Hyparrhenia.] clyii. gramine^ (Stapf). 
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VIII. Diplandra. 
Raceme-bases very short ; each raceme with 2 homo* 
gamous pairs of spikelets at the base which form an 
imperfect involucre. 
Racemes 8-9 lin. long ; awns more or less subplumose, 
2i-3 in. long, their hairs up to lin. long ; panicles 
loose with distant tiers 48. H. subplumosa. 
Racemes 5-8 lin. long ; awns hirtellous, 1|-2|- in. long. 
Panicles with up to over 10 tiers, distant below, 
approximate upwards ; spatheoles lanceolate, 12- 
15 lin. by. lin. ; racemes 5-8 lin. long ; fertile 
spikelets linear-oblong 49. H. diplandra. 
Panicles with 4-5 distant tiers ; spatheoles broad- 
lanceolate, 18-30 lin. by up to over 2 lin., often 
intensely coloured ; racemes 7-8 lin. long, plump; [ chya . 
fertile spikelets oblong ... ... ... ... 50. H.pachysta- 
Raceme-bases linear-filiform, dorsally flattened ; each 
raceme or the lower only with 1 homogamous pair. 
Culms about 4-noded and simple below the panicle ; 
peduncles much shorter than the spatheoles ; each 
raceme with 1 homogamous pair of spikelets at the 
unappendaged base ; fertile spikelets 4-4^ lin. 
long. 
Spatheoles 20-33 lin. long; peduncles 8-10 lin. 
long ; raceme-pairs 6-9-awned, awns 15-22 lin. 
long ... 51. H. Gossweileri. 
Spatheoles 12—18 lin. long ; peduncles 6-8 lin. long ; 
raceme-pairs about 4-awned ; awns 9-10 lin. long 52. H. glabriuscula. 
Culms many-noded, branched all along, branches 
gathered upwards in bunches ; spatheoles about 
16-18 lin. long, equalled at length by the 
peduncles ; raceme-bases with a short scarious 
appendage ; fertile spikelets 3| lin. long 53. H. andongensis. 
IX. INVOLUCRATA. 
Panicle reduced to 1-2 pairs of much contracted racemes, 
5-6 lin. long ; lower glume of fertile spikelets his- 
pidulous, turning dark brown ... ... ... ... 54. H. multiplex. 
Panicle very lax, of mixed 3-6-rayed tiers ; racemes 
9-12 lin. long. 
Racemes 9 lin. long ; fertile spikelets glabrous 55. H. involucrata. 
Racemes 12 lin. long ; fertile spikelets whitish-tomen- 
tose 56. H. notolasia. 
X. Cornucopia. 
Only species 57. H. Cornucopice. 
XI. Pusilla. 
Only species 58. H. pusilla. 
1. H. finitima, x Stapf. Perennial, with short extra vaginal 
innovations, their cataphylls glabrous. Culms branched from the 
base or simple for a short distance, then with barren or mixed 
