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latas. Panicula gracilis composita vel bicomposita, ramis erectis, infimis 

 longis; pedicelli 2,5- 10 mm. longi, filiformes, rigiduli, interdum flexuosi. 

 Vaginae ramulorum floriferorum striatae, tessellatfe. Spiculae parvae, 3- 

 4-florae, glabrae, violaceo-cinerascentes ; rachillae articulis brevibus, gla- 

 bris, conspicuis. Glumae parvœ, inaequales; inferior obtusa, superiore 

 dimidio brevior; super. 3-nervosa. Glumella inferior magna, lanceola- 

 to-acuminata, margine ciliata, 7-nervis ; glumella super, bi-carinata, bi- 

 cuspidata, carinis parce ciliatis. Glumellulae vix inœquales. Stamina 3 ; 

 antherae obtusœ. Ovarium obovatum, in stigmata longa, plumosa 2-divi- 

 sum. — Folia 8-10 cm. longa, i5-20 mm. lata. Spiculae 6-i2-i5 mm. 

 longae. Glumella inferior 2 mm. longa. 



Chine : Su-tchuen : Tchen-kéou-tin, n° 943 [Farges]. 



2. Arundinaria Fargesii E. G. Camus, n. sp. 



Folia 3-5 ad apicem ramulorum, lanceolato-linearia, apice acuminata, 

 basi in petiolum brevem attenuata, margine scabra, nervis secundariis et 

 tertiariis numerosis, supra glabra, subtus hirsuta, ad basim scabriuscula, 

 glauca, tessellata. Panicula terminalis, laxa, ramis erecto-patentibus , 

 inferioribus semi-verticillatis. Spiculae erecto-patentes, 6-10-florae, lineari- 

 oblongae. Rachis angulata, scabriuscula. Rachillae articulis conspicuis. 

 Glumae inaequales, inferior superiore duplo minor, 3-nervis; gluma supe- 

 rior 3-5-nervis, ovato-lanceolata, acuminata. aristata, margine denticu- 

 lata. Glumella inferior 5 -nervis, aristata, margine ciliata; superior bica- 

 rinata. breviter bimucronata, inferiorem fere subaequans. Glumellulae 3, 

 subobtusae, parce fimbriatae. Ovarium oblongum. — Folia i5-2o cm. 

 longa, 25-3o mm; lata. Ramuli inflorescentiae i5-3o cm. longi. Spiculae 

 3-4 cm. longae. 



Chine : Su-tchuen : Tchen-kéou-tin [Farges]. 



3. Arundinaria mucronata Munro ined. in Herb. xMusei 

 Parisiensis. 



Folia lanceolato-linearia, crassa, apice attenuata, basi rotundata, bre- 

 viter petiolata, margine scabra, supra rugosa, subtus glauca, nervis 

 secundariis utrinque 4-7, tertiariis 5-j, non tessellata; vaginae sulcato- 

 striatae, glabrae, ore setis longis fimbriatae. Panicula terminalis 2-compo- 

 sita, amplissima, effusa, ramis patentibus vel divaricatis; rachis gracilis, 

 pedicellis longis. Spiculae lineari-lanceolatae, compressiusculae, charta- 

 ceae, fusco-griseae vel pallidae, 3-6— florae, rlosculis acutis, nervosis, glabris ; 

 rachillae articulis glabris, conspicuis. Glumae 2, lanceolatae, acutae, inae- 

 quales^ inferior duplo minor, i-nervosa; super, sub — 5-nervosa, spicula 

 triplo brevior. Glumellae inaequales, subglabrae; inferior longissime mu- 

 cronata, nervis 5-7, subinconspicuis ; glumella superior brevior, obtusa, 

 bicarinata, mutica. Glumellulae subaequales, lanceolatae, fimbriatae, dorso 



