262 MONOCOTYLEDONEX. EREMOCHLOA., 
rhacheos rect: articuli spicula '/, breviores, erassiusculi, glaberrimi v. 
ima basi minute puberuli. Spiculz 4 mm. longæ, virescentes v. sub- 
violaceo-suffus& ; gluma I?* chartacea, demtis alis late ovalis acutius- 
cula, cum alis albo-v. violascenti-membranaceis nervosis erosulis 
truncato-emarginata, dorso glaberrima. Pedicelli steriles lineares v. 
lineari-oblongi, margine scabri v. basi eiliati, dorso multinerves, 
spieulam superantes. Spicula summa non mutilata cum 2 pedicellis 
glumiformibus zequalibus. 
China prope Macao, Whampoa, Hongkong et in insulis quibusdam 
fluvii Canton River (Hance 1249, alii). 
2, E. muricata ; foliis glaberrimis ; ligula brevissima, truncata; 
racemo recto v. rectiusculo; spicule subquadrato-oblong® rhachi 
arcte appresse gluma I"* plana, in '/, superiore utrinque ala late 
cuneata munita inde truncato-emarginata, a basi ad alas usque spinis 
erassiusculis glum& latitudine '/,—duplo brevioribus apice antrorsum 
eurvatis basi confluentibus pectinata, callo glabro. — Aegilops muri- 
cata Retz. Obs. 2, p. 27; Rottboellia muricata ejusd. l. e. 3, p. 12; 
Ischemum pectinatum Trin. in Mém. Ac. Petersb. ser. 6, vol. 2, 
p. 296 ; Benth. Fl. Austral. 7, p. 521 ; Andropogon pectinatus Steud. 
Synops. 1, p. 369. — Ic. (anonyma) in Griff. Ic. Pl. Asiat. t. 158 bona, 
sed cum figuris analytieis graminis alieni Cynanchique speciei mixta. 
Innovationes extravaginales. Culmi ascendentes v. erecti, 20—45 em. 
alti, graciles, plerumque binodes, nodo superiore circ. in medio culmo 
sito, inferiore basi proximo, ex hoc sæpius ramos solitarios usque 
ternos elongatos subfastigiatos graciles simplices agentes, raro sim- 
plices, obtusanguli, elevato-striati, glaberrimi, superne longe nudi, 
leviter elavati. Vagine im: emortu® ad basin culmi sspe densius 
aggregatze et patulz, reliquze arctze, summa subinflata, nodis glabris. 
3—10 cm. longs, 2—5 mm. latz, patentissimze, viridule. 
Racemus crassiusculus, 7—10 em. longus, e viridi et livide violaceo 
subvariegatus ; rhacheos undulatze articuli spicula '/, breviores, crassi, 
eurvuli, glaberrimi. Spicule 5—6 mm. longs; gluma I** coriaceo- 
chartacea, demtis alis chartaceis albis v. violascentibus viridi-nervosis 
elliptica breviter abrupteque acuminata, propter alas latissime trun- 
cata emarginata, dorso glaberrima. Pedicelli steriles spiculam 
sequantes, e basi angusta lanceolati, acuti v. acuminati, dorso nervosi, 
glaberrimi. Spicula summa hebetata. 
Peninsula Indiz orient. (Wight 1717); pr. Alumparva et Sadras ad — 
aquas (Wall. 8867); Ceylon (Thwait. 3848); Australia tropica, - 
