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Panicles very spreading 11. P. acroanthum. 



1. Panicum barbipedum HAY ATA sp. nov. (Fig. 32). Pcrenuis, 

 Ehizoraa repens. Caulis basi procumbens ad nodes radicans, internodiis in- 

 ferioribus 1^ cm. longis, surstira erectus, partibus erectis 15-20 cm. longis, toto 

 glaber sod ad nodos sericeo-hirsutus toto longitudine foliatus. Folia tota 

 caulina, vaginis 2| cm. longis glabris complanatis latere uno fissis marginc 

 uno ciliatis, ligulis e pilis rectis fasciculatis constitutis 1 mm. longis ; laminis 

 lanceolatis 4 ^ cm. longis 7 mm. latis apice acuminatis basi cordatis ad 3 mm. 



contractis margine scaberulis prope basin patento- 

 ciliatis utraque pagine glabris. Panicula tcrmi- 

 nalis, ram is ct ramulis scabris minute hirsutis. 

 Spicule pedicellate secus rhacliin geminatim insi- 

 te, altra longe altra breve pedicellata, pedicellis 

 |-1 mm. longis apice barbis 1-2 instructis scabris, 

 barbis 1-2 mm. longis ascendentibus ; spicule 

 cum pedicellis articulate oblonge plus minus com- 



planata? 1 mm. longre 1 mm. Iata3 apice acute ; 

 Fig. 32, Panicum bar- 

 bipedum HAYATA; a, a spike- glume 4, extiina minima hyalina oblique 

 let; b, gl. I.; c, gl. IV.; d, 



section of the same ; e, a palea; CUpuliformis | mm. longa, gl. II. oblonga 1| mm. 

 f. the same, seen from within. i i i 



longa apice acuta basi plus minus contracta apice 



apiculata 7-nervia glabra, gl. III. subequalis apice apiculata 3-nervia paleam 

 hyalinam oblongam obtusam fovens, gl. IV. ovata l^inm. longa f mm. lata apice 

 apiculata dorso minute elevato-tessellata margine interiore incurva iudurata 

 paleam fertilem fovens, palea oblonga 1 -^ mm. longa | min. lata apice obtusa 

 margine carinata nitida dorso plana minute tessellata margine tenuior hyalina 

 basi leviter auriculata. Stamina 3. 



HAB. Taito. 



Near P. repens, but differs from it in having long barbate pedicels and 

 much smaller leaves and panicles. Remarkable for the very small enerved 

 first glume. 



2. Panicum suishaense HAYATA sp. nov. (Fig. 33). Perennis. Rhizoma 

 suberectuin breve ; caules cespitosi cum paniculis 80 cm. alti laxe hirsuti vel 

 subglabri gracilli.ini teretes medio in diametro. Folia plerumque radicalia 



