574j plants javanica rariores. 



20] POLYTOCA BRACTEATA. 



Tab. V. 



POLYTOCA. 



Char. Gen. Spicce terminates masculae ; axillares 

 androgynae, infra femineae ; utriusque rachi ad articulos 

 singulos binoros solubili. Locusta masculce biflorae, bi- 

 glumes ; stamina 3 ; squamulae hypogynae 2. Locusta 

 feminea binora, biglumis : Glum a valvula exterior carti- 

 laginea, rachin angustara amplectens, nervosa, alata ; interior 

 lsevis, acuminata : Jlosculus exterior univalvis, neuter, glumae 

 interiori analogus ; interior femineus, bivalvis, lodicula 

 nulla. 



Gramen datum : foliis planis, margine asperis ; liguld 

 brevi, ciliatd. Articuli feminei spicaB androgynae locusta 

 neutrd, univalvi, herbaced, articulum amplectente, stipati. 

 Locustae masculae fioscul us superior paidb pracocior. Stig- 

 mata longissima, color at a. Affinitate hinc Tripsaco, incle 

 Chionachni. An hujus generis, vel forsan generis distincti 

 valde approximati, Coix keteroclita, Roxb. Fl. Ind. 3, 

 p. 572. 



Polytoca bracteata, R. Br. 



