Polyioca.] CLXsiii. ghaminb^. (J. D. Hooker.) 101 



embracing the rachis, at lengtli crustaeeous ; II thin, acuminate; lit 

 hyaline, epaleate ; IV hyaline, paleate, fertile. Staminodes and lodicules 

 0. Ovary minute ; styles long, stigmas slender. Grain very small, 

 orbicular, enclosed in the hardened outer gls. — Species 8, tropical Asiatic 

 and Australian. 



* Infl. mostly compound ; male spikelets terminal, swperposed, liairy ; 

 fem. 3-7. Pedicelled fern, spikelets of one bract-like gl. terminating the 

 joint of the rachis. — Spathes always tightly closed. 



1. P. bracteata, Br. in Bennett PI. Rav. Jav. 20, t. 5 ; male spikes 

 rather stiff, pedicelled spikelets mostly (nearly all) rudimentary and 

 adnata to the rachis. Steud. Syn. Gram. Coix heteroolita, Roxb. Fl. 

 Ind. III. 572 ; Wall. Gat. n. 8627. 



SiEEiM Terai, Assam and the Eeasia HuiiS, ascending to 5000 ft. Bubka, 

 on the Shan hills, Collett. — Distbib. Tonltin. 



Stem 3-5 ft., stout or slender j sheaths and leaves glabrous, or hirsute with 

 tubercled-based hairs. Leaves 1^2 ft. by |-1 in., margins rough, base contracted. 

 Inflorescence 3-6 in., usually long-pedicelled and digitate ; lower branches spreading 

 ordeflexed; rachis hairy. Male spikelets ^ in., glabrous or pubescent; fem. spike- 

 lets le>s than J in., pale, shining ; rudimentary pedicelled spikelets lanceolate, ^-1 

 in. long, at length spreading; gl. I oblong, obtuse or emarginate, 2-keeled. 



2. P. Wallichiana, Benth. in Jowrn. lAnn. Soc. xix. (1881) 52 ; male 

 spikes slender flexuous, pedicelled spikelets fiee. Oyathorhachis "Walli- 

 chiana, Nees ex Steud. Syn. Gram. 403.— Gen. Nov. Wall. Cat. n. 8629. 



BuBUA; Frome and Tenasserim, Wallich; Fegu, M'Lelland, &c. ; Tenasserim, 

 WalUch, Heifers. 



Stem leaves and sheaths glabrous or hispid with tubercle -based bristles. Leaves 

 2-3 ft. by 1-lJ in., lower narrowed from the middle to the base. Terminal infi. 

 often long peduncled, branches 2-2i in. ; lateral more or less enclosed in the spathe ; 

 rachis hairy. 'Male spikelets ^ in. ; fem. as long, pale, shining; rudimentary 

 pedicelled spikelets f in., lanceolate, at length spreading. 



** Terminal infl. only compound ; male not spathaceous, fem. spatjia- 

 ceous, spathe at length expanded, lateral of simple spikes. Pedicelled fem. 

 spikelets of 2 gls., 'pedicels adnate to the rachis. 



3. P. Cookil; Stapf in Hook. Ic. PI. t. 2383 ; male infl. very fragile, 

 spikes 2-3 in., pedicelled spikelets free, fem. spikelets glabrous, gl. 1 

 3-lobulate at the tip. 



N. Canaba and the Coitcan, Jacquemont, &c. 



Annual. Stem 3 ft. and leaves more or less hispid with tubercle-based hairs. 

 leaves lJ-2 ft. by 2-3 in., margins thickened. Male infl. often long-peduncled, 

 rachis villous; spiktlets i in. Fem. spikes liv. long ; spathe 1-li by J-^in., at 

 length open above; rachis glabrous; spikelets i in. ; rudimentary gl. like I and If 

 of male, but smaller. 



** All vnfls. of simple bisexual spikes ; spikelets glabrous. 



4. P. semiteres; Benth. in Gen. Plant, iii. 1113. Spathes 1-1| in. 

 always closed, fem. spikelets 2 or more. Chionachne Wightii, Munro ex 

 Benth. in Gen. Plant. I. c. Tripsacum ? semiteres, Wall. Oat. n. 8628. 



The Deocan Peninsula; Palameotta, Wight. Buema; Taong-dong hills, 

 Wallich. 



Sootstock creeping ; stems 2-2^ ft., stiff, glabrous. Leaves 8-10 by J-i in., 

 rigid, tip setaceous, margins thickened ; sheaths glabrous or hairy. Spathe 1-14 in. 

 Spikes IJ-S in., male part stout, rachis glabrous; spikelets i-J in. glabrous; 



