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2-2icm. longis latere uno fissis glabris, ligulis hyalinis menibranaceis 

 erosis brevibus, setis auricularibus 2 mm. longis panels ; laminis lanceolato- 

 linearibus 6-7 cm. longis 4-5 mm. latis apicc acuminatis basi ad 1 mm. 

 contractis utraque glabris margine scaberulis. Panicula terminalis cylindrica 

 9cm. longa 2cm. lata, ramis et ramulis tenuitcr pubescentibus vel glabris 

 toto erectis rectis vel plus minus crispis. JSpicuLi? secus rhachin ramulorum 

 geminatim sitrc, altra sessili altra pedicellata, omnibus basi cum rhachibus 

 vel cum pedicellis articulatis ; spicula basi dense liirsuta supra basin longe 

 barbata, barbis 3mm. longis, lauceolata 5mm. longa; gl. I. 9-nervia 4mm. 

 longa apice mucronata dorso dense Larbata margine liirsuta vel glabra, gl. II. 

 cum. gl. I. confer mis sed apice obtusa liaud mucronata ; gl. III. cum gl. I. 

 conformis sed 5-nervia minus barbata hand mucronata paleam sterilem gerens, 

 gl. IV. florens lanceolata hyalina 3-nervia 3 mm. longa apice alte 2-lobata 

 inter lobos arista 7 mm. longa basi torta instructa. 



HAD. Musha : I logo, ad 4000 ped. alt., leg. B. HAYATA, Aprili. 1916. 



Remarkable for the much smaller leaves than those of other species, 

 and much contracted panicles. 



Spodiopogon S-ibiricus TEIX.; MATSUM. et HAYATA I.e. p. 521. 



The occurrence of this species in the island is very doubtful. 



5. Spodiopogon tainanensis HAYATA in Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) XXI. p. 53. 



6. Spodiopogon Takeoi HAYATA sp. nov. (Fig. 39). Perenuis. Ehizoma 

 re pens teres 2 mm. in diametro nodosum ad nodos radicans. Caulis distans 

 basi ascendens sursum erectus 80 cm. longus glaber teres, internodiis 8 cm. 

 longis 1^ mm. in diametro. Folia radicalia (plerumque caduca), caulina 

 distantia, vaginis glabris 7-10 cm. longis latere uno fissis, ligulis l^mrn. 

 longis 3 mm. latis margine minute ciliolatis truncatis setis auricularibus 

 patentibus crispatis 2-3 mm. longis ; laminis linearibus 10-13 cm. longis 1 cm. 

 latis apice acuminatis basi ad 2 mrn. contractis utraque pagine glabris. 

 Panicula terminalis in arnbitu pyramidal is, ramis primariis ad nodos rachis 

 secunde fasciculatis rectis plus minus crispatis patentibus glabris sursum 

 ramulosis, ramulis gracillimis crispatis glabris apice plus minus incrassatis 

 cum spicula articulatis; spiculaB ad apicem ramulorum ternatim disposita3, ima 

 sessili, duobus pedicellatis. Spicula sessilis dense longe hirsuta 1-florata, 



