670 MONOCOTYLEDONER. - THEMEDA, 
apice eurvulo insidens, serius a spatha plus minus divergens, 1— . 
fere 2 cm. longus, oblongus, dense imbricatus, pilosus, virescens v. 
sordide rufescens; articuli inter spieulas 8 1 mm. longi, glabri, fili- 
formes, oblique disjungentes. Spiculie involuerantes 5—8 mm. longs : 
gluma I" carinis longe tuberculato-pilifera, superne scabra; IV* 
quam III brevior, lineari-oblonga, obtusiuscula, enervis, glabra; 
antheræ 2—4 mm. longs. Spieule pedicellatze pedicellis glabris iis 
4-plo brevioribus fultze. Spieule 8 cum callo 1 mm. longo postice 
parce albo-barbato (barba callum parum superante) 6—7 mm. longe, 
lineari-lanceolatz, inferne pallide flavescentes, superne livide rufes- 
centes : gluma I™ acuta, integra, marginibus infra apicem angustis- 
sime carinato-implicatis, carinis setuloso-eiliatis, inferius involuta, 
dorso subconvexo v. planiuseulo superne scaberrima, inferne lzvius- 
cula, 5-nervis, nervis infra medium evanescentibus; II^ I” æquans, 
lanceolata, acutissima, 3-nervis, carina superne scabra, marginibus 
hyalinis eiliolata; IV: quam II^ '/,—'/, brevior, linearis, obtusa, 
mutica, enervis, glabra v. ciliolata. Palea 0. Antheræ 2,5—3 mm. 
longze. 
Var. a, hirsuta (Anderss. l. c. p. 249); spiculis involucrantibus toto 
dorso tuberculato-pilosis, pedicellatis eodem modo, sed brevius par- 
ciusque pilosis. 
India or. : Bengalia inf. prope Caleutta (Wall. 8773); Nepal (Royle 
247); Himalaya bor.-oceid. reg. trop. (Hook. f. et Thoms); Afghanis- 
tan (Griff. 6806). 
&. glabrescens (Anderss. |. c.); spieulis involuerantibus carinis 
tantum piliferis, dorso glaberrimis v. superne scabris, pedicellatis 
glabris. Spieule plerumque paulo longiores, magis acutatz. Planta 
intensius glauca, foliis pruinosis. 
Massuri (Hügel in h. Vind.); Afghanistan i in valle Kurram (Aitehis. 
1262). 
B. Spieule 2 gluma Im» callo 1,5 —4 mm. longo acuto penitus Hifo Darbai 
X ánstructa, toto dorso pilis demum aureo-spadiceis d 
dense vestita ; spicularum aidui in quoque : pari altera sessilis 
persistens, altera a pedicellulo maturitatis tempore oblique disjungens. 
8. Th. gigantea. Anthistiria gigantea Cav. Ic. 5, p. 36, ampl. 
Perennis. Innovationes extravaginales. Culmi arundinacei, 2—5 m. 
alti, crassitie digitis minoris, multinodes, teretes v. teretiuseuli, gla- — 
berrimi, estriati, inferne simplices. Vaginz culmeæ teretiuseuhe, ——— 
