54 



tractis utraque pagine glabris et Isevibus margine glabris Isevibus. Spicre 2-6 



versus apicem caulis subsecunde paniculatim disposita? a se 5-10 mm. remotse 



lineares 5-7 cm. ]ongae 3 mm. latse sessiles rectas ascendentes vel patentee ; 



rhachis spica3 complanata alata cum ala 5-7 cm. longa 2 mm. lata glabra, 



costa utraque pagine elevata. Spiculaa ad paginam inferiorem rhachis 



secunde utroque latere a 



costaB 1 -seriatim dispositas 



contiguaB, pedicellis spiculaa 



e costa oriundis 1-1^ mm. 



longis alatis cum alis \ mm. 



latis plus minus pubescen- 



tibus apice incrassatis 



cum spicula articulatis. 



Spicuke globosaB 2 mm. 



longa? minus quam 2 mm. 



lataa apice obtusas plus 



minus complanatas ; glumas 



3, extima globosa 2 mm. 



longa valde concava mem- 



branacea tenuiter 5-nervia 1 



apice rotundata basi contracta ; glumas interiores globosaa valde concavse 



2 mm. longas margine tenuiter incurve indurata3 nitida3 ; palea oblonga 



1 J mm. longa 1^ mm. lata apice obtusa basi contracta valde concava margine 



interiore incur va basi utroque latere auriculis triangularibus incurvis instructa. 



HAB. Ako, leg. T. S'OMA, Aug. 1914. 



Differs from P. scrobiculatum by the coriaceous shining second and 

 smooth (not pitted) third, glumes. In P. scrobiculatum both first and second 

 glumes are membranaceous and the third glume is sometimes pitted on the 

 margin. 



3. Paspalum distichmn LINN.; MATSUM. et HAYATA Enuni. PL 

 Formos. p. 497. 



4. Paspalum distichum L. var. anpinense HAYATA v. n. (Fig. 27) 

 Spicula3 ovato-oblongaa complanatje glabrae 3J mm. longas 1^ rnm. lafce apice 



Fig. 26, Paspalum akoense HAYATA ; a, a portion 

 of a spike ; b, the same, seen from back ; c, a spikelet; 

 d, the same, seen from side; e, gl. I., f; gl. II.; g, 

 gl. IV.; h, palea ; i, pistil with lodicels. 



