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solitarios alternos simplices sursum decrescentes edentes. Racemi 2— 
4 em. longi, 5—7-articulati, crassiusculi, rufescentes, albo-villosi ; arti- 
culi pedicellique spicula */, v. */, æquantes, lineari-subdilatatz, dorso 
obtuse carinati, carina marginibusque pilis albis rigidulis erecto- 
patulis articulum aequantibus dense eiliati. Spiculæ sessiles 6—7 mm. 
longs, sæpe tricolores (in */, inferiore viridi-et violaceo-variegati, in 
'/, superiore rufescentes), villis albis cinetze ; gluma I“ inferne char- 
tacea, superne rufo-membranacea, apice acutiusculo v. obtusiusculo 
obtuse v. obsolete bidentula et minute ciliolata, carinis glaberrima, 
praeter nervos carinales in */, superiore evanescentes breviter obsole- 
teve 2—3-nervis ; II“ similis, lineari-oblonga, acuta v. obtusiuscula, 
integra, 1-nervis, carina scaberula; IN" lineari-oblonga obtusiuseula, 
enervis, apice ciliolata; IV* quam ll^ '/, brevior, breviter cuspi- 
dato-bidentata, ciliolata ; arista 14—16 mm. longa gracillima ; palea 
glumä suá '/, brevior, lineari-lanceolata, acuta, glabra. Lodicule 
glabre. Styli stigmata sub:zequantes. Spicule pedicellatæ gluma 
I" acutissima v. acutiuseula, in '/, inferiore pilis decrescentibus 
gluma 3-plo brevioribus ciliata, dorso glaberrima; reliqua ut in 
sessilibus. 
India orient. : Nepal (Royle 195) ; Massuri (Hügel in h. Vind.). 
13. E. pallens ; laminis planis ; spiculis oblongis pallidis, pedicel- ` 
latarum gluma I" przter nervos carinales nervulo 1 brevissimo obso- 
leto non anastomosante notata. 
Culmi ultra 0,6 met. alti, superne leviter pubescentes. Vagin® præ- 
ter nodos barbatos glaberrim:e. Ligula rotundata, 2—3 mm. longa, 
membranacea (inferne fusca, superne alba), glabra, pilis stipata. 
Laminz 30—50 em. longe, 2—3,5 mm. latze, glabrze nisi basi barbu- 
late, subtus seaberulze supra læves, margine scabr&. Panicula circ. 
12 em. (v. plus ?) longa, lanceolata, densa, pallens, albo-villosa, rha- 
chi communi glaberrima; rami primarii infimi dimidiam paniculam 
sub:equantes, filiformes, ereeto-patuli, basi nudi glaberrimi, plerum- 
que solitarii, valde ramulosi, ramulis basilaribus 2—3"^, superioribus 
solitariis brevibus a basi spiculiferis. Racemi 2—3 cm. longi usque 
= ]O-artieulati, secundarii superiores decrescentes, crassiuseuli; arti- 
culi pedicellique spicula subduplo breviores, filiformes, dorso convexi, 
marginibus lineaque dorsali pilis mollibus erecto-patulis articulum 
zquantibus laxiuscule ciliati. Spiculz sessiles 5 mm. longe, villis 
involuerantibus niveis '/, breviores; gluma I™ membranacea, apice = 
hyalino parum acutato ciliolato acute bidentula, gii) laxe 
Surre AU Prodromus VI. 
