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GRAMINE.E. 



flore hermaphrodite, glurais 4; gl. I. oblonga 3 mm. longa 1mm. lata 



apice obtiisa basi plus minus contracta concava dorso longe hirsute, pilis 



circ. 2 mm. longis dorso prominente 7-nervia apice obtusa ; gl. II. oblonga 3 



mm. longa apice obtusa dorso longe hirsuta 



versus marginem glabra membranacea 5-nervia, 



nervis prominentibus ; gl. III. hyalina teuuis- 



sima 3 mm. louga apice obtusa margine 



apiceque hirsuta cseterum glabra paleam 



linearem amplectans ; gl. IV. linearis 3 mm. 



longa apice alte 2-lobata, lobis 1^ mm. longis 



acuminatis ad centrum arista 7 mm. longa 



basi torta instructa hyalina ; palea oblonga 



2 mm. longa 1 mm. lata hyalina apice hirsuta. 



Stamina 3. Styli 2, a medio sursum plumosi ; 



spiculse pedicellate, pedicellis longe hirsutis 



2 mm. longis, pilis 2mm. longis; gimme 4 



uteas floris Bpiculae sessilis. 



HAB. Nanto : Shijo, leg. T.Iro, Oct. 1916. 



Near S. tainanensis HAYATA, but differs 

 from it in the smaller spikelets and in the less 

 patent panicles. 



Fig. 39, Spodiopogon Takevi 

 HAYATA. a, a pedicellate spikelet ; 

 b, a gl. I.; c, gl. II.; d, gl. III.; e, 

 gl. IV.; f. stamens; g, a pistil. 



XXIX. Pollinia. 



Key to the species. 



1. Spikelets with geniculate stalks above the articulation of pedicels. 



2 



Spikelets without stalks above the articulation of pedicels 3 



2. Spikes 8-10-fasciculate, spikelets densely arranged... 1 P. geniculata. 

 Spikes 3-4-fasciculate, spikelets loosely arranged.... 2. P. Fauriei. 



3. Spikelets awnless 3. P. tmberbis var. Wildenowiana. 



Spikelets awned 4 



4. Glume II. and IV. awned. 4. P.formosana=P. monantha vdr.formosana. 

 Glume II. awnless. gl. IV. uwned. . 5 



