Plate 2494. 



GARNOTIELLA PHILIPPINENSIS, Stapf, 



Gramine.e. Tribe Agrostide.k 

 GarnotiellRj Stapf {gen. nov.). Spictdce 1 -florae, secus ramulos 



inarticulatos paniculte solitariae, pedicellatae, cum pedicello artlculatse, 

 flore hermaphroclito. Glumce 3, 2 exteriores vacua?, subaequales, prima 

 muticse, secunda mucronulataj tenuiter liyalinae, enerviae; tertia florens 

 mmuta, hyalina, biloba, e loborum sinu aristata, arista geiiiculata ; 

 palea minuta, hyalina. Stamina 2. Styli distincti. Caryopsis ob- 

 longo-linearis, glumis inclusa, libera. Gramen, ut videtur^ annuumy 

 'ohis Jlaccidis plants, Panicula termtnalis, ^jec?w?icM7a^a, angusta^ 

 stricta^ rami's capillarihus pjaucis verticillatis vel solitariis, 



G. philippinensis, Stapf (sp, unica) ; culmis glabris subgracilibus, 

 vaginis glabris, ligula tenuiter membranacea breviter lateque ovata 

 pilis stipata, laminis e basi admodum angusta lineari-lanceolatis acutis 

 flaccidis glabris in margiiie asperulis, panicula glabra, pedicellis apice 

 eupulatim dilatatis atque breviter ciliatis, spiculis pallidis basi involu- 

 eello brevi piloso ornatisj gluma i sub apice pilosula, ii superne ciliata, 

 iii lobis superne ciliolatis, palea quam gluma iii plus quam triplo 

 breviore parce ciliata. 



HaBi Philippine Islands : Miagao, Panay, Vidal (No. 3994). 



Foliorum lamina i~i\ poll, longa, 3-4i lin. lata. Panicula 11-2 

 poll, longa, 6 lin. lata; rami infizni 4-6 lin. longi ; pedicelli laterales 

 circiter 1 lin. longi. Spicidce 1 lin. longas ; gluma iii | lin. longa, 

 arista 3 lin. longa, Antherce \ lin. longse. Caryopsis % lin. longa, 

 ^-\ lin. lata. 



Nearest allied to Garnotia, but the spikelets are solitary, not gejni- 

 nate ; the empty glumes nerveless, and the pale is reduced to a flat, 

 hyaline, nerveless scale. I have never seen more than two stamens, 

 and there seem to be no lodicules present. — 0. Staff. 



Pig. 1. Ligiile. 2, Branclilet of inflorescence. 3. Upper end of pedicel. 

 4. Glume i. 1 Glume ii. 6. Glume iii. 7. Glume iii. expanded (more e^ ^rgejl). 

 8. Pnle. 9. StameDS and ovary. 10. Ovary. 11. Grain, side view. 12. me 

 f-anie, tront view. All enlarged. 



