Above the relief projects also a broader fascia, on which a rich mæander has likewise been painted  ; both these mæanders, it seems, were red  ; above this last mæander, and separated from it by a bird’s beak moulding decorated with leaves, was another broad fascia between the beams of the roof, with a beautifully twisted palm‐leaf ornament  ; upon this was an ovolo painted with eggs, and finally over this last the soffits of the roof.

We were appalled by the utterness of the destruction.

Leaves distichous; sheaths usually non-auriculate; external ligule usually absent, rarely present as a line of hairs: ligule a ciliate or less commonly eciliate membrane or a row of hairs: blade relatively narrow, without pseudopetioles, […]

“Take a week’s Jug,” he said, “and keep your nose clean.”