946 GRAMINEAE. nardurus. 



fliirnitu jam e.xslccatis, liguln lirevi truin-.it.i , vagiiia r<ilii Knprcmi dilatata racemi 

 IraKtii iiicliiilente ; N|ii<-uliK seii.silibu.s c(iiii|irrKsi.s 4 — 5-llori!> allcrnalini iii racemiim 

 .sini|ilic(-ni coniiire.ssu-ilisticliuni tli.s|ii).silis ; ^liimiii sulKiiM|ualilius line:iriliu.s acutiN du- 

 ri.s iid rii-rvuni niediuni crassuni frrc rcductiM niircs su|icrjiititiu.s filaliris ; flosculis 

 ailpres.sr liirtcllis; palcis laiiccolato-liiiearilius, e.\teriore a|iice aristam iii (liisculis 

 iiifcriorit>us .sacpe suliiiullani iii superioribus paleae tertiani pattem aci|uaiitcm fercii' 

 tibus, palca superiore bicarinata, — Crescit in Syria prope Aleppura iii a|iricis prope 

 ruiiias Fersepolls iii Persia australi. 



«iiibtribui^ II. BjAMBMISXAX N. ab E. — Endl. I. c. p. 102. 



904/,. ACIIOEI.VTRVM Hlcudd. 

 (Steudel, Flora [li. Z.] 1840. pag. 20.) 

 Panicula e racemis composita; spiculae alternae lanceolatae acntae 

 2 — 3-florae; glumae duae rarlus 3 ovato-oblongae obtusae inae(|uales, 

 flosculis 2 — 3-plo breviores o-nerviae (si 3, oblongae 3-nerviae); flosculi 

 2 — 3, inferior sessilis hcrmaphroditus; valvula inferior subcartiiaginea 

 3-nervia, apice brevissime aristulata; stamina 3; styli 2, stigmata plu- 

 mosa; squamulae 2 fere longitudine valvularum carina exasperatae ; e 

 basi ttosculi hermaphroditi se tollit flosculus secundus tabescens pedi- 

 ceilatus saepe tertium involvens, valvulis iterum aristatis. 

 I. A. J.\POiNICUM Steudel I. cit. — Culmo erecto glabro lierbaceo fere toto (sursum) 

 vaginis tecto, liis pilosis, pilis basi tenuissime glandulosis, pleriinKjue ramuliferis ; li- 

 eula brevissime ciliata; foliis breviter petiolatis oblongo-lanceolatis (superioribus 



3 4'' loiigis, % — 1" latis) appresse pubescentibus, margine scabris nervosis , ner- 



vis omnibus tenuissimis; paniculae strictae (pedalis) radiis erectis triangularibus sim- 

 ]iliciter racemosis scabris. — Ab omnibus Uambusaceis valvulis aristatis differt. — 

 Crescit in Japonia. 



904/.^. PHYttOSTAClIYS Sieh. & Zucc. 

 (Endl. Gen. pl. Suppl. III. p. 58.) 

 1. PH. MEGASTACHYA Steudel, Flora (B. Z.) 1846. p. '21. — Paniculae amplae e.\pan- 

 sae lucidae radiis irregulariter spiciferis ; spiculis niultillosculosis, glumis valvulisque 

 Tilarimis omnino sterilibus; spiculis juiiioribus teretibus tenuibus acutis (9 — 10-liaea- 

 libus) pedicellatis, basi glumis 2 inaequalibus oblongis obtusis , accrescente spicula 

 (denium blpoliicari) in pedicello ab ipso remote rcsiduis ; valvula exteriore apice 

 appendiculata excrescente in spatham folio ovato brevissime pedicellato terminatam; 

 valvulis sequentibus repetito iuvolucraiitibus sterilibus ; lodiculis 3 linearibus oblun- 

 gis; ovario (caryopsi?) glabro stylo eloiigato termiiiato (— uti in S c hi z us t a c h y o 

 Klumei Nees) ; culmo arundinaceo elato ; foliis alternis subdistiche erectis lineari- 

 lanceolatis (6 — 8" longis, % — l' latis) acuminatis, basi in petiolum brevem oblique 

 attenuatis, margine scabris, subtus venulis transversis (sub leute conspicuis) pulcher- 

 rime tesselatis , nervis primariis utrinque Hnis (versus lucem conspicuis)'; panicula 

 niaxima (adulta fere bipedali) ; radiis remotis alteriiis 1 — 3-iiis ramosis. (Uua ex va- 

 rietatibus: Arundo Bambos Thnbg.?) — Crescit in Japonia. 



904/3. Ari.OK*:MIA Goudvt. 

 (Guudot, Ann. sc. nat. [3. Ser.] V. 73.) 

 Spiculae multiflorae , floribus imbricatis distichis hermaphroditis. 

 Giumae 2 ovato-obtusae, inferior breviter mucronata 7-nervis, margine 

 ciliata glabra, superior parum brevior sterilis. Paleae 2 inaequales, in- 

 ferior ovata mucronata glabra 7-nervis, margine ciiiata, superior con- 

 cava, medio quasi plicata 2-nervis, nervis ciliatis. Squamulae hypogy- 

 nae 3, duae autice, tertia postica parum brevior ovata, obscure triner- 



