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92. Robust arborescent bamboo, 20-30 feet 

 high... 

 Small shrubby bamboo 



72. Bambusa(T^.3n). 

 74. Schizostachyum 

 (p. 331). 



1.— PASPALUM. 



Key to species. 



Spikelets orbicular, obtuse 

 Spikelets ovate-oblong, acute ... 

 Glume II herbaceous, 5-nerved 

 Glume II hyaline, ciliate 



2. 



1. distich'um. 



2. scrobiculatum. 



3. conjugatum. 



1. P. distichum, Linii. ; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. vii. 12. Aberdeen, 



Hongkong ; near Chaochaufu ; Paksha extreme S. of 

 province. Fl. April — July. 



2. P. scrobiculatum, Linn. ; Benth. Fl. Hongk. 408. Roadside near 



West Point and Pokfulam, Aberdeen, Hongkong ; Castle 

 Peak, Hongkong New Territory ; on the bank of the Han 

 River, Swatow ; in a pool at the foot of the White. Cloud 

 hills ; West River. Fl. April. 



3. P. conjugatum, Berg; Hook. f. 1. c. 11. Mt. Gough, Hong- 



kong. Fl. July. 



2.— AXONOPUS. 



Key to species. 



Leaves long, linear 



Leaves ovate or ovate-lanceolate 



1. semialatus. 



2. cimicinus. 



1. A. semialatus, Hook.f. Fl. Brit. Ind. vii. 64. Near Aberdeen, 



Hongkong; White Cloud hills. Canton. Fl. March — May. 



2. A. cimicinus, Beauv. ; Hook, f . 1. c. 64. Happy Valley woods, 



Hongkong. Fl. late Summer ? 



3.— ERIOOHLOA. 



1. E. ramosa, Hack. ; E. annulata, Kunth ; Benth. Fl. Hongk. 

 409. Hongkong without locality ; Macao. Fl. . 



4.— ISAOHNE. 



Key to species. 



Leaves narrow-lanceolate, very rough ; 



outer glume glabrous ... ... 1. australis. 



Leaves ovate, not 1 inch long ; outer 



glumes pubescent ... ... ... 2. firmula. 



1. I. australis, R.Br. ; Benth. Fl. Hongk. 414. Hongkong 



without locality ; Kuntung, Hongkong New Territory ; 

 edges of rice fields, ditches and stagnant pools, Canton. 

 Fl.. September. 



2. I. firmula, Buse ; I. Myosatis,' Benth. 1. c. 415. In damp 



situations about Victoria, Hongkong. Fl, . 



