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tus sitis intus vergentibus densius v. laxius vestita, raro excepta basi 
semper ciliata glabrescens, dorso depresso scabra; II^ chartacea, 
apice hyalino acuta, carina glabra, levis, nitens; II hyalina ; 
IV* quam I“ subduplo brevior, late cuneato-oblonga, aristam 
17—20 mm. (in spieulis pedicellatis 14 mm.) longam emittens, eujus 
columna brunnea indistincte flexuosa secus spiras pilis albis minutissi- 
mis ciliolata quam subula flava basi laxe torta '/, brevior est. Lodicu- 
læ parce piliferze. Antherze 3 mm. longæ. Styli stigmatibus lanceola- 
tis atro-purpureis 2,5 mm. longis paullo breviores. 
China : in montosis prope Canton (Sampson in h. m.); Macao et in 
insulis adjacentibus (Vachell), Cap Syng Moon (Meyen in h. ber.). 
Ind. or. Nepal (Wall. 8808, forma foliis subtus pubescentibus propter 
speeiminis paucitatem subdubia), Sikhim pr. Rinchingpong (Ander- 
son 1365). 
Obs. Quæ el. Nees l. e. de tomento ferrugineo culmi basin vestiente 
dieit, certe non ad hane speciem sed ad P. speciosam in herb. suo 
huie intermixtam pertinent. 
** Spieule bicolores. Nervi intracarinales prope glums medium evanescentes non anasto- 
mosantes. (n. 6—8.) 
t Arist o: esr zquans. — Culmi vta racemos pubescentes. ses ui 2 latiuseule trun- 
catu emarginata, margine acute inflexa, fexuris pilis a basi ad mediu enlibus dein decres- 
sinam misi dense venido Ir , -nervis, marginibus ANATS hyalinis ciliata; 
HE be zquans, late oblong: aiat, inferne mem rana cea et colorata, superne hyalina, 2-nervis, 
marginibus S Ham ea; av y uam II* 1/4—1/3 brevior, Fer hyalina nisi ad aristæ ortum 
membranacea, i superio a, basi 3-nervis; arista ee badia secus spiras minulissime 
scabro-ciliata, hls ^is [en laxe v. non tortam equa 
6. P. speciosa ; gluma I": dorso leviter depressa nee sulcata. — 
Erianthus speciosus Debeaux in Aet. Soc. Linn. Bordeaux, 32 (1878), 
Innovationes intravaginales. Culmi 80—120 em. alti, subgraciles, 
plurinodes, superne breviter nudi, striati. Vagin: teretes, arct®, 
glaberrim:z v. superne pubescentes, nodis puberulis, infimæ aggre- 
gatæ, longæ, basi dilatata fulvo-tomentosa culmi basin tumeficantes, 
demum fibroso-dilabentes, internodiis longiores, superiores iis brevio- 
res. Ligula brevissima, truncata, rufo-membranacea, glabra v. 
minute ciliolata. Laminæ e basi æquilata a vagina parum distincta 
lineares, sensim setaceo-acuminatæ, 30—50 cm. longe, 4—7 mm. - 
late, planze, rigidze, erectæ, subtus virides glaberrime, supra riae a 
cescentes, basi pilosæ, margine scaberulæ, costa media tenui l-nervi - 
supra anguste albolineata munitze, nervis lateralibus primariis utrin- - 
