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branaceis imis Yg inaequalibus ellipticis acutis minore 

 1- majore 3-nervia, sequentibus duabus parum brevio- 

 ribus oblongis subquinquenerviis ultra medium bifidis 

 apice fimbriatodentatis carinaque et margine longe ci- 

 liatis e sinu aristatis: arista inferioris glumam fere 

 duplo, superioris parura superante, gluraarum genitalia 

 includentium duplo breviorum inferiore cartilaginea 

 fragili late ovata obsolete 3-nervi paleam fere aequi- 

 longam linearioblongam bidentatam enervem araplec- 

 tente, staminibus ...., caryopsi late oblonga laevi glumis 

 paulo breviore libera, rhachilla obsoleta. 



SikJcim {Ataxia 1. Hook. f. et Thomson). 



H. Horsfieldii {Ataxia Horsfieldii Kth. Agrost. syn. 

 39, Benn. Pl. jav. rar. I, 8, tab. 3) utraque robustior 

 magis crassiculmis praeterea differt ligula brevi, rha- 

 chilla inter glumas inferiores indistincta et glumis 

 tertia et quarta paleam staminaque includentibus cum 

 flore hermaphrodito structura diversis. — Java. 



Huic peraffinis est: 



Hierocliloe Hookeri. Gracilis, foliis linearibus longe 

 acumiuatis vagina striata brevioribus supra pilosis, 

 ligula oblonga, paniculae angustae subsecundae laevis 

 radiis binis v. singulis 2 — 5-spiculatis, spicula vires- 

 cente (6 mm.) terminali pedicellum aequante, latera- 

 libus illumpluries superantibus, glumis 1 — 4 membra- 

 uaceis, imis y^ inaequalibus oblongoellipticis breve 

 acuminatis minore 1- raajore elevato-3-costata, dua- 

 bus sequentibus paleara linearera 2-dentatam enervem 

 atque stamina 2 — 3 cassa v. ad filamenta reducta 

 stylumque cassum bifidum includeutibus oblongis sub- 

 quinquenerviis carina margineque longe ciliatis, infe- 

 riore ad mediurabifidasuperioreprofundebidentatautra- 



