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GRAMIXEJE. 



flore hermaphrodite), glurais 4 ; gl. I. oblonga 3 mm. longa 1 ram. lata 

 apice obtusa basi plus minus contracta concava dorso longe hir.-mta pilis 

 circ. 2 mm. longis dorso prominente 7-nervia apice obtusa ; gl. II. oblonga 3 

 mm. longa apice obtusa dorso longe hirsuta 

 versus marginem glabra membranacea 5-nervia, 



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nervis prominentibus ; gl. III. hyalina tenuis- 

 sima 3 mm. louga apice obtusa margine 

 apiceque hirsuta cajterum glabra paleam 

 liaeareni amplectans ; gl. IV. linearis 3 mm. 

 longa apice alte 2-lobata, lobis 1-J mm. lougis 

 acuminatis ad centrum arista 7 mm. longa 

 basi torta instructa hyalina ; palea oblonga 

 2 mm. longa 1 mm. lata hyalina apice hirsuta. 

 Stamina 3. Styli 2, a medio sursum plumosi; 

 spiculas pedicellate, pedicellis longe hirsutis 

 2mm. longis, pilis 2mm. longis; gluma3 4 

 uteas floris spicula? sessilis. 



HAB. Nanto : Shijo, leg. T.!TO, Oct. 191 G. 



Near S. tainanensis HAY ATA, but differs 

 from it in the smaller spikelets and in the less 

 patent panicles. 



Fig. 39, Spodiopogon Takeoi 

 HAYATA. a, a pedicellate spikelet ; 

 b, a gl. I.; c, gl. II.; d, gl. III.; e, 

 gl. IV.; f. stamens; g, a pistil. 



XXIX. Pollinia. 



Key to the species. 



1. Spikelets with geniculate stalks above the articulation of pedicels. 



2 



Spikelets without stalks above the articulation of pedicels 3 



2. Spikes S-10-fasciculate, spikelets densely arranged... 1 P. geniculata. 

 Spikes 3-4-fasciculate, spikelets loosely arranged 2. P. Fauriei. 



3. Spikelets awnless 3. P. imber'bis var. Wildenowiana. 



Spikelets awned 4 



4. Glume II. and IV. awned. 4. P.formosanaP. monantha var.formosana. 

 Glume II. awnless. gl. IV. awned , 5 



