224 MONOCOTYLEDONER. ISCHEMUM, 
flaecidulze, obscure virides, demum rubentes, glabr& v. basi pilis non- 
nulis longis fimbriat:e, etiam ad margines lzeviusculze. Racemi 3—4 cm. 
longi, crassi, pilosi, articuli basi interdum leviter exeisi, ita ut pori sub- 
distincti inter illos et spicule basin relinquantur. Spiculw sessiles 
ovato-lanceolatz,, rufescentes; gluma I“: e basi dilatata sensim acu- 
tata, acutissima, bimucronata, marginibus inferne late inflexis auri- 
eulata et a latere visa ventricosa, nervis 5—7 percurrentibus notata, 
in '/ superiore pilis glumæ apicem attingentibus pilosa, ceterum 
levis; II^» I» parum v. fere dimidio superans, longe acuminata, apice 
bidentulo aristam emittens ipsam sub&quantem, carina supra me- 
dium alata sæpius pilosa, ceterum glaberrima, 3-nervis; IP I” 
subsequans, lanceolata ; IV* quam II“ subduplo brevior, oblonga, gla- 
bra; arista gracilis, 18—20 mm. longa columná e glumis longe 
exsertä quam subula flavida vix torta duplo breviore. Anther& 2 mm. 
longs. Spicule pedicellatze lanceolatæ, rufz, callo longe piloso, 
gluma lI"* basi ventricosa, auriculata, sensim acuminata, 7-nervis, 
superne pilosa; II^ ut in sessilibus spiculis, sed arista gluma 2-plo 
brevior. 
Insula Tanna (Forst. in h. Jaequin nunc Vind.); Maisur et Carna- 
tic in reg. trop. (Hook. f. et Thomson : Spodiopogon nr. 9). 
20. I. aureum ; vaginis superne nodisque glabris; ligula brevis- 
sima truncata ; articulis angulo exteriore pilis rigidis fulvis articulum 
zquantibus ciliatis, interiore brevissime molliterque ciliatis v. glabris. 
— Spodiopogon aureus W. Hook. ! et Arn. Beechy's. Voy. p. 273. 
Culmi ascendentes. Ligula 1 mm. longa, membranacea, glabra. 
Laminz e basi parum angustata lanceolato-lineares, acuminatze, circ. 
4 em. longs, 2,5 mm. late, rigide, glabrze v. (ex Hook.) basi ad 
margines parce pilos®, subtus seaberulz, supra leves. Articuli pedi- 
cellique erassiusculi, basi porum indistinctum exhibentes. Spiculæ 
sessiles anguste lanceolatze, rufescentes ; gluma I™ a '/, inferiore sub- 
oblique acutata, bimueronata, marginibus toto decursu latius inflexa, 
flexuris inferne obtusiusculis ciliatis, parte inflexa non auriculiformi, 
nec gluma a latere visa ventricosa, dorso plana, glabra, inferne lzevi, 
superne scaberula, pr&ter carinas 2—3-nervis; II^ P= zequans, ovato- 
lanceolata, acuminata, ex apice aristam 4 mm. longam patulam exse- 
rens, præter carinam scabram glaberrima, obsolete 3-nervis; M" 
quam P paullo brevior, oblonga, obtusa ; IV: quam II“ '/, brevior, 
ovali-oblonga, glabra; arista 15 mm. longa subulä duplo brevior. 
Anthere 2 mm. longe. Styli stigmatibus plus duplo breviores. Spi- 
