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rauuiloriimque teinTi-filiforniiimi 10-15 cm. longorum vel in axillis 
foliorum inferiorum solitariae, binae v. teniae, breviter peduncnlatae, 
vagina ventricosa folii fnlcientis velnt spatlia commnni maxima parte 
obvolntae, singnlae, singula spatha subventricosa laminam brevissimam 
gerente pedunculam aequante v. superante, circ. 2 cm. longa, glabra, viridi 
i'ultae, lineares, a dorso subcompressae, 1.5-2 cm. longae, pallide virides, 
spicnlis ? sessilibus circ. 4 in simplici serie superpositis et ternione 
terminali spicularum mascularum constantes. Rhacheos articuli spicnlam 
? suliaequantes v.ca 4 breviores, late clavati, praeter basim pilosnlam glab- 
errimi, inanes, oblique secedentes. Spiculae foemineae 2 inferiores soli- 
tariae, adjecto pedicello sterili brevi rhacheos articulo basi adnato; spiculis 
? duabus superioribus adstat singula spicula d' vel neutra pedicellata; 
terminatur spica spicula c? jiedicellata cujus pedicelli basi insidet spicula 
d sessilis et adstat altera spicula d* j^edicellata. Spiculae foemineae; 
gluma I oblonga, apice late luaurita, auriculis semiovatis acutiusculis 
antice denticulatis ciliolatis subberbaceis nervis reticulatis viridibus per- 
cursis, patentibus, in anguli iuterioris marginibus costa alba notatis, 
marginibus exterioribus inflexis, cum callo 1.5 mm. longo obtusissimo 
glabro et cum auriculis 3 mm. longis 7-7.5 mm. longa, dorso subconvexo 
chartaceo albido glaberrimo multinervis, lateribus inflexis papilloso- 
scalierula. Gluma II I^’" sine auriculis aequans (4.5 mm. Ig.) ovata, 
subito acuminata, chartacea, plana, nervo medio prominente, marginibus 
inflexis, glaberrima, 7-5-nervis. Gluma III 11^*“ aecpians, ovato-oblonga 
breviter acuminata membranacea tenuissime 3-nervis glabra, seabra, 
vacua; lY II I'^® simillima, ejus palea anguste linearis, bidentula. 
Caryopsis late oblonga, a dorso compressa ^^allida, 2.5 mm. longa, basi 
emarginata, emljryone caryopseos f aequante, macuda liilari valde depressa 
atroviolacea. Spiculae imisculae lanceolatao, 5 mm. longae, pallidae, 
viridi-striatae, glaberrimae, pedicellis glaberrimis tenuibus (non clavatis) 
fidtae (bitlorae ?) ; gluma I lanceolata, acutiuscula, planiuscula, 7-9- 
nervis; II I^^™ aequans, lanceolata acuminata 3-nervis; III hyalina cum 
palea (et flore d' ?) ; lY ei simillima, ])alea binervis. Stamina 3; antlieris 
3 mm. longis. 
Luzon, Beiiguet, ad Humen ILied (4282 Merrill) October 22, 1905, 1.000 m. s. in. 
Species peciiliaris, ab omnibus Imjus geneiis notis valde diversa spiculis mas- 
culis ad teniionem termiualem et duas quae spiculas foemineas supeiiores coiiii- 
tantur redactis, spiculae foemineae gluma 1 apice late biaurita. 
I M PE RATA Cyr. 
Imperata exaltata llrongn. snbsp. Merrillii Hack, subspec. nov. 
Differt a typo laminis innovationum angustis suliconvolutis, panicula 
brevi densissima, racemis lloriferis ex ipsa rliachi commnni paniculae 
enascentibus. 
Luzon, Province of Benguet, iMount Tonglon (Santo Tomas), (4813 Merrill) 
November 12, 1905. Open jilaces at about 2,200 m. 
