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cum vaginis 40 cm. longa erecta, vaginis 8-9 cm. longis dense hirsuto-barbatis 

 pilis patentibus latere uno fissis, ligulis e pilis fasciculatis constitutis 1 mm. 

 longis, laminis linearibus 30 cm. longis 4-5 mm. latis apice acuminatis basi 

 gradatim ad 2 mm. attenuates hand contractis utraque pagine villoso-barbatis 

 dernum subglabratis margine scaberu- 

 lis ciliatis. Panicula laxissime 

 spiculifera 20 cm. longa 10 cm. lata 

 remotissime ramosa, rarnis a se 8 cm. 

 remotis rectis ascendentibus, ramulis 

 sursum plus minus crispatis rectis 

 ascendentibus remotissime spiculi- 

 feris. Spiculse cum pedicellis 2-3 mrn. 

 longis longe hirsutis articulate ; gl. 

 I. brevier oblonga 2 mm. longa apice 

 acuta vel obtusa sub-trinervia basi 

 spiculam amplectans glabra ; gl. II. 

 ovata 3J mm. longa longior glabra 

 7-nervia apice acuta, gl. III. 9- 

 nervia 3^ mm. longa glabra paleam 

 sterilem fovens ; gl. EV. Crustacea 

 nitida oblonga 2 mm. longa apice obtusa pallido-flava margine interiore 

 plicata ; palea Crustacea nitida cum gl. IV. conformis. Caryopsis ellipsoidea 

 2mm. longa limm. lata apice obtusa complanata. 

 HAB. Suisha, leg. B. HAYATA, Aug. 1912. 



3. Panicum decompositum K. BR.; MATSUM. et HAYATA Enum. PL 

 Formos. p. 504. 



HAB. Takaw. The specimen before us is very probably the same plant re- 

 corded from Formosa under P. decompositum by RENDLE. This is perhaps a mere 

 form of P. proliferum. So far, we have never seen P. decompositum in the island. 



4. Panicum proliferum LAM.; MATSUM. et HAYATA Enum. PI. Formos. 

 p. 504. 



P. pcdudosum ROXB. 



5. Panicum repens LINK.; MATSUM. et HAYATA Enum. PL Formos. p. 505. 



Fig. 33, Panicum suishaense HAYATA; 

 a, a spikelet; b, gl. I.; c, gl. IT.; cl, gl. III.; 

 e, palea of the gl. III.; f, g, gl. IV. seen 

 from different sides; h, palea; i, j, caryopsis, 

 seen from different sides. 



