

— 930 — 



branaceis imis Yg inaequalibus ellipticis acutis minore 

 1- majore 3-nervia, sequentibus diiabuspariim brevio- 

 ribus oblongis subquinquenerviis ultra medium bifidis 

 apice fimbriatodentatis carinaque et margine longe ci- 

 liatis e sinu aristatis: arista inferioris glumam fere 

 duplo, superioris parum superante, glumarum genitalia 

 includentium duplo breviorum inferiore cartilaginea 

 fragili late ovata obsolete 3 -nervi paleam fere aequi- 

 longam linearioblongam bidentatam enervem amplec- 

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

 paulo breviore libera, rhachilla obsoleta. 



Sikkim (Ataxia 1. Hook. f. et Thomson). 



H. Horsfieldii (Ataxia Horsfieldii Kth. Agrost. syn. 

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

 magis crassiculmis praeter ea differt ligula brevi, rha- 

 chilla inter glumas inferiores indistinçta et glumis 

 tertia et quarta paleam staminaque includentibus cum 

 flore hermaphrodito structura diversis. — Java. 



Huic peraffinis est: 



HierocJiloë Hookeri. Gracilis, foliis linearibus longe 

 acuminatis 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 ilium pluries superantibus, glumis 1 — 4 membra- 

 naceis, imis % inaequalibus oblongoellipticis breve 

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

 bus sequentibus paleam linearem 2-dentatam enervem 

 atque stamina 2 — 3 cassa v. ad filamenta reducta 

 stylumque cassum bifidum includentibus oblongis sub- 

 quinquenerviis carina margineque longe ciliatis, infe- 

 riore ad medium bifida superiore profunde bidentatautra- 



