148 MONOCOTYLEDONER. ERIANTHUS. 
India orient. : Nepal (Wall. 8849); Himalaya boreali-occident. inter 
1300 et 2000 met. alt. (Hook. f. et Thoms.); Kamaon 1500—2800 met. 
ex Griseb.; Simla (Duthie in h. m.) ; Sikhim 1600—2400 met. et 
Khasia 1600—2000 met. (Hook. f. et Thoms. nomine E. japonici). 
Arista perfecta, inter dentes glume IV** ad YJ, usque bilobæ ezserta. Rhachis racemorum 
P 9 4 Mg 
sepius — — Se i ad apicem usque foliati. Ligula ovata v. rotundata, 
on ; glabra sed pilis stipata. Laminæ e vwd in vaginam sensim 
piile rumes setaceo-acuminatz, elongats, erectæ, rigid», glaucz. Panieula 
elongata, lineari-oblonga, apice subnutans; rami ramulique a: glaberrimi. 
Racem latus ar pen (secundarii superiores Mace x laxiflori. Spienle pilos 
4-pl 1 ma margine anguste inflexa 
(inferne potius involuta), flexuris aperis ORUNI ie plana, præter nervos carinales 
uno utrinque extracarinali manifesto et 1—2 intracarinalibus tenuibus brevibusque 
notata; Ilta late lanceolata, ERA er v. obtusiuscula, earinata, carina 
superne scabra, 3-nervis, inferne laxe pion mar as hyalinis superne ciliolatis ; 
HI Jam gquans, ciliolata; IV quam Iaa !/,—!/, brevior, linearis, acute biloba, 
ciliata, basi trinervis, arıstam 5—7 mm. a Re cujus columna castanea 
glaberrima oligospira intra glumas latens quam subula flava laxe toria scabra 2— 3- 
plo brevior est. Palea quam gluma sua subtriplo T ovata, longe ciliata, Styli 
stigmatibus late Pee subduplo breviores. — Species 2 sequentes valde afines, 
formis interdum fere intermediis conjunetz. 
16. E. Sorghum (Nees! Fl. Afr. aust., p. 92); culmo infra vagi- 
næ nodos barbatulos pubescente, laminis linearibus subtus scaberulis, 
supra nervis valde prominentibus notatis; paniculz laxiusculze rhachi 
seaberula, ramis in axillis barbatis basi non multiradiatis; spiculis 
aliis plerumque sessilibus v. brevissime pedicellatis, lineari-lanceolatis, 
a basi ad ?/, usque appresse denseque pilosis. — Saccharum Sorghum 
Steud. Synops. 1, p. 408. 
Culmi ultra 1,5 met. alti, graciliores. Vaginæ superne appresso- 
hirtæ, ad os fimbriate. Laminæ e basi squilata anguste lineares, 
ultra 30 em. long&, vix 4 mm. late, siccando complicatz v. canalieu- 
late, glabræ, supra læves, margine scabrze, costa media basi crassis- 
sima multinervi munitz, nervis lateralibus primarii utrinque 4—5, 
secundariis inter illos singulis, utrisque simillimis valde . 
prominentibus percurss. Panieula € circ. 35 em. longa, patula, rhachi M 
ramisque præter nodos axillasque harbatos glabris; rami primarii - 
solitarii v. oppositi, infimi '/,—'/, panicula aequantes, basi superiusque 5 
ramulos secundarios solitarios simplices v. rarissime ramulo tertiano 
basilari auctos edentes. Racemi 3—6 cm. longi, rufescentes, canes- 
centi-pilosuli ; rhacheos subfragilis articuli pedicellique spieulam - 
æquantes v. inferiores ea longiores, superiores breviores, lineares, — 
