Beesha Rheed. — Zoysia Wld. 43 



20. BEESHA FAX Schlt. 



Char. Gen. cf. Endl. Gen. 910. 



Ckar. Spec. cf. Sclilt. Svst. VII. 1335, Rmph. amb. IV. 7. Hsskl. Decad. 

 19. Catal. 107. 2. 



Descrpt. Caulis gracllls strictus 12 — 15 ped. altus, 

 1,0 poU. vlx crassus; intcrnodia glabra vix 12 poll. longa 

 fistulosa ; nodi haud protuberantes, ad basin paullo tenuiores ; 

 raini supra medlum culmi 10 semiverticlllati, verticlllis alter- 

 nantibus patentes, tenues, ramosi ; internodla gracllla glaber- 

 rima ad apicem paullo.timiescentia, vaginls deciduis arcte 

 inclusa, vaginae glabrae apice folligerae; Imgula nuWa i/blia 

 oblongo-lanceolata basi obtusa aut acuta et in petiolum canalicu- 

 latmn dein nigrescentem 0,3 — 0,4 poll. longum attenuata, apice 

 acuminata, 8 — 12 poll. longa, 1,5 poll. lata supra glaberrima, 

 subtus pubescentia, pube dein decidua, ad ramulos plerum- 

 que 8 — 10-na disticha; inflorescentm in ramulis terminalis 

 spicata; spiculae primo bractea lineari convoluta apice trun- 

 cata emarcida sufFuhae, dein hacce decidua liberae, ternae 

 sesslles, oblongo-subulatae, 0,6 poU. longae 4-florae; bracteae 

 2 inferlores ovato-lanceolatae subulatae, rudlmenta contlnentes 

 splcularum haud evokitarum; florum superioruni oblongae 

 acuminatae subcyllndrico-convolutae glabrae nitidae; bracteo- 

 lae collaterales subulatae convolutae, germen arcte clngen- 

 tes ; stamina 6 intra bracteas recondita ; filamenta dein 

 elongata, antherae exsertae; perigonii foliola 3 spathulata 

 apice acuta aut lacera, 1 minus; germen subglobosmii mi- 

 nutum ; stijlus longlor bracteolis connatis invohitus , apice 

 exsorto; stigmata 3 pilosiuscula flexuosa; fructus? — Etsi 

 fructum nondum viderlm non possum non ad Beesham redu- 

 cere nostram ob convenientiam optimam cum Ru^nphii citata 

 descrlptione ! — Nom. simd. : Bdmbu krisik. 



21. ZOYSIA PUNGENS Wld. 



Char. Gen. cf. Msn. Gen. 427, Endl. Gen. 935, Knth. En. I.-471, Sppl. 

 3S1. 818; sed bractea inferior (gluma) margiuibus valdc sibi ad- 

 pressis nec counatis, superior (palea iuferior) tenuissime 7-uerYia, 



