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cum vaginis 40 cm. longa erecta, vaginis 8-9 cm. longis dense hirsuto-barbatis 



pilis patentibus latere uno fissis, ligulis e pilis fasciculatis constitatis 1 mm. 



longis, laminis linearibus 30 cm. longis 4-5 mm. latis apice acuminatis basi 



gradatim ad 2 mm. attenuates hand contractis utraque pagine villoso-barbatis 



demum subglabratis margine scaberu- 



lis ciliatis. Panicula laxissime 



spiculifera 20 cm. longa 10 cm. lata 



remotissime ram'osa, ramis a se 8 cm. 



remotis rectis ascendentibus, ramulis 



sursum plus minus crispatis rectis 



ascendentibus remotissime spiculi- 



feris. Spiculte cum pedicellis 2-3 mm. 



longis louge hirsutis articulate ; gl. 



I. brevior oblonga 2mm. longa apice 



acuta vel obtusa sub-trinervia basi 



spiculam amplectans glabra ; gl. II. 



ovata 



lona lonior labra 



Fig. 33, Panicum suishaense HAYATA; 

 a, a spikelet ; b, gl. I.; c, gl. IF.; d, gl. III.; 

 e, palea of the gl. III.; f, g, gl. IV. seen 

 from different sides ; h, palea ; i, j, caryopsis, 

 seen from different sides. 



7-nervia apice acuta, gl. III. 9- 

 nervia 3| mm. longa glabra paleam 

 sterilem fovens ; gl. IV. Crustacea 

 nitida oblonga 1\ mm. longa apice obtusa pallido-flava margine interiore 

 plicata ; palea Crustacea nitida cum gl. IV. conformis. Caryopsis ellipsoidea 

 2 mm. longa \\ mm. lata apice obtusa complanata. 

 HAB. Suisha, leg. B. HAYATA, Aug. 1912. 



3. Panicum decomposition R. BK.; MATSUM. et HAYATA Enum. PI. 

 Formos. p. 504. 



HAB. Takaw. The specimen before us is very probably the same plant re- 

 corded from Formosa under P. decomposition by RENDLE. This is perhaps a mere 

 form of P. proliferum. So far, we have never seen P. decompositum in the island. 



4. Panicum proliferum LAM.; MATSUM. et HAYATA Enum. PI. Formos. 

 p. 504. 



P. paludosum ROXB. 



5. Panicum repens LINN.; MATSUM. et HAYATA Enum. PL Formos. p. 505. 



