PAGONATHERUM. 8l 
palea hyalina denticulata oblonga subcarinata, glume interiori 
opposit. Interior hermaphrodit bi-paleaceus, palea exterior lata 
oblonga palea floris neutrius duplo major apice ciliata, evenia 
interior brevior latissima quasi truncato-genitalia circumvol- 
vens secus marginem superum ciliata. 
Lodiculz О. Stam. 2 (Antherz fuscz maculis purpureis,) 
paleze interiori opposit. 
tyli 2, connati, primo aspectu unicus videtur: basibus 
tantum vere adnat. Stigmata plumosa ratione stylorum lon- 
gissima atro-purpurea rami denticulati simplices ramosive. 
Caryopsim nondum vidi. 
Suddyah ad ripas Brahmaputra: gramen elatum, January 
2nd, 1836. etiam legi. 
Gramen 3, 4 pedale, rigidum; culmo levi gracile, vaginis 
ciliatis, collis basibusque foliorum barbato-ciliatis, ligula mi- 
nute rotundata, imberb. fol. lineari-ensiformia acuta striata 
marginibus superficieque supera asperis, infra quasi in peti- 
olum 4-5 uncialem teretem angustata. It. Ass. 290 
PocoNATHERUM. 
1. Pogonatherum rufobarbatum, Gr. Caule ramoso, articu- 
lis vaginarumque collis glabris: racheos villis flosculos 
vix excedentibus, flosculis sessilibus bifloris, flore exteriore 
bipaleaceo inermi neutro interior superiore: hermaph. palea 
superiore aristata, flosculo superior 1 flora, flora hermaphrodi- 
to monandro. 
In aquosis; Moosmai: October 18th, 1835. It. Ass. 159. 
2. Pogonatherum, Pl. CLV. Fig II. 
Spica solitaria, terminalis compressiuscula. Rachis arti- 
culata, marginibus, ut etiam marginis pedicellorum, villis 
longis obsitis, articulatis bifloris spicula altera sessilis biflora, 
altera pedicellata uniflora (an semper) aversa 
Glumz dissimiles, exterior (inferior) chartacea oblonga, 
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