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GRAMINE.E. 



Panicles very spreading ..................................... 11. P. acroanthum. 



1. Panicum barbipedum HAYATA sp. nov. (Fig. 32). Perenuis, 

 Rhizoma repens. Caulis basi procumbens ad nodos radicans, internodiis in- 

 ferioribus 1-| cm. longis, sursum erectus, partibus erectis 15-20 cm. longis, toto 

 slaber sed ad nodos sericeo-liirsutus toto longitudine foliatus. Folia tota 



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caulina, vaginis 2icm. longis glabris complanatis latere uno fissis margine 

 uno ciliatis, ligulis e pilis rectis fasciculatis constitutis 1 mm. longis ; laminis 

 lanceolatis 4 ^ cm. longis 7 mm. latis apice acurninatis basi cordatis ad 3 mm. 



contractis margine scaberulis prope basin patento- 

 ciliatis utraque pagine glabris. Panicula termi- 

 nalis, ram is et ramulis scabris minute hirsutis. 

 Spiculre pedicellataa secus rhachin geminatim insi- 

 ta>, altra longe altra breve pedicellata, pedicellis 

 ^-1 mm. longis apice barbis 1-2 instructis scabris, 

 barbis 1-2 mm. longis ascendentibus ; spiculae 

 cum pedicellis articulate oblongae plus minus corn- 

 P lanato3 H- longro 1mm. late apice acutas ; 



Fig. 32, Panicum bar- 

 Upedum HAYATA; a, a spike- gluma) 4, extima minima hyalina oblique 

 let; b, gl. I.; c, gl. IV.; d, 

 section of the same ; e, a palea; CUpullformiS | mm. longa, gl. II. oblonga If mm. 



f, the same, seen from within. i , -i > 



ionga apice acuta basi plus minus contracta apice 



apiculata 7-nervia glabra, gl. III. subasqualis apice apiculata 3-nervia paleam 

 hyalinam oblongam obtusam fovens, gl. IV. ovata limm. longa f mm. lata apice 

 apiculata dorso minute elevato-tessellata margine interiore incurva indurata 

 paleam fertilem fovens, palea oblonga 1 ^ mm. longa | mm. lata apice obtusa 

 margine carinata nitida dorso plana minute tessellata margine tenuior hyalina 

 basi leviter auricula ta. Stamina 3. 



HAB. Taito. 



Near P. repens, but differs from it in having long barbate pedicels and 

 much smaller leaves and panicles. Remarkable for the very small enerved 

 first glume. 



2. Panicum suishaense HAYATA sp. nov. (Fig. 33). Perennis. Rhizoma 

 suberectum breve ; caules ceespitosi cum paniculis 80 cm. alti laxe hirsuti vel 

 subglabri gracilliini teretes rnedio in diametro. Folia plerumque radicalia 



