122 MONOCOTYLEDONER. _ SACCHARUM. 
supra medium latiores, brunnez, callo obtuso brevissimo pilis griseis 
- spiculæ dimidium :equantibus v. subzquantibus parcius barbato ; 
gluma I» obtusa, integra, margine anguste inflexa, flexuris superne 
breviter rigidiusque, inferne longius molliusque ciliatis, dorso plano 
v. supra medium leviter impresso glaberrima, nitens, praeter nervos 
carinales et ipsos tenerrimos obsoletissime v. tenuiter 2— (in spieulis 
pedicellatis) 3-nervis ; II“ obtusiuseula v. acutiuscula, carinata, carina 
glaberrima, margine superne ciliata, tenuiter l-nervis; HP P sub- 
squans, ovali-oblonga, obtusa, enervis, superne rigide ciliata ; IV* 
paullisper brevior, ceterum II simillima, nervo subobsoleto per- 
cursa, toto margine longiuseule rigidiusque ciliata; palea glumä IV* 
3—4-plo brevior, ovata, ciliata. Lodieule glabre. Anthere 1,5 mm. 
long&. Styli stigmata æquantes. 
India or. (Wall. 8855 D, F); Bengalia (ex Roxb.), Serampur (Voigt 
in h. Havn.), montium Khasia reg. trop. (Hook. f. et Thoms.).— Wall. 
8855 F -= Eriochrysis attenuata Nees ne varietatis quidem nomine 
distingui potest. 
Subgen. 3. Errocarysıs Hack. in Mart. et Eichl. Fl. bras. 2, pars 3, 
p. 253. — Eriochrysis [genus] Beauv. Agrost., p. 8. 
Racemorum rhachis fragilis. Spieule ad quemvis rhacheos nodum 
binz, altera sessilis eum articulo aceumbente demum decidens, 8, 
major, altera pedicellata, a pedicello demum soluta, Q, minor. — 
Gramina sepe humiliora, pleraque neogæa (1 austro-africanum), 
panicula sæpius angusta, conferta, plerumque fulvo-v. aureo-sericea 
insignia. Culmi fistulosi, ereeti, teretiusculi, glaberrimi, estriati, 
simplices. Innovationes extravaginales. Vaginæ costat®, internodiis 
breviores, summa subinflata, imæ dense aggregate, fusco-stramineo- 
nitentes. Lamin:z vernatione eonvolutz, adulte plane v. subcon- 
volute, folii summi abbreviata v. rudimentaria, rigidule, sube- 
reetze, virides. Panieulz rhachis communis przeter nodos barbulatos 
glaberrima. Raeemorum articuli crassiusculi, lineari-subelavati v. 
apice annulato-inerassati. Spicule callo brevissimo barbatze. Gluma 
P^ chartacea v. coriacea, marginibus angustissime inflexa, flexu- 
ris ciliatis, dorso glabra; IP I" sub-equans, hyalina, enervis, 
apice ciliata. Spieule pedicellat@ staminibus effeetis minutissimis 
munite. — Subgenus naturalissimum, generis dignitati proce 
accedens. 
