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much branched, 3 inches across, branches slender sub- 

 whoried spikelets solitary J^ inch long subglobose. 

 Glume I ovate ciliate ribbed Gl. II ovate obtuse cuspidate 

 with short bristles Gl. Ill elliptic obtuse shorter coriace- 

 ous paleate male Gl. IV similar but pubescent, female. 

 Grain free brown. 



Dindings in Woods at Telok Sera (Ridley 7265). 



hchcemum lesve, n. sp. 



A tall grass resembling 2. magnum in habit, nodes 

 glabrous. Leaves linear lanceolate acuminate from a 

 broad base 3 inches long ^ inch wide -edge scabrid at the 

 tip glabrous, ligule short bilobed, mouth of sheath ciliate. 

 Spikes 2 appressed 4 inches long spikelets in pairs one . 

 sessile one shortly pedicelled £ inch long joints and 

 angles of pedicels shortly white ciliate. Glume I. nar- 

 rowly elliptic oblong submucronate smooth edge ciliate, 

 II. lanceolate shorter edge ciliate III. these lanceolate 

 ciliata paleate IV. shorter lanceolate with a short straight 

 pale awn. 



Singapore at Galang (Ridley 9143). 



I do not think this can be a form merely of /. magnum 

 Rendle. The first glume is narrower and not wrinkled 

 at all. 



Mnesithea pubescens, n. sp. 



Stems slender three feet tall nodes ciliate leafy. 

 Leaves linear acuminate 6-12 inches long \ to ^ inch 

 wide softly pubescent spikes slender on long slender 

 pubescent peduncles 4 inches long s'olitary 1^ inch long 

 yellow breaking below the node so that each joint is 

 shortly stalked, internodes short J inch long dilated up- 

 wards bearded at the base. Spikelets 2 sessile with a 

 narrow linear pedicel between longer than the internode 

 Glume I ovate lanceolate acute, tip curved base chan- 

 nelled with 4 or 5 grooves above, with numerous linear 

 perforations from each of which rises a cilium. Gl. II 



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