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204 MONOCOTYLEDONEX. ISCHEMUM. 
In montium Khasia reg. trop. ad 1300 met. alt. (Hook. f. et Thoms.) ; 
Ceylon (Thwaites, 869). 
8, mangaluricum ; culmis erectis robustis; ligula 1,5—2 mm. longa; 
spiculæ sessilis gluma I™ in */, inferiore utrinque 3—4-nodulosa, 
pedicellat® enodi. — I. geniculatum Hochst. in Hohenack. Pl. Ind. 
or. n. 184, vix Roxb. — Vaginæ nodique glabr& ; laminæ mediæ ce. 
15 em. long, 5—6 mm. latz, setaceo-acuminat®, glabre. Racemi 
10 em. longi; artieuli angulo exteriore brevissime parceque ciliati, 
ceterum læviusculi. Gluma I** spiculæ sessilis late oblonga, ad */, 
usque coriacea, nodulis distinetis (nec conjunetis), sub apice altero 
latere late breviterque alata, callo pilis ipso duplo brevioribus cilio- 
lato; IE et HE glabr&; IV* ad */, usque fissa, aristæ columna vix 
exserta. 
Peninsula Ind. or. pr. urbem Mangalur (Hohenáck. n. 184). 
x, fallax; eulmis basi decumbentibus gracilibus; ligula 1—2 mm. 
longa, spieulze sessilis gluma I™ basi utrinque 2—3-nodulosa, spicu- 
læ pedicellatze enodi. — Meoschium monostachyum Wight., Arn. et 
Nees! in Steud. Synops. 1, p. 369; Andropogon monostachyus Steud. 
l. e.; nomen et diagnosis l. c. fallaces, nam specimina authentica 
omnia biracemosa, racemis arctissime sibi appressis; I. geniculatum 
Roxb. Fl. Ind. ed. Carey, 1, p. 322? Androp. geniculatus Steud. 
Synops. 1, p. 376? Culmi 30—50 em. alti; vagin® glaberrimze, nodis 
glabris v. puberulis; laminz superiores interdum basi subcordatz, 
medic; 3—8 em. longe, 5—7 mm. late, acuminat®, glabrz v. pilis 
adspers®, excepto margine leves. Racemi 4—6 cm. longi; articulo 
angulo exteriore ciliati ceterum v. raro omnino glabri; gluma I" spi- 
culz sessilis in "/, superiore inzqualiter alata, ala altera brevi sed 
lata, inde gluma obtusa, dorso scaberula, callo pilis ipsum superanti- 
bus gluma 4-plo brevioribus barbato; II® et IIP eiliolate; IV? ad 
*/,—?|, usque fissa ; ariste columna haud exserta. 
Peninsula Ind. or. (Wight in h. Nees); Jabalpur (Kuntze in h. 
prop.); Ceylon (Wight 2353 in h. Nees, Thwaites 700, ete.); Macassar 
(Wichura in h. ber.). 
8, gibbum. Ut 4, sed spicula pedicellata altero margine (eoque recto) 
binodulosa, articulis omnibus angulis ciliatis, ariste columna. sub- 
exserta. — I. gibbum Trin.! in Mém. Ac. Petersb. ser. 6, vol. 2, 
p. 295, Androp. gibbus Steud. Synops. 1, p. 376. 
Luzon (Chamisso in h. berol.). — Trin. spieulam c? perperam eno- 
dem descripsit. 
Subspec. b. barbatum. Spiculz sessiles saltem inferne villoss, 
pedicellate glabr& v. villosæ. — I. barbatum Retz. Obs. 6, p. 35; 
