93 



molhbus miiuite septatis oniatae, et flores 5 ct ittcoui])k'ios $ 

 luixtos guientess. Ferianthiiiin gracile, tubulosum, 1-1-5 mm. 

 longum. Stamen longe exsertimi, filameiito gracili, anilieraiuiii 

 tliecis oblongis ijarallelis. Flores 2 incompleti, oblongl, apice 

 obtusi. Spicae $ etiam e nodis foliosis ortae, 3 cm. longae; verti- 

 eilU distaiites; bracteae cupularcs patelliformos, basi inflexae, ut 

 in ^ pilis mollibiis ornatae. OrnJa ovoidca. Fructus scssilis, 

 ellipsoideo-oblongus, utrinqiie angiistatiis, 6 em. longus, pallide 

 brimneus, maciilis pallide lutescentibus ornafus.— (r. edule,ii\i[\(}.y 

 in Journ. Str. Br. Hoy. As. Soc, No. 60, p. 64, non Blume. 

 Malay Pexixsila. Pal)ang: Tab an ri\er, Ridley 

 Porak: Tbaiping, Kelan Tujor and Simpang, Wray 603,1848, 

 2229, 3009; Larut, King's CoUector 5283, 6590. Singapore, 



King's CoUector 1237, Ridley 3958, 6126, 

 840, Digitaria orthostachya, Stapf et Jesson [Graiuineae- 



Paiiiceae] ; inter S2>ecies aiistralienses et malayanas null i arete 

 affinis, sed D. TnonodactyJae, Stapf, habitn similis praccipiic 

 racemis solitariis, sed ab ea culmis annuls, racemis compositis et 



spirailis longius j^^'^^i*^'*^^!^^^'''^ minoribusque, pedunculis pilosis 

 dilfert, 



Gravien annuuni. Culmi tenues, teretes, erocti vel basi fiponicu- 

 lati ct ibi ramosi, 15-18 cm. longi, glabri, 3-4-nodi, Foliorvm 

 varjmae laxae, firmae, promincnter striatae, rufae, breviter bis- 

 pidulae, ceterum praoter basin et partem superiorem subglabrae, 

 omnibus nodis parce hirsutis; ligulae breves, membranaceae, 

 minutissime ciliolatae; laminae lineares, superne tenuiter 

 attenuatae, 2-5-9 cm. longae, usque ad 3 mm. latae, rigidulae, 

 utrinque pilis tenuibns albidis rigidis raris instructaejCosta pronii- 

 ^lula, nerA'is latoralibus multis tonuibus. Race mi compositi, 

 spiciformes, solitarii; pedunculi pilis patentibus longis conspersi; 

 rhachis gracilis, subflexiiosa, triquetra, glabra; pedicelli graciles, 

 pubescentos, ramosi, inferne plerumque 4-iiati, 4-8 mm. longi, 

 snperne 2-nati, 3-4 mm. longi. Spiculac ovato-laneeolatae, cum 

 (tallo obscuro 2 mm. longae, pilis adpressis sericeis albisque. 

 Gluma inferior 0, superior lanceolata, 1 mm. longa, membranacea, 

 siibacuta vel subobtusa, S-nerris, dorso ubique dense pilosa, pilis 

 usque ad \ mm. longis acutis. Anthoecium iuferius vacuum: 

 valva submembranacoa, lineare-oblonga, 2 mm. longa, acuta, 

 7-nervis, dorso ad latera dense sericco-pilosa parte media glabra ; 

 valvula minutissinia, papillosa, obscure 2-nervis; antboecium supe- 

 nus $ ; valva subcbartacea, brunnescens, oblongo-lanceolata, sub- 

 acuminata, ad marginos late infloxa, tenuior, 2 mm. longa, 

 3-nervis, valvula valvae fere aequilonga, 2-nervis, flexuris basi 

 s^se obtegentibus. A7itherae 1 mm. longae. StyU 1 mm, longi. 



grassy 



higb 



Stigmafu Oo mm. longa, lividia. Caryopsis ignota. 



North Australia. Near Darwin : Baclielor Farm; ^ 

 land, C. E. F. Allen 29, Jan. 1914; near Dainvin, grass m rocky 

 land, C. E. F, Allen 143, March, 1914. 



