154 MONOCOTYLEDONEJE. _ POLLINIA, 
—!/, brevior, membranacea, 1-nervis, aristæ columna superne subfle- 
xuosa subulam scabram rectam æquans v. '/, superans. Antherae 
0,5—0,7 mm. long&. Stigmata brevia. 
Subspec. a. tenax. Racemi rhachis tenax, articulis (etsi bene dis- 
tinetis), non disjungentibus spiculam »quantibus, altero margine pilis 
inferne brevissimis superne articulo duplo brevioribus laxe ciliatis. 
Spiculæ omnes pedicellatze, pedicellis aliis rhacheos articulum zequan- 
tibus, aliis eo plus duplo brevioribus, utrisque pilis albis acerescenti- 
bus summis quam pedicellus longior '/, brevioribus utrinque densius- 
cule ciliatis. Laminæ glabra. 
a genuina. Culmi 20—50 cm. alti; lamine 10—20 cm. long, 
1—2 mm. late. Racemi 3— plures, 4—6 cm. longi. Gluma I" flexuris 
ab '/, inferiori fere ad apicem usque pilis brevibus (gluma plus 4- 
plo brevioribus) subzequalibus ciliata, dorso depressa; II“ aristam 
10—12”= longam (spicula 5—6-plo longiorem) basi subgeniculatam 
exserens, juxta carinze partem superiorem utrinque serie pilorum bre- 
vium notata; arista glumæ IV** 50—52 mm. longa (spicula 20° lon- 
gior). — P. articulata Trin. s. str.; Pogonatherum eontortum Brogn. 
Voy. Coqu. Bot., p. 90, t. 17; Erianthus articulatus F. Mueller, 
Fragm. Phytogr. 8, p. 118. 
In ins. Buru Moluceorum (ex Brogn.). Ad. Port Darwin, Australiz 
septentrionalis (Schultz, 146). 
B pedicellata. Culmi cire. 1 met. alti; lamine 20—30 cm. long, 
3—4 mm. latz. Racemi cire. 12", usque 8 cm. longi. Gluma I™ ut 
in æ, sed paullo longius ciliata; II? aristulam 4—5 mm. longam 
exserens, juxta carinam pilosa; arista glumæ IV** 20—22 mm 
longa (spicula 10** longior). (Eulalia coneinna var. ap. Nees in Steud. 
Synops. 1, p. 412.) 
In Birma prope Tong-Dong (Wall. 8814); in Bengalia p. Silligori 
(Kuntze in h. prop.). 
. y minor Benth. Fl. austr. 7, p. 525. « Racemi 2—4*, vix 3 em. 
longi. » Queensland (ex Benth.) (n. v.). 
Subsp. b. fragilis. Racemi rhachis demum articulatim disjungens, 
articulis pedicellisque spicula '/; brevioribus lineari-subdilatatis, cras- 
siusculis, dorso glaberrimis, marginibus pilis albis acerescentibus 
summis articulum quantibus v. eo '/, brevioribus densiuscule ciliatis. 
Spicula altera sessilis, altera pedicellata, hee densius pilosa. 
4 setifolia. Culmi 30—70 em. alti. Laminze glabrze. Racemi 3—20"', 
2—4 em. longi; glumæ I“ caring in ’/,—?/, superiore pilis parcis 
consperse ; II^ aristam gluma 2—3-plo longiorem emittens. Arista 
