Flate 2394. 



TRICHOPTERYX ELEGANTULA, Slnpf. 



Gramine.e. Tribe AvENEiE. 



T. el'^gantula, Stapf; annua pumila debilis basi ramosa, foliorum 



vaginis striatis laxe pilosis ore barbatis, laminis ovatis vel lanceolatis 

 acutis pilosis — pilis interdum laxis longisque— patentibus vel falcatini 



recu 



^j __ _ _ — _.j.^. J ^ ^^ 



acuta 3-nervi longe laxeque subsetulosa pilis tuberculo insidentibus, 

 gluma II. ei consimili sed subduplo longiore magis acuminataj gluma III. 

 quam gluma IL paulo longiore longius acuminata subaristulata 

 1-nervi vel sub-3-nervi juxta marginem laxe seriatim subsetulosa 

 cum palea paucisetulosa iilorem masculnm (?) subteridente, gluma IV. 

 oblonga tenuiter hyalina involuta, antheris brevibus oblongis, ovario 

 cylindrico, stylis a basi liberis tenuissimis ovario sub^quilongisstigmati- 

 bus pluniosis, caryopsi obovato-oblonga gluma rigescente^paleaque laxe 



inclusa — AriinHiTW^llrt. Alpcmntnln. Hook 



(1864), 233. 

 Hab. W 



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Plnnta 3-4 poll, alta ; culmis gracilibus ad medium vagmatis, 

 plerumque violascentibus, sparse pilosulis v. glabratis. Folia i-^ Im. 

 longa, ad 2 lin. l.ita ; liffula ad lineam longe ciliatam reducta. famcuia 

 (ramis inferne additis exclusis) circiter I poll, longa, pleruraque ramis 

 noimullis ex folii summi axilla ortis additis aucta, ramulis capillar! bus, 

 flexuosis, glabris, ramis ad 6 lin. longis, pedicelhs '2-6 ^^n. 1od„ s 

 Spicuhe 8traminea->, vix 2 lin. longje ; gluma IV. basi utnnque pdis albis 

 nltentibas barbata pilosula tenuiter 3-nervia apice bifida i^^er dentes 

 'n setas longas producta et basi penicillo pilorum alborum m entium 

 o'-nata, arista geniculata infra genu torta adpresse scabudo-puberu^ 

 ^"ra pal.a obtongo-lanceolata puberula pr^tereaque P'^"^^^^"^^^ 

 flo'-^m ^ subtendente, 1 lin. longa. arista ad 4 lin. longa. Cary<yps^s 



2"! lin. longa. 



The structure of the spikelets and florets of ^^^^^ T^J^^f ^^f gene 

 f f s is exactly that of a typical Trichopteryx, f'^^^^X^^^ of 

 J;^abitis nmre that of some' of the smaller Sou h ^[^^^l^^'^'^l ,, 

 I>'mhonla (sect. Pentaschisla). I always found the P^^^^^^^^^^^^ 

 gl^^e ITT. Jn,pty. whilst Sir .toseph Hooker 'Jescribe. it^as suppo ^^ 

 a male Hnw.r • Vf.. fi,. .r.Jt.lpt* which I examined may have oe« 



«^^^- 0. StapV. 



, ^- ). L.Hf H„,I .a«;„a. 2. Ppik.let. 3. Third gW- *• ^o-ring glume. 

 ''•^•^l^''i. 6. StHM.en. 7. mil and lodicules. All enlavjed. 



