252 S. KxiYz—JS/'ew Burmese Plants. [No. 4s, 



subtus glaucescentia et scabrido-puberula ; vaginae glabrae, ore minute auri- 

 culato longe fimbriatse ; spiculae, etc. ignota. — Fe^u, Arracan. Melocanna 

 a, Schizostachyo differt caryopsidis epicarpio crasse carnoso et perigynii ab- 

 sentia. 



300. CEPHALOSTACHTrM FLA-VESCENS, nOV. Sp. 



Fruticosa, csespitosa, 10 — 15-pedalis, culmis poll, circiter crassis ; turio- 

 num vaginae fragiles, appresse albo-setulosae, lamina imperfecta erecta v. 

 suberecta, inflato-cordata, convoluto-acuminata, basi in appendices latas 

 undulatas fimbriatas falcatas decurrens, quarum una deflexa altera sursum 

 vergens ; lingula c. 2 lin. lata, erosodentata ; folia parva, linearia, 3 — 5 poll, 

 longa, ^ — \ poll, lata, acuminata, basi rotundata, brevissime petiolata mar- 

 ginibus praesertim apicem versus scabra, caeterum glabra ; vaginae glabrae, 

 ore vix producto minute et incrassato-auriculatae et pauci-fimbriatae ; spicu- 

 Ise cylindrico-lineares, acuminatae, c. ^ poll, longae, albo-pilosae, 3-florae, 

 dense glomeratae et interrupte spicatae, dein sensim in paniculam radicalem 

 amplam coUectae ; valvula infima vacua, sequentes hermaphroditae cum ter- 

 minali hebetata ; valvula interior et exterior fl. herm. subconformis, albo- 

 pilosa, subulato-acuminata, ilia dorso subdeplanato apicem pilosum versus 

 bicarinata ; lodiculae 3, lanceolatae, acuminatae, ciliolatae ; antherae primum 

 viridiusculae et purpurascenti-punctatae, dein pallide flavse, acutae v. obtusae ; 

 perigynium elongato-lageniforme, cum rostro triquetro parce pilosum ; stig- 

 mata 3, bre via, albo-pilosa ; pericarpium — Fegu/mH.^. C. culta. — 



C.pergracili affine. — Genus Teinostacliyum a Cephalostacliyo more Arthro^ 

 stylidii rachillis elongatis tantum differt et, in opinione mea, rejiciendum est. 

 Schizostachyum Blumei Munro, non N. E. species est nova Hindostanica, 

 ^ch. Hindostanicum nominanda. 



801. PSEUDOSTACHTUM COMPACTIFLORTIM, noV. Sp. 



Arborea, caespitosa, semiscandens, culmis 1 — \^ poll, crassis ; turio- 

 num vaginae laevissimae, lamina imperfecta in auriculam angustam reflexam 

 lunato-productam patenter fimbriatam decurrens, lingula integra, angustis- 

 sima ; folia larga, oblongc-lanceolata ad lanceolata, basi oblique truncata v. 

 obtusa, breviter (1 — 2 lin.) petiolata, 6 — 10 poll, longa, 1 — 2 poll, lata, subu- 

 lato-acuminata, glabra, uno latere apicem versus scabra ; vaginae appresse 

 sericeo-setosae, mox glabrescentes, ore truncato in auriculam lunatam reflexam 

 longe (3 lin.) fimbriatam productae, ligula integra, angusta ; spiculae mini- 

 jj^gg^ 2 — 2| lin. tantum longae, iis Bamhusce longispathw consimiles, latae et 

 sub anthesi quasi truncato-2-fid8e, 5-florae, dense glomeratae et interrupte- 

 spicatse, dein sensim in paniculam amplam radicalem coUectae ; valvulae in- 

 feriores 2 vacuae, sequentes 2 hermaphroditae, cum flosculo terminali longe 

 pedicellato obovato ; valvula exterior fl. herm. lato-ovalis, ventricosa, brevis- 

 sime mucronata, nitens, c. 2 lin. longa ; valvula interior aequilonga, latc- 

 navicularis, apice 2-denticulata, secus angulos dorsi depressi albo-ciliata ; 



