Garnotia spadicea Ohwi

Veldkamp, J. F., Teerawatananon, A. & Sungkaew, S., 2015, A revision of Garnotia (Gramineae) in Malesia and Thailand, Blumea 59 (3), pp. 229-237 : 231

2. Garnotia spadicea Ohwi

Garnotia spadicea Ohwi (1947) 9. — Type: Van Steenis 8479, p.p. (holo BO, L, fragm.; K 000290153).

Plants perennial. Culms stiffly erect, branched at base and along the culm, 0.2–0.75 m long. Nodes glabrous to puberulous. Sheath mouth sparsely to densely hairy. Ligule 0.3–0.8 mm long. Blades linear, flat to folded, 9–17 cm by 4–9 mm, glabrous to pilose, base narrowly attenuate. Panicle 5–11.5 cm long, common axis longer than the lowest branches, branches fascicled, at maturity appressed, smooth. Spikelets 5–6 mm long (excl. awn), callus hairs 0.7–1 mm long. First glume 5–6 mm long, subequal to the second glume, acuminate to mucronate. Second glume 5–6 mm long, apex acuminate to mucronate, arista 0–2 mm long. Lemma awn apical, imperfect, column absent, arista straight, 2.5–8 mm long. Anthers 1.5–2 mm long.

Distribution — Sumatra, Aceh (Leuser).

Habitat — Locally not rare in open grasslands, heaths, edge of thicket, 2200–2800 m altitude.

Collector’s notes — Small, dense to loose tussocks, stiff, brittle herb. Grey hairy. Inflorescence purplish greenish.

Note — The leaves in several collections are blackish sug- gestive of fire. The lemmas conspicuously castaneous, hence the epithet.