
ovato-acuminatae, marginibus et dorso serieeo-villosae, 3 ad 4 mm longae. 
Stamina 6, linearia, libera, filaments complanata, antherae 4 mm longae, 
basi inaeqnales, apice acnmine conspicue viUoso, 2 mm longo mumtae 
Ovarium dabrum in stylum longum hirsutum attenuatum stigmatibus 3 
recnrvis plumosis. uaryopsib u>uiv.^-o ^ ^^ ff,,iH.= . 
siccitate niger, apice mncronatns, basi glnmis persistentibus suffultns, 
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conforme 
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quantity of n,aterial was collected which has been sent to He:r A. Kneueker, 
KarlsruL. Baden, Gern.any, for issue in his ■■Gram.noae ExsKcatae 
This species comes nearest to mizosta.Kyu,n '"-"-"" Jf,"^^;;;'^,""^ 
pro„,inent distinguishing character, are its larger leaves w>th large fr.ng 
auricles, and the long hairy antlier-tips. ^^^ 
