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S. exaltatum, according to Roxburgh’s observations and drawing, has the upper v^lvolet of the bisexual 
floret wanting in the pedicelled spikelet, but about equal to the other and acute in the sesile one ; according, 
however, to N. v. Esenbeck’s examination of what he considers the same plant, in Dr. Wight’s herbarium, 
it is the upper valvelet of the pedicelled (not the sessile) spikelet which is equal and similar to the other, 
while in the sessile one it is much shorter and obtuse. As we have not seen the leaves of the Chinese plant, 
we are uncertain about its being the same as Roxburgh’s; and, besides, that author, in his drawing, repre- 
sents the upper valvelet much narrower and more acuminated than in our specimens, but probably his figure 
may be inaccurate in that respect. The neuter valvelet and both those of the fertile florets are ciliated. 
2. S. chinense ; paniculis ovatis contractis, ramis verticillatis subcompositis, gluma 
infera chartacea, flosculi fertilis valvula inferiori nulla, foliis planis margine hispidis. 
Roxb. FI. Ind. p. 239; fed. Wall.) \. p. 244. Corom. 3. t. 232. Kunth, En. \. p. 474. 
In nostro specimine (in Benghala superiori a Royleo lecto) panicula magis contracta ; sed distinctissimum 
valvula inferiori flosculi fertilis omnino deficiente ; superiori autem satis conspicua, lineari-lanceolata, ciliata. 
Valvula neutra ista major, lanceolata, magis ciliata. Lodicula cuneiformes, truncatse, pro magnitudine 
spiculse satis magnm. Glumov glabrae. Vagina suprema ventricosa, in folium angustum attenuatum con- 
tracta. 
10. HETEROPOGON. Pers. 
1. H. contortus. P. de Beauv. — N. ah E. Agrost. Bras. p. 363 (cum syn.) ; in Lmnoea, 
7. p. 284. — Stipa spicata. Thunh. FI. Cap. p. 19. 
Hab. Ad Macao et in insulis adjacentibus ; Millett ; G. H. Vachell, n. 46 (ex parte). 
[After having carefully examined the Chinese plant, and H. polysfachgus R. et Sch., of which last N. ab 
Esenbeck considers the Andropogon contortus of Roxburgh, and perhaps also of Linnaeus, fbut not of 
Brown’s Prodr, 1. p. 201,) to be a variety with solitary spikelets, we can see no good grounds for separating 
them. Both have the peduncles elongated and often fascicled, each with one short-leaved sheath, the male 
spikelets ciliated, and the leaves linear scabrous and more or less ciliated at the base : in the Chinese speci- 
mens the hairs on the glumes and leaves are softer, and spring out of inconspicuous tubercles ; in Dr. Wight’s 
specimens of H. polystacJiyus the hairs are rigid, and arise from pretty large tubercles, but w'e can see no 
other difference between the two ; if then our friend be correct in referring our Chinese plant to H. con~ 
tortus, we should be inclined to reunite to it H. polystachyus. 
11. ERIANTHUS. Rich. 
1. E. tristachyus ; spicis terminalibus 2-5 simplicibus griseo-hirtis, glumis ferrugineis 
basi margineque griseo-hirtis, inferiori plana rigidaque, flosculi hermaphroditi seta spicula 
triplo longiore, culmo simplici nodis glabris basi bulboso ferrugineo-tomentoso, foliis 
linearibus basi vaginisque apice hirsutis. — a ; spicis 2-3, vaginis apice tantum hirsutis. 
N. ah E. in Wight Cat. n. 1691. — Andropogon tristachyus. Roxb. FI. Ind. \.p. 256 ; {ed. 
Wall.) \.p. 261 — A. trispicatus. Sch. Mant. 2. p. 452. Kunth, En. \. p. 498 — -fS ; spicis 
2-5, spiculis paullo majoribus, glumarum villis longioribus, vaginis basi et apice birds, 
Hab. /3 ; In vicinia, urbis Macao, inque insulis adjacentibus ; G. H. Vachell, n. 35. 
Ab E. aureo, N. ab E. in Wight, Cat. n. 1690, cui proximus, notis memoratis bene distinguitur. Me- 
morabilis est hulbus culmi ceeteroquin gracilis erecti et simplicis, piso major, densissime tomento ferrugineo 
tectus. Culmi apex tomentoso-hirtus. Lodiculse carneae, crassiusculae, bidentatse. 
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