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dulæ, patentes, virides, utrinque (superne parcius) pilis brevibus basi 
tubereulatis appressis adspersze, scaberulze, margine inferne undulato 
scaberrim&, costa media basi crassa (3—5-nervi) percurs:e. Racemi 
8—20 in panieulam oblongam circ. 12 em. longam dispositi, ad rhacheos 
communis 6—7 cm. longe 6—7-nodis glaberrimæ nodos inferiores 
2—4"i, ad superiores solitarii, sepe iterum divisi, inferiores breviter 
pedicellati, superiores sessiles, omnes in axillis barbati, 4—6 em. longi, 
crassiusculi, ex pallide viridi et violascenti variegati; articuli spiculam 
sub:zquantes (v. inferiores eam superantes), lineares, erassiusculi, 
subtrigoni, scabri, marginibus a basi ad apicem usque pilis subæqua- 
libus articulo 4—6-plo brevioribus dense ciliati. Spieule sessiles 
4,5—5 mm. longze, lanceolato-oblong&, callo minuto pareissime bre- 
viterque barbulato ; gluma I"* chartacea, obtusiuseula v. acutiuseula, 
bidentata, marginibus late inflexa, carinis superne submarginatis 
sepe dentieulo auctis scaberrime ciliolatis, dorso profunde sulcata, 
seabro-punetata, 6—8-nervis, nervis ad apicem usque productis ; II? 
I æquans, chartacea, ovata, eymbiformis, acuminata v. mucro- 
nata, carina scabra, ceterum lævis, 3-nervis, marginibus inflexis 
hyalinis superne ciliatis; It I^ zequans, oblonga, obtusiuscula, 
membranaceo-hyalina, 3-nervis, marginibus hyalinis superne in- 
flexis ciliata, paleam sequilongam lanceolatam acutam enervem, 
hyalinam eiliolatam fovens. Floris 5 anthere 3 mm. longs. Gluma 
IV: quam II“ '/, brevior, ovali-oblonga, membranaceo-hyalina, ultra 
medium usque in lacinias 2 acutas glabras fissa, inferne 3-nervis, 
aristam emittens 6—7 mm. longam minus gracilem columnä castaneä 
glaberrimá non exsertá subulam paullo pallidiorem tortam :equante. 
Palea glumam IV*":equans, lineari-lanceolata, acuta, hyalina, enervis, 
glabra. Spieule pedieellatze pedicellis articulo '/, brevioribus fulte, 
sessilibus paullo breviores, ceterum eis simillimæ nisi gluma I™ obso- 
lete sulcata, IIT” sine flore et interdum sine palea, IV* brevius aristata, 
florem 5 (nec 8) fovens. 
India orient. : Nepal (Wall. 8807 A.) ; Khasia in reg. trop. (Hook. f. 
et Thoms.). Habitu et characteribus foliorum magis ad Pollinias 
sectionis Leptatheri accedens, spicularum potius ad Ischzema. 
b. Lamin® e basi subangustata lineares. Gluma Ima exsulca, quamvis interdum 
subdepressa. — Perennia. Vaginz teretes, arcte, striatæ, inferiores 
internodia æquantes v. sub , summa cum 
lamina angusta. Laminæ glaucescentes, costa media tenui percursæ. 
a. Vagina inferiores basi glabra. — ^ : 
33. EK. braehyatherum (Fenzl in herb. Vindob.); racemis binis 
