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68 MB. H. ST. EXDLEY Off THE 





GEAMINE^. 





Paspalum: anemottjm, n. sp. 



Herba dense caespitosa. Polia copiosa, flaccida elongata, 2|-3- 



pedalia vix | unciam lata linearia acuminata striata, scabra ; ore et 





marginibus vaginae longe albo-ciliatis. Ligula brevis membranacea 

 brunnea laciniata, laciniis rotundatis. Culmi bipedales erecti. 

 Panicula nutans 6-uncialis, racemis circiter 20. Bhachis gracilis 

 vix complanata. Plores per paria parvi pallidi longi. Pedi- 

 celli breves scabridi. Glumae exteriores ovatse obtusse sub- 

 tenues, internse induratse lanceolatae. Palea indurata anceolata. 

 Stamina 3. Antherae castanese. Stigmata breviuscula atro-pur- 

 purea. 



Abundant on tbe open ground behind Port San Antonio, 

 in the low ground near Tangle Bock, and at Morro branco. 

 This is a large plant, forming thick tussocks in low-lying country ; 

 the leaves are numerous and long and narrow, the inflorescences 

 few and rather compact, the racemes long and slender, the 

 rhachis hardly flattened. The flowers numerous and white. 1* 

 belongs to the same section as P. virgatum, but even in habit is 

 distinct, the leaves and inflorescence being much narrower. 













P. phonolitioum, n. sp. (Plate IV.) 

 Herba rigida erecta, vix caespitosa. Polia pauca erecta 

 late linearia, culmo multo breviora, acuminata striata scabrida, 

 6 uncias longa, % unciam lata. Ore et marginibus vaginae albo 

 lanatis. Ligula laciniata, laciniis rotundatis membranaceis. 

 Culmus sesquipedalis ad inflorescentiam vaginis tectus. Panicula 

 erecto-nutans 6-uncialis, racemis 10. Rhaehis sinuata scabra vix 

 complanata. Plores per paria in pedicellis brevibus pubescentibus 

 quam in praecedente paullo majores. G-luma externa late ovata 

 obtusa carinata cymbiformis .... plana elliptica obtusa ; gluma 

 interna indurata ovata obtusa cymbiformis minute striata. 

 Palea elliptica obtusa striata. Antherae flavse. Styli atro- 

 purpurei. 



On the altered phonolite of Morro branco, growing in clefts 

 of the rock and on the slopes. 



This species is allied closely to the preceding, but is dis- 

 tinguished at first sight by its habit ; it does not form the large 

 long-leaved tussocks of that species, but grows in small tufts with 

 a few erect, stiff leaves, much shorter and broader than those of 

 the other. The whole plant, too, is smaller and more condensed. 







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