|» of its affinity. —D. Orr 
Puate 1991. 
PHANOSPERMA GLOBOSA, Munro. 
GrRaMINEz. Tribe TRISTEGINER, 
: globosa, Munro; Benth. in Journ. Linn. Soc. xix. 59; elata ge 
foliis elongatis angus ste lanceolato-linearibus longe acuminatis basi 
tati 
maxima folia superantia pyramidali, ramis sepius 5-12 do-verti- 
cillatis, gracilibus spins plicibus adscendentibus insquilongis 
ute manatee Pe anagae Hehe io eer: wn 
Has. ‘Gn Prov. Kini Kiukiang, David, Shearer; Prov. 
Hupeh, Ichan and « Nan. 1 mountains to iortheand: "— Dr, A; 
Henry (Nos. 626, 1943, 2073, 3966, 3968). 
Culmi 3-5 ped. alti, striati. Folia 1-2 ped. Ling majora 2—1 po 
lata Spicule pedicello 3-5-plo longiores vel interdum i este 
floriferse 13-2 lin. longer. Glume inegnal ersistentes, exterior 
spicula dimidio brevior oblongo-lanceolata obtusiuscula is, 
Superior spicula subbrevior ovato-l s ervis ; g ori- 
2 breviores basin prope leviter incrassate. Caryopsis libera glumis 
paullo superantibus, pericarpio tenui ate testa indurata 
colorata: albumen farinaceum ; embryo m 
Perhaps from the imperfect material then available, Mr. Bentham, 
_ in‘Genera Plantarum’ iii. 11 , describes the glumes as four in number, 
but the palea proper as wanting. M. Franchet, however (l.c.), 
describes it as I find it; it is distinctly provided with two lateral ner- 
) Vures only, obtuse, with inflexed margins. General Munro, who in 1876 
; m 
_ Yield good flour, and might be worth cultivating on that account. 
Neither Dr. Hen nry nor M. Franchet makes any reference to an economic 
_ pplication. I have left the genus in the tribe to which Mr. Bentham 
referred it, though I — Gen. Munro may have been right in his view 
Fig. 1. Detached spikelets. 2 and 3. Empty glumes. 4. Flowering glume 
Bae. : 
a - Palea. 6. Stamens and lodicules. 7. ener 8, Caryopsis and santaahing ¢ glumes. 
% Vertical section of earyopsis. Enlarged 
