Plate 2o05. 



CYATHOPUS SIKKIMENSIS, Sl.\i>f. 



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G RAMiXE.fi. Tribe Agkostide.i;. 



Cyathopus, Stap/(geti. nov.). Spiculae l-flonp, sec-iiv raiimlra innr- 

 liculatos paniculfe solitarui;, cum pedicello articulata>, flnrc hfrm- 

 .iphrodito. Glumse 3, 2 exteriores vacuse 3-nerve«^ sulw(ju»lit 

 caudiculatse ; tertia florens brevior tenuior mutica 5 ner\is m-rvih sub 

 apice evanidis ; palea hyalina. Stamina 3. Stjli distiiicti, stigmalibus 

 phimosis. Caryopsis iffnota.— Gratnen perennf, datum, fufiui filanu. 

 Panicula terminalis, peduncuJata, don<jftta,flaccvMa, riuuusjihf<>rmi''>f 

 ramnlosis. Spiculse basi niido! cum pfdicello apl<y in cupulam mnvitmn 

 dilatato articulatce. 



Cyathopus sikkimensis, Stapf (». *;>■) ; culmis tota loMgitudin^ 



vaginatis, foliorum vaginis arapliusculis asperulis, larainis Im.aiii.ut 

 setaceo-attenuatis asperulis, ligula elongata dorso puberula, panicul» 

 semiverticillis distantibus multiramulosis, ramis flexuosis obUque erecti. 

 ut ramuli asperis, spiculis pallide viridibus plerumque breviter vel 

 brevissime pedicellatis, gluma I. et II. oblongis acummatis mter iierxns 

 firmos pronfinentes tenuibus asperulis, gluma III. fere l^y^ 1»^;"F"«» 

 parce et minutissinie asperula nervis tenuibus, lodicuhs oblique o^ato^ 

 lanceolatis, autheris oblongis brevibus.-Milium Treutlen, 0. A "n/^ 

 {in parte), 



Hab. North Sikkirri, Lachoong valley in 

 Hooker. 



woods, 11000 



pedales 



fm 



Gramen 3 4 pad. altum. Foliorum laminae 

 Panicula 9 poll, loriga. Sjnculoi \\ lin. long£e. 



This plant was distributed in the ' Herb. Iml Or. ^^^ J^,.;*;J 

 Thomson,' as ^ Hymenachne i^V Munro sugg^st^Wn^a^ - ^^. ^ J^ 

 note attached to one of the specimens that ic 



allied to Ihjmenachne. Kuntze identifieil it '^}-r"~r jf,^„acl,ne 

 (see following plate). It is, however, ver^V^ "«^^^^^^^ with 



as well as from Milium, and comes nearest w ^^^^^^ ^h^ 

 ^vbi^h it has very much in common, amongst oin ^^^^^ ^^^ ^^ 

 peculiar cup-shaped widening of the tops of ^^'^\'f'^^ niuch like 



articulated with the spikelet. Glumes I. ^^ J'/ . ■ „ 'ciume TIT. 

 those of Garnotia, particularly in texture '-^"^ "erv ^^^^^^ oblitemf-l 



IS also very like that of Garrwtia, ^"*^V . " „^- the base in Garnol'ia 

 towards the apex whilst they are very famt nea ^^^^^^ ^^^^ ^^ j^^ 



and more distinct towards the apex '^"^'^, ' Lj. distinctly thickennd 

 the a'.vn, or, in awnless forms, into a very ^"0" ^j tj^e pedicels.— 



tip. The name Cyathopm refers to the c 



^' ^^^''^- , ^ 3 Diagram show- 



. Fig. 1. Cupuliform top of pedicel 2. ^-^l^i^^Ue'tdenew. 6. S.mM^ 

 'ng arrangement of flumps. 4. Spikele . ^Z" , ,^ jK cnkrscd- 

 <>I^fl. 7. Palea. 8. Stamen. 9, I'lstiUudloJit^ii^- 



