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CHINA. 



[ Gruminece. 



[The one spikelet is sessile, the other pedicellate ; of both, the upper valvelet of the fertile floret is from 

 two to three times shorter than the lower or awned one : the awn is twisted and flexuose.] 



2. E. Japonicus ; panicula (racemo composito) apice fastigiata, spiculis pilos involucri 

 strictos grisescentes subaequantibus, glumis glabris, seta flexuosa, foliis lineari-ensifor- 

 mibus serrulato-scabris strictis. P. de B. — Roem. et Sch. Syst. Veg. 2. p. 324. Kunth, En. 

 I. p. 479. — Saccharum Japonicum. Thunb. in Act. Soc. Linn. 2. p. 328. Willd. Sp. PI. 

 1. p. 321 — S. polydactylon. Thunb. Fl. Jap. p. 42. — Obanna. Kcempf. Am. Exot. 5. 

 p. 899. 



Had. In insula Lappas ; G. H. Vachell, n. 31. b. 



Gramen altum, rigidum, orgyale. Involucrum spicularum patulum, e pilis rectis haud ita mollibus griseo- 

 albidis spicula paullo longioribus. Gluma} exquisite acutatae, laeves, stramineae, glabra? ; inferior 2i lin. longa, 

 superior paullo brevior. Seta 4-5 lineas longa, tenuis, pallida, superiora versus flexuosa. Quibus observatis, 

 quomodo difterat ab E. versicolore, patet. 



[To the above may be added : — Ghana inferior planiuscula, binervis ; superior dorso convexa vel potius 

 subcymbiformis, trinervis, nervis extus fere obsoletis intus satis conspicuis, margine ciliata. Flosculi superioris 

 valvula inferior bifida cum arista flexuosa torta, superior in exemplis nostris plane deficiens. Spicules 

 gemirue : una breviter (i-i lin.), altera recurvo-patula longiuscula (H-2 lin.) pedicellata, pedicello utriusque 

 glaber. — Thunberg found this in Japan ; we have it also from Otaheiti.] 



12. SPODIOPOGON. Trin. 



1 . S. vilhsus ; repens, foliis lineari-lanceolatis pilosis basi longe ciliatis, nodis vaginisque 

 villosissimis, spica bifida, spiculis rhombeo-ovalibus, gluma inferiori basi convexa laevis- 

 sima a medio depressa (in spicula pedicellata compressa) stricta anguste marginata biden- 

 tata, superiori subulato-acuminata, seta flosculi (dorsali) spicula duplo longiori, rbachi 

 triquetra alternatim semifurcata geminiflora angulis poriformibus, articulis pedicellisque 

 breviter ciliatis. 



Hab. Prope Macao. 



Perquam similis est obliquivalvi, N. ab E. (qui Ischcemum aristatum, Roxb., non Lin., et I. ciliare, 

 Retz, at non Arthraxon ciliare, P. B.) sed bene distinctus inter confines vaginis nodisque pilis longis mollibus 

 patentibus dense villosis, gluma superiori subulato-acuminata, nec bidente cum brevi apiculo interjecto, seta 

 longiori fortiori, spieulisque majoribus et rhachi triquetra. Folia 3-4 pollices longa, duas lineas lata, acumi- 

 natissima, supra pilosula, et circa margines inferius longe ciliata. Spicce ramus alter brevis. Spicula 2 fere 

 lineas lataa, glabrae : gluma margine scabrae ; inferior a basi ad medium laevis in parte depressa striataque 

 saepe transversim subrugosa aut lacunosa ; superior paullo longior. Seta e dorso valvules medio infra incisuram 

 egressa, 4 lineas longa, a basi ad geniculum purpureo-fusca. 



13. ANDROPOGON. 2V. ab E.— Andropogonis spec. Linn. 

 I. A. (Tracbypogon) punctatus ; spicis paniculatis, rhachi ciliata infra spiculas bar- 

 bulata, spiculis margine ciliatis, utraque supra medium dorsum foveola profunda pori- 

 formi (in spicula pedicellata saepe obsoleta) impressa, culmo basi ramoso nodis subbar- 

 batis, foliis vaginisque glabris laminave supra ad basin pilosa. Roxb. Fl. Ind. 1. p. 264 ; 

 (ed. Wall.) \.p. 268. Roem. et Sch. Mant. 2. p. 450. Trin. in Act. Petrop. 7. p. 287 ; 

 Ic. Gram. t. 328. 



