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69.— BROMUS. 



B. asper, Murr. ; Stapf in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. vii. 358. 

 Putoy Island in sand of the seashore, Hongkong. Fl. 

 Summer ? 



70.— ARUNDINARIA. 



3. 



4. 



Key to species. 



1. Leaf petioled ... 

 Leaf not petioled 



2. Sheath striate ... 

 Sheath smooth and polished 



3. Leaves under 3 inches long 

 Leaves over 6 inches long 



2. 



1. Jlexuosa. 



3. 



2. sinica. 



3. nitida. 



4. Hindsii. 



1. A. flexuosa, Hance in Journ. Bot. 1876, 339. Danes' Island, 



Whampoa. Fl. May. 



2. A. sinica, Hance ; A. Wightii, Benth. Fl. Hongk. 434._ Mt. 



Victoria and Happy" Valley woods, Hongkong j Yit-hai, 



Swatow ; Loting River. Fl. April. 

 A. nitida, Mitford ; Stapf in Kew Bull. 1896, 20. Top of the 



Phoenix Mt., Swatow. Fl. April. 

 A. Hindsii, Munro in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxxi. 31. Mt. Victoria, 



Conduit Eoad and Wongneichong, Hongkong. Fl. April. 



71.— PHYLLOSTAOHYS. 



Key to species. 



1. nidularia. 



2. 



2. Maudiae. 



3. NeviniL 



1. Spikelets in nest-like bunches ... 

 Spikelets in ample panicles 



2. Spikelets 6-7-flowered ... 

 Spikelets 2-3-flowered 



1. P. nidularia, Munro in Gard. Chron. 1876. ii. 773. Macao. 



Fl. March and April. 



2. P. Maudiae, Dunn sp. n., P. Nevinii, Hance affinis, spiculis 



6-7-floris distincta. 

 Gramen arborescens, 3-10 m. altum, culmo gracile ad 2 cm. 

 diam. nitente flavo, ligno crassitudine 3 cm., uno latere 

 sulcato, ramulis fortiter angulatis. Folia linearia, apice in 

 acumen pungens gradatim angustata, basi breviter 

 acuminata, in petiolum 3-6 mm. longum attenuata, glabra, 

 margine obscure serrulata, tesselata, infra glauca ; foliorum 

 vaginae laeves, apice auriculatae longe barbatae ; culmi 

 vaginae foliis reductis inclusis 14-17 cm. longae, extus 

 opacae, striatae, intus laevissimae. Paniculae ad nodos 

 superiores fasciculatae, paniculam terminalem compositam 

 magnam formantes, cum pedunculis 30-40 cm. longae, 

 pedunculo quoque vaginis foliorum rudimentariorum 

 vestito. Spiculae in panicula 5-11, 3-5-4'5 cm. longae, 

 pedicellis 3-4-plo longiores. Glumae 8-9, ovatae, acutae, 

 mucronatae, ciliatae, paullo puberulae ; 2 inf eriores vacuae ; 

 infima 8 mm. longa, 9-vema ; proxima ut fertiles 1"1-1'2 cm. 



