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diis glabris breviores, ciliate. Ligula fimbriatem lacere, fol. 
glabra, linearia acuta, marginibus denticulatis. Spicale ter- 
minales paullo compressz, apice subulate spithamee. Pe- 
dunculus brevis inarticulatis, basi palea ] longa stipatus. 
Glum:e transvers:e exterioris dorso planiusculze, membranaceo- 
coriacez, apices sub-emarginate acuminatze sub 7-veniz, vena 
centrale incompleta; reliquis utrinque apice conniventibus. 
Interiores naviculares, carinatze magis membranacee, przeser- 
tim floris sessilis quz hyalina et acuminato-aristata, stipitato, 
carina magis evidens scabrella, viridis, іп aristam glumam 
zquante vel superante dentatam product. Palee hyaline 
mutice floris neutrius lineari-oblonga marginibus volutis, basi 
incomplete bivenia. 
Palea exterior floris interioris, latior, czeterum, huie con- 
formis. Interior ovato-lanceolata nana, ambze evenize. Stam. 
3. Lodicul: 2, cuneate dentate. Stigmata plumosa, ramis 
obsoleto-denticulata. It. Ass, 452. 
In arenosis Brahmaputra: March 27th, 1836. 
An differt ab Н. compressa, certe si pedunculus inarti- 
culat. 
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RoTTB(ELLIA. 
1. Rottbellia. Gramen procerum, 8-12 pedali vaginis 
rubro-tinctis internodiis lutescentibus interdum luteis, 
fol. inferiore 3 pedalia subtus carinata, nervo medio su- 
pra niveo albo diametro transversat. 2 unciale margine scabro. 
Paniculis axillaribus terminalibus nutante — pendulis, 
secundis, vaginis limbo abbreviato spathiformibus, ad inter- 
mediis suffult. Pedicellis filiformibus elongatis medio ar- 
ticulatis, ibidemque vagine arctiuscula circumvolutis. Spicis 
purpureo-tinctis, flosculis muticis. J£. dss. 272° 
Inter Nunklow et Nowgong, prope Nowgong: copiose 
occurrit. November, 1835. 
