144 MONOCOTYLEDONEÆ. ERIANTHUS. 
v. oppositi a basi ramulosi, ramulis secundariis solitariis v. binis, alter- 
nis, simplicibus v. raro tertiano auctis. Racemi 4—6 em. longi, 8—14- 
articulati, crassiusculi, pallide brunnescentes, gilvo-villosi; articuli 
pedicellique spiculæ ?/, æquantes, lineari-filiformes, subtrigoni, carina 
marginibusque pilis rigidulis gilvis, longioribus articulo fere duplo 
longioribus dense ciliati. Spiculæ sessiles lanceolatæ, 6 mm. longæ, 
in */, inferiore brunnescentes, superius pallentes, villis involueranti- 
bus gilvis breviores; gluma I™ marginibus laxe inflexa, flexuris gla- 
berrimis, marginibus ipsis ciliata, prseter nervos carinales pereurren- 
tes nervis 2 intracarinalibus brevibus anastomosantibus percursa ; 
II“ lanceolata, acutiuscula, integra, 3-nervis, carina lovis; III: late 
lanceolato-oblonga, acuta; IV* in '/,—'/, superiore acute biloba; 
arista 20—23 mm. longa (spiculam 3— sub-4-plo superans). Palea 
gluma 2—3-plo brevior, linearis, obtusiuscula, ciliata. Antherz 
3,5 mm. long&. Styli stigmatibus 3-plo breviores. Spiculæ pedicellatze 
ut sessiles nisi gluma I"* 6—8-nervis, nervis valde anastomosantibus 
per paria approximatis, duobus tuntum percurrentibus, in ?/, infe- 
riore dorsi marginumque pilis gluma longioribus dense villosa, II 
dorso pilosa. 
India orient. : Silhet (Wallich 8846). 
oo Laminz anguste v. angustissime lineares, 1—4& mm. latæ. — Culmi graciliores, superne breviter x non 
— min e basi ge v. gom anges stata a p rum distincta anguste lineares, longe 
taceo-acuminalæ, rigidæ, æ, glaucæ, costa media inferne fere totam res occupamn: 
Subtus nce aee. Fins. isierahius arten aive dt paucis (2—4), secundariisque inter 
ege e su -— ami e — d med mis percurse. Spicule pus involu- 
i d riesen e; Sessiium gluma l** » 
anguste hifexs. flexuris Sas marges v peo E ‚ala, re glaberrima dorte 
Ue dorso glabra ; II P” zquans v -oblonga er ee 
pedicellatz æ gluma l"* marginibus re Wilosà 
12. E. versicolor (Nees! ap. Steud. Synops. 1, p. 409) ; laminis 
planis, spieulis lineari-lanceolatis superne rufescentibus, pedicellata- 
rum gluma I^ prster nervos carinales manifeste 3-nervi, nervis 
superne anastomosantibus. — Saccharum versicolor Steud. 1. c. 
Culmi ultra 1 met. alti, plurinodes, infra nodos laxe pubescentes et 
pruinosi, superne glaberrimi. Vaginze ore parce pilosze v. glaberrimæ, 
nodis minute puberulis. Ligula late ovata, obtusa, 2—3 mm. longa, 
albo-membranacea, glabra, pilis stipata. Laminze 20—40 em. long, 
3—4 mm. late, summa brevis, subulata, excepta basi barbulata gla- 
br&, margine scaberrim&, ceterum lzeves. Panicula 20—25 em. longa, 
lanceolata, stricta, densa, rhachi ramisque (przeter axillas barbulatas) 
glaberrimis; rami sæpius oppositi, primarii infimi 7—8 em. longi, basi 
breviter nudi, ramulos seeundarios basilares et superiores plerumque 
