242 CHINA. [GmmmecB. 
[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 (racetno composito) apice fastigiata, spiculis pilos involucri 
strictos grisescentes subasquantibus, glumis glabris, seta flexuosa, foliis lineari-ensifor- 
iTiibus serrulato-scabris strictis. P. de B . — Roem. etSch. Syst. Veg. 2.p. 324. Kunth, En. 
p. 479. — Sacchariim Japonicum. Thunh. in Act. Soc. Linn. 2. p. 328. Willd. Sp. PI. 
1. p. 321 — S. polydactylon. Thunh. FI. Jap. p. 42. — Obanna. Koempf. Am. Exot. 5. 
p. 899. 
Hab. In insula Lappas ; G. H. Vachell, w. 31. &. 
Gramen altum, rigidum, orgyale. Involucrum spicularum patulum, e pilis rectis baud ita mollibus griseo- 
albidis spicula paullo longioribus. GlumcB exquisite acutatse, leeves, stramineae, glabrae ; inferior 2^ lin. longa, 
superior paullo brevior. Seta 4-5 lineas longa, tenuis, pallida, superiora versus flexuosa. Quibus observatisj 
quomodo differat ab E. versicolore, patet. 
[To the above may be added : — Gluma 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. Spiculce 
geminse : una breviter lin.), altera recurvo-patula longiuscula (l|-2 lin.) pedicellata, pedicello utriusque 
glaber. — Thunberg found this in Japan ; we have it also from Otaheiti.] 
12. SPODIOPOGON. Trin. 
1. S. villosus ; repens, foliis lineari-lanceolatis pilosis basi longe ciliatis, nodis vaginisque 
villosissimis, spica bifida, spiculis rhombeo-ovalibus, gluma inferior! basi convexa leevis- 
sima a medio depressa (in spicula pedicellata compressa) stricta anguste marginata biden- 
tata, superior! subulato-acuminata, seta flosculi (dorsali) spicula duplo longiori, rhachi 
triquetra alternatim semifurcata geminiflora angulis poriformibus, articulis pedicellisque 
breviter ciliatis. 
Hab. Prope Macao. 
Perquam similis est /S. ohliquivahi, N. ab E. (qui Ischcmum 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 superior! subulato-acuminata, nec bidente cum brevi apiculo interjecto, seta 
longiori fortiori, spiculisque majoribus et rhachi triquetra. Folia 3-4 pollices longa, duas lineas lata, acumi- 
natissima, supra pilosula, et circa margines inferius longe ciliata. Spic<zramus alter brevis. Spicula 2 fere 
lineas latse, 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 valvulae medio infra incisuram 
egressa, 4 lineas longa, a basi ad geniculum purpureo-fusca. 
13. A'NDROPOGON. N.abE, — Andropogonis spec. Linn. 
1. A. (Trachypogon) spicis paniculatis, rhachi ciliata infra spiculas bar- 
bulata, spiculis margine ciliatis, utraque supra medium dorsum foveola profunda pori- 
formi (in spicula pedicellata smpe obsoleta) impressa, culmo basi ramoso nodis subbar- 
batis, foliis vaginisque glabris laminave supra ad basin pilosa. Roxb. FI. Ind. 1. p. 264 ; 
{ed. Wall.) \.p. 268. Roem. et Sck. Mant. 2. p. 450. Trin. in Act. Petrop. 7. p. 287; 
Ic. Gram. t. 328. 
