GEAMINE^E. 



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lobis 1 mm. longis ; lodiculse obovatso 2 mm. longse 1 mm.'l latse apice 

 triangulari -acuminai se fimbriatse basi cuneatse. Ovarium obovoideum 2 mm. 

 longum 1 mm. latum apice globosum basi longc cuneatum sursum glabrum 

 deorsum liirsutum, stigmatibus 3 filiformibus fimbriatis. 



HAB. Liu-kiu, secus rivulas crescens, leg. J. MATSUMURA. 



Fig. 57, Sambitsa Oldhami MTJNEO; a,'a sheath of a turion, seen from the outer sur- 

 face ; a', basal portion of the same, seen from the inner side, showing the ligule ; b, 

 a portion of the same, in vertical section, showing the ligule ; c, a portion of the inflores- 

 cence ; d, a glume of a flower ; e, the same, seen from the inner side ; f , a palea of the 

 same flower ; g, the same, seen from the inner side ; h, apical portion of the same, more 

 magnified ; i, cross section of the same valva ; j, a stamen ; a, b, c, natural size ; others x 3. 



