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saepe brevibus, 2-5 poll, longis. Folia lineari-lanceolata, 6-12 lin. lata, 4-6 



costam riilosa, supra vcl utrinuue scabra 



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3-5-7 vemilis transversis subtus plus minus conspicuis, distantibus. Vagina sulcatum glabrae, apice 

 saepe biauriculatae ct ciliis plus minus longis fimbriate, ciliis caducis demum quasi Himbriatae, infra 

 petiolum membrana eiliata terminatae, ligula conspicuc elongata obtusa. Panicii/a plcrinnque coni- 



racemosa? 



ramulorum dense semiverticillatae, ban bractcis livaliuis membranaceis bractcane, saepis-imc crecte, 



ad| 



Spicn/a 



7-12 lin. longa?, basi flavae, apice coloratae, .'S-fi -florae, rliacbillae articulis longis hirsutis apice fimbriatis. 



Gluma 



rior longior, l)asi 7-9-ncrvis, apice hirsuta. Paha inferior nervis 7-9 conspicuis notata, glum&m 

 superiorem duplo superans, apice vix acuta et hirsutiuscula ; su])erior saepe longior, bimucronata, 

 apice tenui-ciliata, inter carinas bincrvosa. Sqvamula 3, basi subcallosal, perspicue colorato-venosfe, 

 apice ciliatae. Stylus cito bifidus. Ovarium lincari-oblongum, medio 



subtumescens 



In foliage this approaches A. Hooher'unia, and in the structure of the spiculffi A.fal- 

 cata and A. Khasiana ; it is, however, quite distinct from all three, and when in flower 

 is readily distinguished by its generally adpressed and often compound racemes. Dr. 

 Hooker appears to have only once collected the plant in flower, and the specimens I 

 have seen are consequently all from one flowering and one leaf-bearing culm. 



22. A. Hookeriana, Munro. Culmo florente aphyllo, ramulis superioribus subsimpli- 



cibus, inferioribus proliferis, spiculis fere semper sesquifloris, perspicue 3-5-carinatis, 

 interstitiis hirsutis, foliis lineari-lanceolatis, sub 6 lin. latis, venulis transversis subtus 

 vix conspicuis. 



Hab. Sikkim, alt. 4000-6800 ped. s. m., Yoksun !, " Praong " incolis, Hooker, v. s. 



Culmus 12-15-pedalis, gracilis, fistulosus, diametro interdum 5-6 lin., internodiis 2-6 poll, et ultra longis, 



ramulis fioriferis basi bracteatis, supremis (culmi) brevibus 2-3 poll., inferioribus proliferis pedalibus 

 et ultra, nodis hirsutis vcl raro subglabris. Folia (dubia) lineari-lanceolata, 4-6-10 lin. lata, 5-6 poll, 

 longa, glaucescentia, utrinque glabra, vel raro subtus basin versus hirsuta, apice acuminata, basi sub- 

 ito attenuate in petiolum brevem, nervis secundariis 3-4 cum venulis transversis subtus inconspicuis. 

 Vagina striatae, glabrae, apice efimbriatae, ligula elongata conspicua saepe colorata. .Panicuhi basi 

 bracteata, simplex, subfalcata, spiculis 6-10, pedicellis plerumque longis, nmltae ad nodos culmi vel 

 ramulorum dense fasciculatae. Spicula typice sesquiftora, rarissime flosculis duobus pcrfectis, sub 4 lin 

 longa, intra glumas sessilis callo hirsuto, dorso perspicue 1-5-earinata. Gluma pallidas, membranaeese, 

 inconspicue nervosse, inferior 3-5, superior 5-7-nervis, nervo centrali interdum subconspicuo. Palea 

 inferior involvens, crassa, nervo centrali et 2- 1 latcralibus demum nitidis, 3-5-costata, interstitiis liir- 

 sutis; superior aequilonga, apice hirsuta, profunde sulcata, Squamula aequales, oblongae, magnse, 

 basi callosse et colorato-venosse, apice longe ciliatae. Ovarium breve, in stylum cito bifidum attenu- 

 atum. " Fructus longus, eoloratus, oryzae similis, edulis," Hooker. 



In many respects this approaches A.falcata ; but the peculiar angled or ribbed spiculae 

 distinguish it from all other species. These angles often become much polished, whilst 

 the spaces between are hirsute. Unfortunately there are no leaves attached to the 

 flowering specimens ; and my only authority for the foliage are some leaves collected at 

 " Yoksun " in Sikkim, and marked " Praong " by Dr. Hooker. In the * Himalayan 



