Plate 2517. 



COELARTHRON BRANDISH, Book. f. 



Gramtxe.e. Tribe Andropogone.*:. 



C. Brandisii, Hook./., FL BriL-Ind. vii. p. 164; species unica. 



C aides prostrati, ad nodos radicantes, graciles, albidi, glabri • rami 

 florentes ascendentes vel erecti, 3-6-foliati, 6-9 poll, longi, foliis infimis 

 approximate a summo longe distantibus, internodiis superioribus 2 e 

 vaginis exsertis. Foliorum vaginm arctaj, glabrae ; lignbe breves, ovata\ 

 obtusie, glabrse ; laminae lanceolate, utrinque acuminate vel acute, 



membranacese, flaccid®, glabrae, tenuiter nervosa?, 1-2 poll, longse, 2- 



3.^ lin. late. Spicce solitarie, stricte vel leviter incurve, secun'de 

 albide, glabre, 1-1 \ poll, longe ; rhachis fragilis ; internod'ia clavataj 

 tubmlosa, plano-convexa, apice truncata, spiculis sessilibus breviora! 

 Spicules imbricate, geminate ; par infimum imperfectum ; cetera paria 

 heterogama altera spicula sessili hermaphrodita altera pedicellata plus 

 minusve vel interdum admodum redacta. Spicula sessilis, a dorso 

 compressa, \\ lin. longa ; gluma i ovato-oblonga basi in callum minu- 

 tum barbatum producta, apice obscure truncata, in dorso glabro can 

 aliculata marginibus inflexis angustis carinis supra medium ciliatis ■ 

 gluma ii cymbiformis, apice submarginata, l-nervis, ciliata, sub apice 

 anstata, arista gracili torta glumam circiter equante ; gluma iii vacua, 

 a dorso complanata, oblonga, quam ii paulo brevior, tenuis, marginibus 

 angustissimis inflexis, flexuris ciliatis ; gluma iv minuta, ovato-oblonga, 

 bifida, glabra, 3-nervis, e sinu aristata, arista gracili genie u lata 

 jolumna torta fusca, seta albida ; paka minuta, ovata, obtusa, glabra, 

 liyahna. Spicula pedicel lata inermis, pedicello complanato linear! vel 

 clavato lineari ciliato. 



Burma: high ground, generally where there is teak, Brandi*.—Q 



hTAPF. 



Fig. 1, two pairs of spikelets ; 2, glume i, seen fnm inside; 3, sessile spikelrt 

 With glume i removed; 4, glume ii ; o, glume iii; 6, glume iv ; 7, palea; 8, flower' 

 showing only one stamen ; 9, lodicule.— All enlarged. 





