MATERIALS FOR A FLORA OF FORMOSA. 409 
13 mm. longis 1 mm. latis), utraque pagine scaberula margine 
scabrida, subtus subglauca distincte costata inter costas et 
margines 3-nervata inter nervos tenuissime 6-nervulosa, supra 
minute nervulosa costis et nervis inconspicuis, vaginis 6 em. longis 
cylindraceis, ab ore. usque ad basin fissis explicato 6 mm. latis 
intus nitidis extus glabris multo et prominente nervatis ad orem 
barbatis, barbis 3 mm. longis, ligulis barbiformibus. Spiculee 
simplices remote floratz a latere compresse 1-6-florate elongato- 
oblonge 24cm. longe 4 mm. late interdum breviores pedicellate 
ad nodos ramulorum 3-4-fasciculate, uno pedicellorum longissimo, 
reliquis brevioribus, gracillimis crispatis ascendentibus rarius 
pendulis. Gl. I. et IL vacuze ovate vel elongato-oblonge 5 mm.- 
10 mm. longe 2 mm. late straminee, floribus 3-6, a se 2 mm. 
remotis, rhachillis flexuosis complanatis glabris; fl. gl. oblonga 12 
mm. longa explicato 5 mm. lata 9-nervata, (nervis viridibus), 
margine integra plus minus ciliolata apice acuta basi paleam 
amplectans ; palea elongato-oblonga 11mm. longa explicato 5 mm. 
lata apice truncata dentata medio 2-nervata, (nervis a se 13 
mm. remotis), margine secus nervos plicata, inter nervos 4-nervu- 
lata, inter nervos et margines 2-nervulata, margine hyalina, 
tenuissima non ciliata, basi genitalia amplectans; lodicule 3, 2- 
majoribus ovatis apice obtusis 14 mm. longis 1 mm. latis basi 
4 mm. latis margine ciliolatis hyalinis, 1-minore. Stamina 3, 
antheris linearibus 8 mm. longis 4, mm. latis apice obsagittatis, 
lobis acutis, basi 2-lobatis, lobis obtusis 14 mm. longis. Ovarium 
ovoideum 3 mm. longum leviter compressum, stylo a basi 2-fido, 
ramis sursum plumosis. 
Has. Koshtn: Naibun, leg. G. Nakanara, 1907, Feb. 
A very distinct species of the genus. I have not seen any 
specimen like this at Kew. 
