92 GRAMINE. 
rem vix excedens, pedunculata, flores geminati, alter sessilis, 
alter stipitat. ¢erminali geminato. 
Glume, cartilaginez valva exterior inferiorque dorso pilosa 
rubra, sub-bicarinata apice bifida, venis viridibus 2, lateralibus 
in acuminibus paullo excurrentibus, carina denticulata scabra, 
venule transversé irregulariter nexe. 
Interior navicularis vix colorata, obsoleto-bicarinata, apice 
irregulariter bifida, lacinia 5, unica breve aristeforme. 
Corolla bivalvis hyalina (flosculi interioris,) valvula exterior 
subnavicularis, apicem versus utrinque, quasi dilatata, ebidem- 
que ciliata, apice bifida vena unica in aristam basi glabrata 
apice versus denticulatam ; valvulam ipsam paullo excedentem 
excurrente. 
Interior multo minor, gerens dorso planiuscula mar- 
ginibus suavicurvis breviter ciliatis 
icule 2, carnose cuneate, Канн supero denticulato 
potius crenato irregulariter. 
Stam. З. Antherz aurea. 
Styli 2. Stigmata plumosa, ratione stylorum longiuscula, 
ramis subulatis rubris, obsoleto-denticulatis, ovarium ovatum, 
eve. 
Flosculus exterior masculus, bivalvis, valvis hyalinis, val- 
. vula exterior oblonga navicularis apice versus ciliata, integra 
interdum 4-venia! venis nempe 2, hinc centralis que paullo 
intra apicem evanescit, 
Interior dorso planisuscula, marginibus valde incurvatis, 
bivenea, venis scabrellis. 
Lodicule 2. Stamina 3. 
Insertio florum superior vix, infimorum praesertim infima 
hispido-pilosa. Raches stipitisque vel hispidze vel glabratze. 
Assam. Versus Joorhath March 5th, 1836. It. Ass. 411. 
5. Ischemum rugosum. 
Gramen pedale vel 1} pedale, culmis ramosis geniculatis 
gracilibus, glabris, geniculis barbatis, vaginis longis laxius- 
