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pilis aliquot adspersa, dorso scaberrima; II“ lineari-lanceolata apice 
breviter aeuminato margineque hyalina-membranacea, prseter cari- 
mam glabra, scaberula ; IV* quam I“ '/, brevior, lineari-oblonga, 
breviter obtuseque biloba, glabra; arista 8—16 mm. longa, columná 
secus spiras scaberulä quam subula subviolacea laxe torta seaberrima 
2—4-plo breviore. Anthere 2—5 mm. longs; stigmata 1,5 mm. 
longa fusco-purpurea. 
z, genuina. Culmi simplices. Vaginæ superne, laminze sepius utrin- 
que plus minus hirsutz. Spieule 5—6 mm. longæ. Gluma II? cariná 
infra apicem breviter scarioso-marginatá ciliata. 
In Nepalia (Wall. 8841), East Bengal (Griff. 6796 ex p.), in mon- 
tibus Khasia inter 1000 et 1300 metra alt. legg. Hook. et Thoms. 
(sub ornithopodz nom. ). 
ß, zeylanica. Culmi basi ramosi. Folia glaberrima v. lamin® basi 
pilis aliquot longis eiliate. Spieule 6—7 mm. long®. Gluma II? 
cariná toto decursu latiuscule alatá glabra v. pilis paucis adspersa. 
Ceylon, Dimbala in prov. centrali l. Trimen (in h. m.). 
8. D. falcata ; culmis 7—9-nodibus, racemis divaricatis faleatis 
(saltem in sicco), rhachi undulata margine scabra, glumis I” et 
II* acutis. — D. fuscescens Benth. Fl. Hongk.? p. 419 non Trin. 
Culmi 40—50 em.alti, graeillimi, superne brevius nudi, ex omnibus 
prater ultimum nodis florifero-ramosi, ramis erectis, subfastigiatis, 
filiformibus, simplicibus. Vaginæ breviter hirsutze nodis stellato-bar- 
batis. Laminz e basi subaquilata a vagina bene distincta lineares, 
setaceo-acuminatz, 6—10 mm. longæ, 2—3 mm. latæ, flaecidulze, utrin- 
que hirsutze, margine scabrz, nervis primariis utrinque 2—3 interjectis 
singulis seeundariis, nullis prominentibus, percursæ. Racemi bini, 
subsessiles, 3—5 em. longi, graciles, densiflori, livide violascentes, 
pilosuli; rhachis vix ultra 0,6 mm. lata undulata dorso plano costula 
obtusa pilosula notata, facie acute carinata glabra, margine scabra, 
internodiis subzequalibus 1,5—2 mm. longis ; pedicelli 0,5 mm. longi, 
breviter ciliati. Spieule 4 mm. long& callo barbula 0,6 mm. longo 
cincto, rufescentes v. subviolascentes. Gluma I"* chartacea, margine 
membranacea, carina rigide ciliata, margine glabra v. ciliata, late- 
ribus scabra; II“ lanceolata acutiuscula, earinà non marginata, 
ibique et juxta carinam pilosa, margine glabra; IV* quam I 
'/, brevior, lanceolata, breviter acuteque bidentata, glabra v. cilio- 
lata; arista 7 mm. longa columná glaberrimá e glumis exsertä quam 
subula albida laxissime torta plus duplo breviore. Antherz 2mm. 
longa. 
