100 
508. Poa violaseens Ph. P. prrennis?, caespitosa ? fo- 
liis radiealibus ....5 eulmis ereofis, gracilibus, superius nu- 
.dis; foliis enlmeis distantibus, brevibns, una enn vaginis gla- 
bris; ligulis elongatis; panieula contracta, 1 —1!/g poll. 
longa; ramis hinis ternisre, brevibus, Iaevigsimis; spieulis 
pedieello sno longierihus, %%/, lin. longis, ovalis, 3—&- 
foris; glumis ovatis, acufis, violaceis, fere 1%/, fin. longis; 
palea inferiore glumam vix snperante, ovata, acnta, viridula, 
superius fulva, margine hyalina, trinerria, in earina et nervis 
lateralibus, margini approximatis longe ei lanuginose -ciliata, 
rhachide glahra. . 
»Prope Arauco invenit el. Gay. Herb. Chil, no. 164. — 
Gulmi 15, omnes parte radieali earentes, suppetnnt; 9—11 poll. 
longi sunt, sed nodis duobus modo eonstant; nltimum inter- 
nodium 5— 6-pollicare; vaginae eirca tertinm internodii pAr- 
tem oceupant, folium autepenultimum 11 lin. longum, 1°s 
lin. latum. — Difert a P, holeiformi, quacum spieulis vio- 
Iaceis convenit, eulmo superius mudo etc.; a stenantha culmo 
laevissimo, spieulis' ovalis, a chorizantha spieulis trifieris, 
nee 4—5-foris, glumis, paleaque inferiore acutis. 
Macroblepharus Ph. novum genus Festweacearum (g.2006 
longus, PAsypagor eiliae). 
Flores paniculati; panicula contraeta, spicaeformis, lobata; 
spienlae minutae, compressae, oeto- vel muliflorae; Horibns 
distichis, patentibus; glamae duae, carinatae muticae; paleae 
duae membrannceae, glumis sublongiores, inferior ovata, sub- 
irnneata, mucronata, frinervia,, nervo medio basi setis erechis 
brevibus armato, lateralibus margini Aapproximatis, seabris; 
palea superior parum brevior, bicarinata, earinis longissime 
eiliatis; stamina ....; stigmata duo sessilia; caryopsis ovalor 
lanceolata, teres, glaherrima, intense rufa. — Genus eiliie 
