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basi spieuliferis. Racemi suberecti, graciles, saepius 8—10 cm longi, 
densiflori. Articuli pedicellique spieula '/, duplo breviores, apice sub- 
elavati, villis ferrugineis sursum accrescentibus, summis articulo vix 
brevioribus eiliati. Spieulae sessiles 4+—5 mm longae, lineari-oblongae, 
brunnesceentes, ferrugineo-pilosae: gluma I. chartacea, anguste truncata, 
binervis, dorso plana, tota (versus margines longius) pilosa; II. trun- 
cata, 3-nervis, carinata, superne ciliata; III. paullo brevior, lanceo- 
lata, superne ciliata; IV. quam II. duplo brevior, lineari-oblonga, 
ex- fissura apicis bidentati aristam exserens perfeetam 4—7 mm 
longam, eujus columna glabra castanea quam subula basi laxe torta 
pallidiorque paullo brevior est. Raro gluma IV. occurrit mutica. 
Spieulae pedicellatae sessilibus simillimae. 
India or.: Naca Hills ad Piffima 2000’, Khasia Mts. ad 
Nungklas (3000), Shillong ad 4000° leg. C. B: Clarke (40913, 
40209, 44484 et 44536 [forma submutica]). 
Species distinetissima, nulli nisi Z. capensi Nees affinis, sed 
rhachi fragili et pilis aureo-ferrugineis totam paniculam obtegentibus 
bene distineta. A Polliniae speciebus chrysothrieibus differt panicula 
elongata composita. 
4. Pollinia Ridleyi; culmo repente dein ascendente multi- 
nodi, vaginis internodia duplo superantibus glaberrimis (etiam imis), 
racemis digitatis, articulis breviter eiliatis, spieulis spadiceis, gluma 
I. late truncata in spiculis sessilibus 4—6-nervi in pedicellatis 7-nervi, 
eluma III. in spieula sessili brevi, byalina, enervi, in pedicellata spi- 
eulam aequante, 3-nervi; IV. integra v. ad aristae ortum utrinque. 
dentieulo brevi aucta, arista brevi imperfecta. 
Perennis. Culmi basi decumbentes, multinodes, compressi, gla- 
berrimi, simplices. Vaginae laxae, dense imbricatae; ligula brevissima; 
lanıinae e basi aequilata lineares, sensim acutatae, 3—5 cm longae, 
2—3 mm latae, saepe siccitate convolutae, patentissimae, rigidae, 
fere juneiformes, glaberiimae, ecostatae. Racemi 3—6, sessiles, 
rhachi communi subnulla, ereeti, 4—8 em longi, subrobusti spadicei: 
articuli pedicelligue spieulam dimidiam aequantes, lineares, oblique 
secedentes, pilis brunnescentibus breviter ciliati. Spiculae sessiles 
4 mm longae, oblongae, spadiceae: gluma I. chartacea, apice lato 
truncata v. retusa, erosula, ibique breviter ciliata, in dorsi parte 
inferiore dense rufescenti-hirsuta, praeter nervos carinales 2—sub- 
4-nervis, plana; gluma ]I. primam aequans, cuneiformis, subtruncata, 
dentieulata, 3-nervis, superne hirtula; III. spieulä 4-plo brevior, 
hıyalina, oblonga, enervis; IV. spieulä duplo brevior, lineari-oblonga, 
basi hyalina, abrupte abiens in aristam tenuissimam circe. 5 mm 
longam imperfectam vix laxe tortam scabram basi hirtellam. Palea 
0 v. spieula 4-plo brevior. Antherae 2:5 mm longae. Stigmata pur- 
purea ex apice spieulas emergentia. Spieulae pedicellatae sessilibus 
simillimae nisi eluma I. 7-nervis, III. spieulam aequans, obovato- 
oblonga, obtusa, membranacea, tenuissime 3-nervis, dorso rufescenti- 
birtula, rarissime deficiens. 
