80 (04 OMONOCOTYLEDONEGE. DIMELIA , 
margine pilis longiuseulis parce ciliata; II^ I^ superans, coriaceo- 
chartacea, margine membranacea, acuta, carina et juxta eam hispi- 
dula superne pilis longis rigidulis obsita; III" quam I’ paullo brevior, 
linearis, obtusa, ciliata, in primæ sinu ita arcte recepta ut facile 
prtervideatur; IV‘ quam II^ paullo brevior, lanceolata, glabra, 
breviter acuteque bidentula; arista gracillima 9—10 mm. longa 
columná atrofuscá scabrá e glumis longe exsertá quam subula pallida 
basi laxe torta paullo breviori. Anthere 2 mm. longs. Stigmata 
. 1-2 mm longa. 
In Indi: orientalis territorio Canara prope Mangalur in oxyzetis. 
(Hohenack. 231 5.) 
b. Rhachis anguste v. latiuscule tæniæformis, 0,5— ultra 1 mm. lata, glumam 
Ildam latitudine æquans v. superans, internodiis spicula duplo v. plus 
duplo brevioribus. — Racemi subsessiles vel alter breviter pedicel- 
latus, anthesi patuli, post anthesin ssepius ope callo quodam racemi 
basi insito subdivergentes, rhachi depresso-trigona dorso plana facie 
carinata v. convexula, margine acuta; pedicelli circ. 0,5 mm. longi, 
subelavati. Gluma Im secus carinam coriaceo-chartacea, versus mar- 
gines sepius membranacea, anthesi patentissima. Vaginæ internodiis 
breviores. — (Spec. 4—9.) 
a, Racemi gracillimi ; spieule 2— 2mm. longe; gluma III* quam I* 3-plo brevior, inter- 
dum subobsoleta. 
4. D. ornithopoda (Trin.! Fund. agrost., p. 167, tab. 14). 
Andropogon filiformis Roxb. Fl. ind. ed. Carey 1, p. 256. A. Roxbur- 
ghianus Schult. Mant. 2, p. 451. Dimeria diandra Griff. Notulz, p. 71? 
Ie. Pl. as. tab. 157 f. 2? (Syn. alia vide apud varr.). 
Culmi graeillimi, subeompressi. Vaginze subcompresss carinatze, 
superne pilis basi tubereulatis adspers® vel glabr&, nodis barbatulis. 
Ligula brevis (ce. 1 mm. longa) truncata, Bibuhy diis, glabra. Laminz 
e basi æquilata in vaginam sensim decurrente angust ,Setaceo- 
acuminate, 2—7 em. longs, 1—2 mm. late,  flaecidulae, glabrie y. 
utrinque pilis mollibus e tubereulis ortis plus minus dense obsitze, 
margine superne scabræ, nervis lateralibus primariis utrinque 1—2, 
secundariisque inter primarios singulis — ternis non prominulis per- 
cursæ. Racemi bini v. raro (in var. a) terni erecto-patuli demum 
patentissimi 2—4 cm. longi, glabriusculi, fuscescendo -rufescentes, 
rhachi subundulata vix 0,5 mm. lata glabra, dorso lxvi enervi, mar- 
gine scabra, facie carinata carina glaberrima, internodiis subzequa- 
libus ce. 1,2—1,5 mm. longis spieulis (eum pedicellis) duplo v. rarius — — 
'/, tantum brevioribus, pedicelli minuti 0,3 mm. longi apice exeisi gla- 
