172 MONOCOTYLEDONEE. POLLINIA. 
altero margine ciliatze, superne colloque pilosulz v. glabr&. Laminæ 
10—18 cm. longe, 8—12 mm. late, rigidæ, primo pilis brevibus 
appressis utrinque conspersze, demum glabrescentes, basi semper den- 
sius pilosæ. Racemi 2—4, terminalis pedunculo —8 mm. longo pubes- 
cente fultus, 4—8 em. longi, erassiusculi, glabrescentes, sæpe livide 
violaceo-suffusi ; articuli pedicellique spicula '/, breviores, crassi, dorso 
levissimi. Spiculz lineari-oblong&, callo pilis ipsum subzequantibus 
ssepe violascentibus barbato ; gluma I™ eoriaceo-chartacea, obtusa v. 
obtusiuscula, bidentula, carinis hispidula v. aculeolata, dorso glaber- 
rima ; II^ chartacea, acuminata, carina superne scaberrima ; floris c 
antherz 2 mm. longs; IV* in spieulis aristatis quam II^ 4-plo, in 
mutieis paullo brevior, lineari-oblonga, membranacea, in aristatis 
bidentata, arista gracili 10 mm. longa, columnä glaberrimä fuscá 
subulam parum pallidiorem subsuperante, in muticis acuminata, inte- 
- gra v. mucronata, Palea floris 8 late ovalis, obtusiuscula, membra- 
nacea, margine hyalino longe ciliata, enervis ; antherz ut in fl. g; 
stigmata linearia, stylos equantia. Spieul:e pedicellatae cum sessilibus 
ex ungue congruentes ; ubi sessilis aristata, ibi etiam pedicellata, ubi 
illa mutica, et hec arista caret. Spicule aristatz et muticæ vero non 
solum in eodem specimine, sed etiam interdum in eodem racemo mix- 
tæ inveniuntur. 
. Java (Zollinger 2193 in h. DC., Boiss.). — Species inter Pollinias 
et Ischæma omnino intermedia. 
18. P. euenemis (Nees ! ap. Steud. Synops. 1, p. 409); laminis 
e basi valde angustata subpetiolata lineari-lanceolatis ; articulis cras- 
sissimis subpyriformibus marginibus totis pilis ipsis '/,—2-plo brevio- 
ribus dense ciliatis, spiculis sessilibus 4 mm. longis arista quadruplo 
superatis, gluma II? aristata. 
Culmi ultra 50 cm. alti, subgraeiles, glaberrimi, superne breviter 
nudi. Vaginz glabra v. prope os pilosze, scaberul®. Laminze setaceo- 
acuminate 12—15 cm. longs, 1,5—2 cm. late, flaccidæ, utrinque 
- pilis adspers® et praterea seabrz. Racemi circ. 8, 5—6 em. longi, 
erassiusculi, pilosi, e viridi et violascenti variegati; articuli spicula '/, 
breviores, latitudine eam zequantes, dorso valde convexo nitidi. Spi- 
cula sessilis lanceolata, callo breviter barbato ; gluma I™ chartacea, 
‚acutiuscula, minute bidentula, carinis a basi ad apicem usque pilis 
rigidulis (mediis gluma '/,—subduplo brevioribus, reliquis sursum 
. deorsumque decrescentibus) dense ciliatis, dorso scabra ; II“ charta- 
ceo-membranacea, acutiuscula, ex apice bidentato aristam imperfec- . 
