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Oplismenus compositus (L.) P.Beauv.  
Family: Poaceae
[Oplismenus burmannii var. intermedius Honda, moreOplismenus compositus subsp. patens (Honda) T.Koyama, Oplismenus compositus var. angustifolius L.C.Chia, Oplismenus compositus var. flaccidus (R.Br.) Domin, Oplismenus compositus var. formosanus (Honda) S.L.Chen & Y.X.Jin, Oplismenus compositus var. intermedius (Honda) Ohwi, Oplismenus compositus var. owatarii (Honda) Ohwi, Oplismenus compositus var. patens (Honda) Ohwi, Oplismenus compositus var. submuticus S.L.Chen & Y.X.Jin, Oplismenus formosanus Honda, Oplismenus owatarii Honda, Oplismenus patens Honda, Oplismenus patens var. angustifolius (L.C.Chia) S.L.Chen & Y.X.Jin, Oplismenus patens var. yunnanensis S.L.Chen & Y.X.Jin, Oplismenus polliniifolius Honda, Panicum aristatum Retz., Panicum compositum L.]
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Japan Flora: Larger than the preceding; culms 20-40 cm. long, long-creeping and loosely branching at base; leaf-blades flat, broadly lanceolate to semi-ovate, 3-10 cm. long, 1-2 cm. wide, acuminate, sometimes pubescent; ligules very short, truncate; sheaths glabrous to pilose; panicles exserted, 10-20 cm. long, the racemes 6-10, loosely arranged on the axis, ascending to sjweading, 3-8 cm. long, loosely spiculose, the rachis tri­angular; spikelets green, rarely slightly dull purplish, nar­rowly ovate, 3-3.5 nun. long, usually glabrous; awn slightly thicker than in the preceding species. Oct.-Nov. Woods in lowlands and mountains; Honshu (Izu Isis.), Kyushu; rare. Ryukyus, Formosa, s. China, and in tropical regions gen­erally.

var. patens (Honda) Ohwi. Plant stouter, glabrescent; leaf blades 10-15 cm. long, 2-3.5 cm. wide; spikelets slightly larger; fertile lemma terminated with an apical straight mucro. Kyushu(Yakushima). Ryukyus and Formosa.

 

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