No. 27. 
EPICAMPES MACROURA Bentham. 
Rootstock ascending, thick. Roots strong, little branched. 
Culms tufted, erect, 24 to 34 feet high, glabrous, simple. 
Leaves of the root several; sheaths mostly loose above and involute, 6 to 9 inches 
long, glabrous ; blade inserted on the back of the sheath, erect, commonly 1 foot 
long, glabrous, usually involute; ligule 3 to 6 lines long, lanceolate, coriaceous 
below, membranaceous above and on the margins, broader than the blade, appear- 
ing as a direct continuation of the sheath. Leaves of the stem 2 to 3, similar to 
those of the root ; sheaths imbricated and mostly clasping ; blade frequently much 
shorter. ; 
Inflorescence paniculate. Panicle short-pedunculate, erect, usually 8to 16inches 
long; rachis terete, scabrous, branches imbricated, 1 to 4 inches long, nearly erect, 
scabrous, bearing the spikelets singly on short scabrous pedicels. 
Spikelets nearly terete, lanceolate and acute when closed, about 1 line long. 
Glumes 3; first and second nearly equal, two-thirds the length of the spikelet, 
oblong-lanceolate, acute or acuminate, I-nerved, scabrous on the back; third 
(flowering) similar in texture, a little longer, oblong, obtuse and bifid at the apex, 
with a short scabrous awn or mucro from the angle, 3- to 5-nerved, scabrous on the 
back. 
Flowers single, hermaphrodite. Palef equaling the third glume, oblong, ob- 
tuse, 2-nerved, rarely scabrous. Stamens 3; anther linear, $to 1 line long. Styles 
distinct, short; stigmas about half the length of the anthers, oblong, the fimbrize 
long. 
Grain dark brown, linear-oblong, obtuse or acutish at base and apex, terete, in- 
closed in the flowering glume and palet; rachilla disarticulating above the second 
glume. 
PuLate X XVII; a, first (on the right) and second glume; b, flowering glume (on 
the right) and palet, open to show the stamens and pistil. The styles are much too 
long, while the stigmas should be twice as long and nearly four times broader. 
This is another of the grasses called saccato, or saccatone. 
