GKAMINE2E. 71 



2-2Jcm. longis latere uno fissis glabris, ligulis hyalinis membra naceis 

 erosis brevibus, set is auricularibus 2 mm. longis paucis ; laminis lanceolato- 

 linearibus 6-7 cm. longis 4-5 mm. latis apice acuminatis basi ad 1 mm. 

 contractis utraque glabris margine scaberulis. Panicula terminalis cylindrica 

 9cm. longa 2cm. lata, ramis et ramulis tenuiter pubescentibus vel glabris 

 toto erectis rectis vel plus minus crispis. Spicula3 secus rbachin ramulorum 

 geminatim sita3, aitra sessili altra pedicellata, omnibus basi cum rhachibus 

 vel cum pedicellis articulatis ; spicula basi dense hirsuta supra basin longe 

 barbata, barbis 3mm. longis, lanceolata 5mm. longa; gl. I. 9-nervia 4mm. 

 longa apice rnucronata dorso dense barbata margine hirsuta vel glabra, gl. II. 

 cum. gl. I. conformis sed apice obtusa baud mucronata ; gl. III. cum gl. I. 

 conformis sed 5-nervia minus barbata baud mucronata paleam sterilem gerens, 

 gl. IY. florens lanceolata hyalina 3-nervia 3 mm. longa apice alte 2-lobata 

 inter lobos arista 7 mm. longa basi torta instructa. 



HAB. Musha : Hogo, ad 4000 ped. alt., leg. B. HAYATA, Aprili. 1916. 



Remarkable for the much smaller leaves than those of other species, 

 and much contracted panicles. 



Spodiopogon Sibiricus THIN.; MATSUM. et HAYATA I.e. p. 521. 



The occurrence of this species in the island is very doubtful. 



5. Spodiopogon tainanensis HAYATA in Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) XXI. p. 53. 



6. Spodiopogon Takeoi HAYATA sp. nov. (Fig. 39). Perennis. Ehizoma 

 repens teres 2 mm. in diametro nodosum ad nodos radicans. Caulis distans 

 basi ascendrns sursum erectus 80 cm. longus glaber teres, internodiis 8 cm. 

 longis 1^ mm. in diametro. Folia radicalia (plerumque caduca), caulina 

 distantia, vaginis glabris 7-10 cm. longis latere uno fissis, ligulis 1^ mm. 

 longis 3 mm. latis margine minute ciliolatis truncatis setis auricularibus 

 patentibus crispatis 2-3 mm. longis ; laminis linearibus 10-13 cm. longis 1 cm. 

 latis apice acuminatis basi ad 2 mm. contractis utraque pagine glabris. 

 Panicula terminalis in ambitu pyramidalis, ramis primariis ad nodos rachis 

 secunde fasciculatis rectis plus minus crispatis patentibus glabris sursum 

 ramulosis, ramulis gracillimis crispatis glabris apice plus minus incrassatis 

 cum spicula articulatis ; spiculas ad apicem ramulorum ternatim dispositee, una 

 sessili, duobus pedicellatis. Spicula sessilis dense longe hirsuta 1 -flora ta, 



