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Gramina frutlcosa, vcl subarborea, vcl subscandcntia, in India oricntali (Bui-mah) ct Zeylania indigcna. 

 Folia lanccolata, petiolata, venulis transvcrsis nullis, vaginis ore fimbriatis. Inflorcscentia spica 

 subsimplcx, ramulis nunc foliatis^ nunc nudis tcrrainalis, spiculis solitariis vcl fasciculatis. 



This is distinguished from all other gcncn-a of the section by the elongated spicula, 

 with several perfect flowers and long joints of the rhachilla. 



Conspectus Specierum. 

 Spicula U-2J poll. longa, 5-11 -flora. Squamulae apice ^/«6rd? . . .1. T. Griffithii. 

 Spicula 12-11 liu. longa, 5-7-flora. SquamuUc apicc/miWate . . .2. T. attenuatmn. 



1. T. Griffithii, Muuro, Tab. III. Culmo gracili, internodiis apice scahriusculis, ramis 



fasciculatis, valde iutequalilms, spiculis spicatis, ssepe solitariis hinisve, flosculis 3-5 

 fertilibus, squamulis glabris, vix acutis, foliis plerumque 5-7 poll, longis, vaginis 

 ore longe fimbriatis. 



Hab. in India or. Burraah prope Wulloboom "in sylvis collinis," Griffith, v. s. 



Culmus gracilis, apice filiformis (fig. B.), vagans vcl subscaudens (pars superior 7-pedalis adcst), inter- 

 nodiis 5-8 poll, longis, ramis ad nodos fasciculatis, valde intequalibus, 2-12-pollicaribus, simplicibus 

 vel compositis, floriferis nunc basi nudis, nunc foliatis (fig. A) . Folia oblongo-lanccolata, ])lcrumquc 

 |-li poll, lata, utrinque glabra, nisi interdum subtus basin versus subliirsuta, petiolata, apice 

 attenuata, acumine scabro, ncnds secundariis utrinque 5-0, parum conspicuis. Vagirup glabne. 

 Panicula sul)siinpliciter spieata, ramis vel ramulis terminalis, spiculis vel solitariis vcl binis ternisvc, 

 nunc imbricatis, nunc distantibus. Spicula li-2i poll, longa, apice valde attenuata, 5-11 -flora, flos- 

 culis 1-2 inferioribus brevibus, difibrmibus, sterilibus (unus del. in fig.l), 3-5 sequentibus perfectis 

 fertilibus, 2-4; supremis gradatim tabesccntibus, rhachiUse articulis longis, conspicuis, glabris (figg. 

 1, 2). Palea inferior (fig. 1) basi involvens, medio lata, multinervia, apice acuminata, 7 lin. longa, 

 glabra vel interdum margincs versus pubescens ; superior (figg. 1,2) lougior vel brevior, obtusa, 

 biearinata, carinis brevitcr ciliatis. SquamuJte (figg. 3, 4) lanceolata;, glabra;, subaequales, nervosa;, 

 nervis basin concavam versus subincrassatis. Stamina 6 (figg. 2, 3), basi libera, antheris obtusis. 

 Stylus (figg. 5-G) longus, liirsutus, ovarii rostro glabro inclusus, tandem exsertus, apice 2-3-fidus. 

 Ovanwm ( fig. 6) longe rostratum, apice attenuatum. Canjopsis fere matura (fig. 3) glabcrrima, basi 

 apiceque attenuata, longissime rostrata, rostro incluso subpoUicaris. 



2. T. ATTENUATUM, Munro. Cvilmo subarborco, 12-25-pcdali, apice interdum filifornii, 



internodiis apice hirsutis, ramis fasciculatis, breviusculis, spiculis in fasciculis parvis 

 subspicatis congestis, spicula subpollicari, flosculis 2-4 fertilibus, squamulis apice 

 ' fimbriatis, foliis 3-6 poll, longis, vaginis ore longe fimbriatis. — Bamhusa attenuata, 

 Thw. Enum. 375. 



Hab. in Ceylon, prov. central., alt. 4000-0000 ped. s. m., 3255 ! Thiraites, T. Thomson ! (var. spiculis 

 plurifloris et culmo a^ice fit if ormi !). v. s. 



Culmus mediocris, inermis, |-1 poll, diam., apice filiformis. Folia 3-0 poll, longa, ^1-9 lin. lata, glabra, 

 lineari-laneeolata, subabruptc acuminata, basi rotuudata, petiolata, nervis secundariis utrinque 3-4, 

 inconspieuis. Vaginm sparsim pallidc adpresso-pilosse, marginc ciliata;, ore longe fimbriatcC. Pani- 

 cula subsimplex, spiciformis, internodiis uno latere suleatis, in ramis florigeris, fasciculatis, brevius- 

 culis vel brcvissimis, foliatis vel basi nudis, terminalis, spiculis in fascicidos parvos congestis, vcl 

 raro superne solitariis. Spicula 12-10 lin. longa, angusta, attenuato-cyliudrica, glabra, 5-7-H()ra, 

 flosculo infimo 1 et superioribus 2-3 sterilibus, iutermediis hermaphroditis, rhachillas articulis 



