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costis 3 crassis elevatis scabris notata, inter costas depressa et 
punctieulato-scabra; II“ 1-nervis, marginibus non implicata sed s 
incrassata, glabra ; III: 0. Antherze 1,5 mm. long&. Spiculæ pedicel- 
lat. superiores pedicellis 3,5 mm. longis subcapillaribus glabris - 
fultæ, involuerantibus '/, breviores, angustioresque, lineari-lanceola- 
tæ, acutze, biglumes, glabrze, ecostatze, neutrze v. staminibus hebetatis 
instruet&. Spieula 8 subsessilis, 5,5—6 mm. longa, e basi lanceo- 
lata acuminata : gluma I"* chartaceo-membranacea, basi ovato- 
lanceolata, prope medium in rostrum lineare apice profunde 
emarginatum mucronato-bidentatum contracta, marginibus latiuscule 
implicata, carinis inferne breviter, superne longe parceque ciliatis, 
dorso glabra, rostro 4-nervi, inferne enervis; II? e basi ovato- 
lanceolata longe setaceo-acuminata, marginibus late involutis, glabra, 
l-nervis; IV** arista 16—20 mm. longa, gracilis, columna subulam 
xquante. 
India or. (Wall. 8767 A); Peninsula (Wight. 2335); ad Appiahpilly 
in h. m.). — Species distinctissima. 
5. I. Mitchellii (Anderss. l. c p. 252); panicula parva, inter- 
rupta, apice densa, e racemis fasciculatim conglobatis formata ; 
spicula 9 ex involuerantibus eminente. — Anthistiria membranacea 
Lindl. in Mitch. Trop. Austr. p. 88, Benth. Fl. Austral. 7, p. 543. 
Culmi 30—60 cm. alti, suberecti. Vagine arctæ, glaberrimz, id 
tloriferæ valde dilatate et compressz, subcoriacez, pallidæ, striatze, 
leves. Ligula 1 mm. longa, ciliolata. Laminz 5—12 em. longs, 
2—4 mm. late, acutz, glaucæ, rigidæ, preter margines scabros ` 
glaberrims. Panicula 10—15 em. longa, erecta, angusta, ramis soli- 
tariis v. binis brevibus, primariis plurinodibus secundarios distichos e 
vagina non exsertos gignentibus. Spathze propric lanceolato-elliptiez, 
obtusiuscule, 10—12 mm. longs, glabrz, carina scabr&, præter 
margines scariosos herbacez, racemum porrectum spathæ parallelum 
 Superantes. Peduneulus spatha 6—8-plo brevior, filiformis, rectus, 
‚in ditione Cuddapah (leg? ; vid. in h. Nees.); pr. Scholapur (d"Stead js 
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glaberrimus. Spieule involuerantes pedicellis filiformibus breviter 
ciliatis quam ipsæ triplo brevioribus fultæ, 3—4 mm. longze, lanceo- 
latæ, obtusi lee, flavescenti-virides v. rufo-brunnescentes (in specim. 
meo plus minus abortivz) : gluma I™ ex Anderss. costis 3—5 pallidis — 
percursa. Spiculæ pedicellat® superiores 5 mm. longe, lineari-lanceo- — 
late. Spicula 9 artieulo 1 mm. longo fulta, 6 mm. longa, e basi * 
lanceolata acuminata : gluma I™ membranacea, a '/, inferiore sensim — 
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