Plate 2303. 



ORYZOPSIS OBTUSA, Staff. 



Gramine^. Tribe Agrostide.^:. 



_ 0. obtusa, Staj^f (sp. nov.) ; stricta, foliis rigidis erectls anguste 

 Hnearibus sursum versus graciliter angustntis planis v. marginibus 

 ssepe leviter involutis vaginisque pins minus scabriusculis, ligula rigid* 

 obtusissima v. truncata sajpius tissa, panicula stricte erecta anguste 

 I'aceniiforiui rhachi pedunculisque scabridis pedunculis strictis sa-piu* 

 geminis breviore uni- altero pauci-(2-5) spiculato, glumis vaouis sub- 

 *quilongis late obovato-ellipticis v. superiore paullo angustjore 

 papyraceis cymbiformibus inferiore 5- superiore 3-nervJ, gluma flonfera 

 anstata castaneo-brunnea nitente coriacea ecarinata palea et genitalia 

 arcte involvente, arista gluma 2-4-pIo longiore, lodiculis 3 v. - 



Valinis ovatis acutiuscul 



IS. 



Hab. China ; Prov. Hupeh, near Ichang (No. 3507), and Xanto 

 and mountains to northward (No. 3896), Dr. A. Henry. 



Gramen 11-2 ped. altum. Folia supra longitudinaliter va'i^e 

 striata, 2-31 lin. lata. Paniculcr 4^8 poll. long.ne. SpKuhr ..^ -i, hn. 

 ''"^g*; glum* vacu* gl, floriferaj fere a^quilongae, obsolete reti- 



ae. 



An elegant grass, of strict habit, allied to the North American 



^- (^mrijolia, Michx.— D. Oliver. 



/'^- 1. Ligule. 2. Splkelet, showing a^v^n of flowering plnme »• J^]';;"^ 

 f'»"'e and base of UMn. 4. Palea. 5. Stamen. 6. P'*t.l «nd lo*1"C"le». 



