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A. B. KIOXDLE: MOXOCOTVLEDONS. 



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Abildgaardia monostachya Vahl. ML Dore ; common in grassland iix 

 old gaava cultivation ; serpentine. 100 ft. 6G3. 



^CTKPUS mltcuonatus L, Tonglioue Mts. ; streamside in open pasture; 

 cretaceous; 1000 fr. 167. Mt. Mou ; swamp, margin of cultivation; 

 serpentine ; 1000 ft. 474. Widely distributed in Old World. 



OiiORiZANDRA CYMBARIA R. Br. li. Oomboui ; nuirsljy places by river; 

 serpentine alluvmm ; 300 ft. 2214, Australia. 



RnYNCnOSPOKA GLArCA Vahl. 



banlcs. 1G8. Warm regions. 



Tonglioue Mts, ; moist muddy streain- 



SciKENrs BREViFOiJUs R. Br. Plaine des Lacs ; abundant on level plain 



and up dry slopes, serpentine scrub and light woods. 3118. Australia and 

 New Zealand, • 



S. NEOCALEDONICA 0. B, Clarke. R. Comboui ; moister parts of serpentine 

 nlluvium ; 500 ft. 2223. 



S. Tkxdo Hook. f. Cap Boeage ; frequent in dense scrj)enline scrub; 

 500 ft. 1379. New Zealand. 



LoriroscHCEXLTS AiirxDiNACEUS Stapf (Schmufs arundinaceifs Forst.). 



Presqu'ile Bogota ; very abundant in dry serpentine scrub up to 3500 ft. 



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L, COMOSUS Stapf (Schwiius comosus C. B. Clarke). Bale Ngo ; abundnnt 

 along streams in serpentine scrub ; 300 ft. 255. 



CosTLTLARlA NEOCALEDOXICA Rendlcj sp. iiov. llevha glabra crespitosa 

 erecta 4-pedali3j rhizomate brovi crassa vaginis murcescontibus induta et 

 radices filiformes emittentCj ajnce folia pauca basi vaginis scariosis 5 inclu^a 

 et culmuni gerente ; vafjlnis litis 1*5-14 cm. long.^ apice lamina brevi usque 



ad 1*5 cm. lonnr. instructis ; foliis 3-4 eloufjatis suberectis lioidulis e v^aolna 

 scarlosa linearibus obtusis in facie snperiorc venis prominentibus lineatis 

 margine subito et anguste reflexn, plicte margine scabrido, ad 6 dm. long, et 

 3"5-4"5 mm* lat. ; culmo 13 dm. long, rigidulo complanato striate sub medio 

 2-nodo et folia 3'4 dm. et r2 dm. long, gerente, supra medium graciliore 

 (^t paniculam laxam 4'5 dm. long, elegnnter nutantem efformantej hradelH 



foliaceis duabus infcriorlbus 6' 5 et 4'5 cm 



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distantilius elongatis filiformibu?, spursifloris ; spieuVis pedicellatis anguste 

 lanceolatis colore rubro-brunneo tinctis c. 8 nun. longis ; glumis disticbis dorso 

 rotundatis, apice obscure 3-denticnlatis, 6-8 inferioribus vacuis, 2 supremis 

 florentibus majoribug 5'5-G'5 -mm. long,, ilore inferiore masculo ovario 

 rudimentario, fl. superiore bisexuali ; rltachilla flexuosa nee inter neqne 

 supra flores elongala sed gluma binervi paboacea florem bisexualem tegente 



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