PLATE 464. 
OlYUA LATIFOLIA. LillU. (Kl. Cil}).. \'ul. N IL, }). 74()). 
Xiit. ()r(ler (niraminete. 
Pkkknnial. — Culms I'lvrr, bi-anclu'd. 'A to cS [\'vt hii;'l), ^•lal)r()iis. wry smooth, 
rarcl\- more or less haii'v near the nodes, maiiy-uoded, sheathed ah aloii^' or the u])per 
iiiteriiodes shi^rtly exserted ; sheaths ti^'ht, firm, striate, keeled in the iii)[)er part, 
i;ial)roiis exce})t at the eihate ii])per margins, oi- hairy : ligiiles \ei'y short, trimeate, 
, broader than the short hairy ])etioles. Jilades laiieeo]ate-ol)long or o\'ate-oblong, 
asymmetrie, partieiilarly at tlie rounded base, eonsj)ieu()us]y acuminate, 4 to 7 inches, 
by 1 to 2^ inehes, tiat, glaucous, glal)rous except quite at the base, rarely sparingly 
hairy, slightly rough with about 11 to 19 ])rimary ner\'es and a prominent whitish 
midrib. 
Panicle erect, terminal, or with a lateral one from the u})j)ermost leaf axil, 3 to 
G inches long, rather contracted or subpyramidal ; axis slender, angular, pubescent ; 
branches solitary or sometimes fascicled, sul)flexuons or straight, angular, pul)escent ; 
pedicels ad])ressed, of the male spikelets hliform, of the female clavate. 
A/d/e sj)lL('I('ts lateral, lineardanceolate, acuminate, awned from tlie \a]\'e, 
glabrous. 
(jLUMKs (|uite rudimentary, forming an inconspicuous sligiitly 2dobed [)uberulous 
rim at the tip of the ])edicels. Valve herbaceous-membranous, gradutdly passing into 
an awn <^f about equal length, 1| to 2 lines long, 3-nerved ; lodicules o, cuneate, 
thin. x\nthers over 1 hue long. 
Fenidle sjtil'elets solitary and terminal on the tips of the branches, or 2-3, rarely 
more, l)clow the terminal spikelet, (^blong-oN oid, turgid, awned from the lower glume. 
(riA'MKs ovate, elliptic, membranous, strongly nerved and veined, itpixT actnninate 
or shortl}' caudate-acuminate, about 4 lines long, 5 to 7-nerved, ioin-r produced into 
a tlexuous scabrid awn of equal or greater length, 7 to l)-nerved. \'ahe ovate-elliptic, 
obtuse, 2 to o lines long, white or greyish, cartilaginous, very hard, shining ; styles 
connate beyond tht^ middle ; grain ol)long. 
Habitat : Natai-. lingoya Forest, Wood 3<S5G ; same locaJitv, Gerrnrd and 
Mi-Kat 2014. 
Fi<>' 1, Portion of [):uiicle, sliowiiig male and female spikelets ; Female Spihrlet — 2, lower 
glumi' ; 3, upper (^liimc : 4, valve ; 5, ])ale ; 6, pistil and lodicules ; Male Sjiihclct — 7, valve ; 
8, pale ; 9, stamens and lodicules; lU, portion of sheath, showing ligule and petiole. All 
enlanjcd. 
