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GR AMINES. 



tractis utraque pagine glabris et laevibus margine glabris Irevibus. Spicaa 2-6 



versus apicem caulis subsccunde paniculatim dispositsa a se 5-10 inm. remotse 



lineares 5-7 cm. longas 3 mm. Iata3 sessiles recto? ascendentes vel patentes ; 



rliachis spica? complanata alata cum ala 5-7 cm. longa 2 mm. lata glabra, 



costa utraque pagine elcvata. Spiculas ad paginam iuferiorem rhachis 



secuude utroque latcre 



costse 1 -seriatim dispositse 



contiguse, pedicel Us spicula? 



e costa oriimdis 1-1^ mm. 



longis alatis cum alis \ mm. 



latis plus minus pubescen- 



tibus apice incrassatis 



cum spicula articulatis. 



Spicula? globose 2 mm. 



longa? minus quam 2 mm. 



lutre apice obtusa3 plus 



minus complanatae ; gluma? 



3, extima globosa 2 mm. 



louga valde concava mem- 



branacea tenuiter 5-nervia 



apice rotundata basi contracta ; glumas interiores globosse valde concavee 



2 mm. longaa margine tenuiter incurvas indurate nitidse ; palea oblonga 



1^ mm. longa 1^ mm. lata apice obtusa basi contracta valde concava margine 



interiore iucurva basi utroque latere auriculis triangularibus incurvis iastructa. 



HAD. Ako, leg. T. SOMA, Aug. 1914. 



Differs from P. scrobiculatum by the coriaceous shining second and 

 smooth (not pitted) third, glumes. In P. scrobiculatum both first and second 

 glumes are niembranaceous and the third glume is sometimes pitted on the 



Pig. 26, Paspalum akoense HAYATA ; a, a portion 

 of a ppiko ; b, the same, seen from back ; c, a spikelet; 

 d, the same, Keen from side; e, gl. I., f; gl. II.; g, 

 gl. IV.; li, palea; i, pistil with lodicels. 



margin. 



3. Paspalum distichum LINN.; MATSUM. et HAYATA Euum. PL 

 Formos. p. 497. 



4. Paspalum distichum L. var. anpinense HAYATA v. n. (Fig. 27) 

 SpiculaB ovato-oblongae complanatae glabra3 3| mm. longaa 1 J rani, lata? apice 



