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2. A. (Trachypogon) ; spicis in apice culmi subfasciculatis approximatis (6-8), 
rhachi ciliata barbataque, spiculis lanceolatis basi margineque superius strigilloso-villosis, 
gluma infera 6-nervi apice extremo enervi membranaceo angusto denticulate imperforata, 
seta terminali spicula plus duplo longiori, culmo basi repente ramoso apice adscendente 
geniculis infractis, nodis appresso-barbatis, vaginis ore barbatis, foliis angustis pilosis. 
Retz, Obs. 2. p. 2T. Willd. Sp. PL 4. jo. 920. Roem. et Sch. Syst. Veg. 2. p. 821. Kunth, 
En. 1. jo. 498 A. scandens. Roxh. El. Ind. 1. p. 258; {ed. Wall.) \.p. 263. Kunth, 1. c. 
Hab. China. Prope Macao et in insulis adjacentlbus, Majo, 1829 ; G, H. Vachell, n, 51. 
Ab A. annulato (seu A. IscJiamo, Roxb.) cui proxime accedit, difFert : foliis angustioribus pilosis, nodis 
culmi non pilis patentibus reflexisve sed mollioribus brevibus adpressisque cinctis, spicis brevioribus longius 
pedunculatis, spiculis minoribus, 1 lineas longis, qua; illi 2|- lin. longse, gluma inferiori 6-nec 8-nervi, basi 
margineque pilis brevioribus vestita. Reliqua omnino ut in A. annulato. Ab A. obtuso, N. ab E. (qui A. 
Bladhii, Roxb.) longius distat glumis nec multinerviis nec apice, ut in illo, obtusatis, turn vero et spicis in 
rhachi brevi approximatis, racemum abbreviatum fasciculi formem basi ssepe vagina involutum exhibentibus 
nec longiori tractu in culmi parte superior! dispositis. 
3. A. (Trachypogon) Vachellii; spicis verticillatis pedunculatis, pedunculis 1-2-sta- 
chyis, axillis barbatis, rhachi pedicellisque ciliolatis ad genicula longius barbatis, spiculis 
lanceolatis, gluma inferiori apice 6-8-nervia imperforata basi hirta, valvula inferiori flosculi 
fertilis e basi linear! setigera, seta spicula multo longiori, [culmo infra nodos adpresse 
barbatos hinc canaliculate,] folio supremo convoluto-setaceo brevi scabro, ore vaginae 
barbate. N. ah E. in Herb. Lindl. [|S, perfectior ; paniculae ramis subverticillatis patulis 
flexuosis, inferioribus ramosis ramulis 1-2-stachyis, superioribus alternatim 8-2-stachyis. 
— A. montanus. Roxh. ? El. Ind. 1. p. 267 ; {ed. Wall.) 1. p. 271 ; in Ccet. Merc. Angl. 
Ind. Or. Mus. tab. 889.] 
Hab. In vicinia urbis Macao Imperii Chinensis et in insulis adjacentibus ; Millett ; G. H. Vachell, n. 50. 
Summitas culmi circiter pedalis, erassitie pennge colurabinee, teres, Isevis, glabra, sub inflorescentia nuda. 
Vagina suprema longa, convoluta, glabra. Folia summa 3-12 lineas longa ; [penultima, in tantum- 
modo nobis obvia, 4-6 pollices longa, 2-3 lin. lata, linearia, plana, acuminata, utrinque margineque aspera, 
supra ad basin piloso-barbata]. Inflorescentia 6 pollices longa, oblonga ; rami quini, quaterni, terni, bini, 
sparsi denique erecti, ad axillas barbati, hinc ad 4 lineas simplices, glabri, mono-distachyi, spicis erectis, 1-1 J 
pollices longis, geminarum altera breviore : [in /3, infloreseentia paniculata conieo-oblonga ; ramis ut supra 
descriptis, inferioribus 1|-2|- pollices longis ;• spicis 8-16 lineas longis, quandoque apiee abortivis vel cito eassis 
brevioribusque, patulis ; axillis ramorum ut in a]. Fhachis angusta, recta, ad angulos pilis erectis ciliolata, 
hinc ad insertiones spicularum altero latere barbula pilorum aliquot longiorum instructs. Pedicellus spiculae 
sterilis articulo conformis, fertilem spiculam sequans. Spiculce Ji lineas longas. Gluma inferior spiculce 
sessilis in medio eanaliculata, basi lajvis pilisque brevibus erectis vestita, in inferioribus quandoque glabra, 
sursum 6-8-nervis, nervis medio tenuioribus, margine scabra, apice angusta bidenticulata nec raembranacea ; 
superior gluma carinata, tenuior, acuta, margine fimbriolata. Flosculi neutrius valvula una, lanceolata, 
ciliolata, mutica ; fertilis unam tantum vidi lineari-angustam, apice toto transeunte in setam 7-8 lineas longam 
tenuem seabram tortilem basi rufam. Stamina tria ; antherce fulvm. Stigmata purpurea. Spiculae pedi- 
cellatce gluma inferior plana, 8-10-nervis, purpurascens ; superior minor : flosculi non nisi inferioris valvula 
adest. 
