Graminece.l 
CHINA. 
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. [This Is probably the same as Nees von Esenbeck has observed a fragment of among Prof. Royle’s plants 
{n. 81.) from the north of Bengal, and which he has in his MSS. designated “ Arundinis {Donacis, Beauv.) 
species Madagascariensi, Kunth, sen Donaci Thouarsii, Beauv. affinis.” Indeed, so far as the description 
goes, which he has kindly communicated to us, the two appear identical.] 
Trib. VIII. CHLORIDEiE Chlorideje et Pappophore.®. Kunth. 
22. LEPTOCHLOA. P. de Beauv. 
1. \^. Jiliformis ; spiculis subsessilibus 2-3-floris muticis, glumis scabris, spicis parti- 
alibus filiformibus patulis, inferioribus oppositis aut subverticillatis, reliquis alternis, 
vaginis e tuberculis pilosis. Roem. et Schult. Syst. Veg. 2. p. 580. Kunth, En. 1. p. 270. 
— Eleusine filiformis. Jacg. Eel. Gr. t. 4. — Poa virgata. Roth, Nov. PI. Sp. p. 66. — ^ ; 
humilior. Kunth, 1. c. 
Hab. li, Circa Macao, et in insulis vicinis ; Millett ; G. H. Vachell, n. 58. 
2. L. chinensis ; spiculis pedicellatis patulis 5-6-floris muticis adpresso-puberulis sub- 
ciliatis, glumis scabris, I’acemis filiformibus laxis sparsis approximatimque verticillatis, 
vaginis corapressis foliisque glaucis scabris, culmo basi repente. N. ab E. inSyll. Ratish. 
(1822) 1. p. 5. Roem. et Sch. Mant. 2. p. S09. — Poa chinensis. Roxh. El. Ind. 1. p. 332 ; 
{ed. Wall.) 1. p, 333 P. malabarica. Linn. Sp. PL p. 100 (excl. syn. Burm.). — /3 ; culmo 
erecto racemoque strictioribus, spiculis purpureo-variegatis P. chinensis. Roth, Nov. 
PL Sp. p. 65. — 7; laxa, culmo humiliore, racemi ramis patulis laxis, spiculis ut in /3 sed 
fere omnino glabris. 
Hab. Circa Macao; Millett. 
Spicularum pedicello licet brevi, flosculorum numero et pubescentia magis minusve conspicua, foliorum 
glaucedine, satis distincta species. Bhachilla spicularum gracilis et flexilis, ubi flectitur flosculos separates et 
veluti pedicellatos ostendit, qui quidem minime earn ob causam “ pedicellati” cum Rothio appellandi sunt, 
cum pedicellus, quern diceres, non inter singulum flosculum et rhachillam positus sit, sed inter flosculum 
quemque inferiorera proximeque superiorem. 
23. ELEUSINE. Gcertn. 
1. E. Indica ; culmo compresso basi ssepe repente ramoso, vaginis ore saepiusque et 
margine villosis, spicis rectis strictis, rhachi angusta sequali, spiculis subsexfloris, semine 
ovali. Gcertn. de Fr. 1. jo. 8. 1. N ab E. Agr. Bras. jo. 439 {cum syn.) Roxb. EL Ind. 
1. p. 345; {ed. Wall.) 1. p. 346. Kunth, En. 1. p. 272. Trin.Ic. Gr.t. 71 l3; depau- 
perata; spicis 3, spiculis 3-4-floris, culmo humili. Kunth, 1. c. — 7; macrostachya-, spicis 
longis apice abortu spicularum attenuatis magis corymbosis quam digitalis, foliis culmo 
multo brevioribus. 
Hab. Ad Macao et in insulis vicinis; Millett-, G. H. Vachell, n. “ W” et “ X” (ex parte). 
2. E. Coracana; culmo erecto compresso simplici, vaginis ore barbatis, spicis lads 
demum incurvis, rhachi margine dilatata setate repanda, spiculis subsexfloris dilatatis 
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