15. APLUDA. Linn.
1. A. geniculata} spicularum fasciculis p e r intervalla confertis, bracteis ovatis subulato-
mucronatis [vel oblongis sub cuspide subulato b identatis] spiculisque muticis glabris, spicula
sessili p edicellataque alte ra (au t utrisque) polygamis, valvulis nudis glabris. Roxb. Fl.
Ind. 1. p . 325. {ed. ÏVall.) 1. p . 327 ; in Coet. Merc. Angl. In d . Or. Mns. tab. 1939 ffid e
A r n .)— Knnth, E n . I . p . 517.— A. humilis. Kunth, I. c.— Calamina humilis. Presl, Rei.
Hænk. 1. p . 344.
Hab. Ad Macao et in vicinis insulis, Danorum dictis ; Millett; G. H. Vachell n. 42.
Similis A . microstachya, sed distincta a valvula flosculi fertilis spicæ sessilis omnino mutica cvmbiformi
acuta. Bractea apice integro abit in subulam [vel sæpius utrinque ad cuspidis basin unidenticulata].
Gluma primaria apice integra. Spiculanim pedicellatarum altera sæpe abortiva, altera biflora, flosculo
inferiori masculo, superiori abortu femineo. An reverá différât ista species ab A . mutico, Linn., merito
dubitabis.—Exempla Javanica hujus graminis differunt fasciculis distantibus valvulisque ciliatis, quæ nescio
an diversæ sint specie!.
SuBTRiB. I I I . IS C H Æ M E Æ .
IG. MEOSCHIUM. P . de Beauv.
1. Kl. lodiculare ; spiculæ sessilis gluma inferiori basin versus hirsu ta u trin q u e qua-
drinodulosa, pedicellatoe flosculo fertili submutico, lodiculis flosculi masculi linearibus
b identatis »elongatis [minutis trunca tis atq u e illis flosc. hermapli. omnino conformibus
in omnibus nostris exemplis], foliis linearibus u trin q u e a ttenuatis subtus pubescenti-
scabris, ligula rig id a ovata. N . ab E . in Herb. Lin d l.
H a b . In vicinia Macao urbis inque insulis adjectis ; Meyen ; Millett ; G, H. Vachell, n. 47. b.
Culmus [teretiusculus, basi decumbens, ramosus, hinc infra nodos altero latero canaliculatus], glaber, sub
spicis longe exsertus : genicula adpresso-barbata. Vagina suprema longa, striata, glabra, sursum attenuata
et dehiscens ; [inferiores hirsute.] Ligula erecta, fusca, rigidula, incisa. Lamina sex pollices longa, 2 lin.
lata, plana, acuminata, basi angustior, supra nervosa, subtus pubescentia subtili rigidula conspersa, basi magis
pubescens : [foliorum inferiorum longior.] Spicoe geminæ, erectæ, quadripollicares. Articuli rhacheos
trigoni, ángulo exteriori toto, reliquis circa apicem, ciliatis ; latere altero, spiculæ pedicellatoe objecto, concavo.
Pedicellus spiculæ alterius longitudine dimidii articuli, compressus, utrinque ciliatus. Spiculoe oblongo-
ovales, conformes, 3 lineas longæ. Gluma inferior oblique oblonga, subcoriacea, plana, obtusiuscula vel
(in spicula pedicellata) bifida, a basi ad medium villis erectis canescens et in spicula sessili, utrinque serie
tuberculorum quaternorum obsita, utrinque nervo crassiori geminato et in parte media tenuiorique nervis octo
tenuioribus per intervalla transversim anastomosantibus prædita ; superior acuta, acute carinata, uninèrvia,
margine ciliata. Flosculi in utraque spicula conformes, texturæ satis firmæ membranaceæ, demum incarnati,
inferior masculus ; valvulæ æquales, lanceolatæ, acutæ, planæ, dorso depressæ, ciliatæ, muticæ : inferior
uninervis, superior binervis, ad latera inflexa. Lodiculæ duæ, valvulis vix x breviores, lineares, membranaceæ,
apice bidenticulatæ, longitudine filamentorum : [hue tamen N. ab Esenbeckitis in errorem haud levem illabi
nobis videtur, de quo plura infra.] Stamina tria ; [antheræ luteæ.] Flosculus superior hermaphroditus, aut
hermaphrodito-femineus ; valvula inferior in spicula sessili oblonga, ad medium bifida, laciniis linearibus
obtusiusculis e dorso ad basin incisuræ emittens setam 6 lineas longam læviusculam ad medium fuscam
tortamque, hinc reflexam et ad apicem usque pallidam ; color valvulæ inferius rufescens, apicis albus ; valvula
superior longitudine fere inferioris, at multo angustior, lanceolato-linearis, obtusiuscula, alba, parum ciliata
basi ovarium arete amplectens. Lodiculæ ovarii longitudine, subquadrate, sinu lunari emarginatæ angulis
acutis, membranaceæ. Stamina tria, jam perfecta, jam castrata. Ovarium oblongum ; styli distinetl,
graciles ; stigmata aspeigilliformia, purpurea, demum subfusca. Idem flosculus in spicula pedicellata ejusdem
est structuræ et indoli», eo autem différons, quod valvula inferior fere integra est et inter duos dentículos
minutos apicis mueronulum brevissimum setaceum, quandoque et nullum omnino, emittit.
[Our specimens from Mr. Millett, and those in Prof. Henslow’s herbarium from Mr. Vachell, now lying
before us, some of which were examined by Nees v. Esenbeck, agree with the above description in every
particular, except that the lodicules of the male floret are actually as small as, and precisely similar to, those
of the bisexual one : in both they are somewhat cuneate and truncated, and not longer than the ovary. We
are therefore disposed to suspect some error of observation in those parts from which the specific name has
been derived ; nor can we readily account for it unless on the supposition that, while dissecting the flower,
the inflexed margins of one of the valvelets had been in part or wholly separated and supposed to be the
lodicules.]
T r ib . IV . O L Y R EÆ .
17. S P IN IF EX . Linn.
1. squarrosus ; bracteis apice subulatis longis, folüs involucrisque flabellatis convoluto
subulatis lævibus, vaginis latis ore truncatis dense ciliatis, flosculis muticis, rhacheos
utriusque sexus acumine scabevrimo. L in n . Mant. p. 300. Willd. Sp. PI. 4. p . 1129.
Kunth, E n . 1 .^ . 135.— Stip a splnifex. L in n . Mant. p . 34 .— Ily mullu. Rheed. Hort. Mai.
12. t. 75. (masc.)— Cyperus littoreus. Rumph. Herb. Amb. 6. p . 6. t. 2. f . 2.
H ab . Prope Macao et in insulis vicinis ; G. H . Vachell, n. 32, a (forma junior), 5 (fern.), et 33 (masc.).
Globi florales pugno majores; rhaches femineæ prælongæ (5-G pollicares); acumen spicæ masculæ
3-6-floræ 4 - | pollicis longum. Gluma inferior major superiore 7-nervis, superior 5-nervis ; utraque ovata.
Valvidoe flosculorum oblongæ, acuminatæ, æquales, omnium' tam masc. quam fem. chartaceæ ; inferior
5-nervis ; superior binervis acumine bidente. Singulare, quod lodiculæ a valvula superion excludantur.
Antheræ violacea?.
[IS. ZEA. Linn.
1. z. Mays. Lin n . Sp. P l. p . 1378. Willd. Sp. Pl. i . p . 200 ; N. ab E . Agrost. B ras.
p. 311.— Zea Mays. M a i . B ic i.— Mays Zea. Gærln. Fr. l . p . 8. t. l . f . 9.
H a b . Culta circa Macao ; Millett.)
T r ib . V. P E R O T ID E Æ .
19. PE RO T IS . A i t .;B r o im .
Inter genera cognita, huic maxime affinis est, præserüm quod ad habitum attinet, Holboellia, Hook, in
Bot. Mise. V. 2. p. 144. t. 76., gramen propter glumarum formam maxime memorabile.
1. B. longiflora; spiculis fructiferis p a tentibus pedicellatis Imeari-lanceolatis in setam
excurrentibus, flosculi valvulis inæqualibus, inferiori mucronata trinervi.— N . ah E . in
Herb. Lin d l.
H a b . Ad Macao et in vicinis insulis ; Millett: G. H . Vachell, n. 38.
Similis omnino P . patulæ (seu P . latifolioe Ait. at minime tam species est latifolia quam P . hordeiformis,
N. ab E. ¡11 Herb. Kojlc, e Mont. Himalayis, n. 280), sed differt spiculis duplo fere majoribus, 2 lineas, et