452 Mtt. J. G. BAKEB ON THE 



spicis fcemineis 5-6 cylindricis peduaculatis cernuis superne densis inferne 

 laxis, glumis oblongis brunneis dorso nervis 3 viridibus pereursis, peri- 

 gynio ellipsoideo lenticulari viridi obscure rostrato faciebus multinervatis, 

 stylo bifido, spica mascula unica terminali. 



A densely csespitose swamp species. Leaves linear, 2-3 ft. 

 long, | in. broad at the base, erect, firm in texture, closely- 

 ribbed, glabrous, tapering to tbe point, prominently costate. 

 Stem l-L-2 ft. long below the inflorescence, slender, sharply 

 3-angled. Female spikes 5-6, cylindrical, cernuous, 4-5 in. long, 

 £— ^ in. in diam., the lower distinctly peduncled and subtended 

 by long leaves, the upper with a few male flowers at the top. 

 Glumes obtuse, § in. long, brown and membranous towards the 

 edge, firm in texture in the centre, with 3 strong ribs. Perigyne 

 as long as the glume, greenish, distinctly margined, narrowed 

 into a short entire beak, each face with several distinct vertical 

 ribs. Male spike erect, terminal, 4-5 in. long, its glumes like 

 those of the female. — Baron 2795 ! Nearest 0, striata of our 

 British species, and a near ally of C. madagascariensis, Boeckl. in 

 Engler's Jahrb. 1884, p. 517, founded on Hildebrandt'a 3753. 



Oplismentjs beomoides, n. sp. 



Perennis, vaginis dense pilosis, foliis linearibus, spiculis subcylindricis 

 solitariis vel geminis sessilibus vel pedicellatis in paniculam elongatam 

 ramis paucis simplieibus ascendentibus dispositis, gluma sterili exteriori in 

 aristam longissimam scabram producta, reliquis oblongo - lanceolatis 

 acutis. 



A perennial, with slender cylindrical stems 1-1^ ft. long, 

 ascending from a decumbent base. Leaves 3-4 in. long, 

 \-{ in. broad, glabrous except towards the base ; sheaths about 

 an inch long, densely pilose both upon the surface and margin. 

 Panicle 6-8 in. long, with a few very ascending long slender 

 simple secund branches. Spikelets laxly disposed, usually 

 solitary and sessile, i in. long. Outer sterile glume oblong- 

 lanceolate, 5-nerved, nearly as long as the spikelet, produced 

 into a long awn ; inner sterile glume just like the outer in shape 

 and texture, but not awned. Flowering-glume oblong-lanceolate, 

 acute, glabrous, just like the sterile glumes in texture, distinctly 

 5-nerved on the back.— Baron 3213 ! Nearly allied to O. setarius, 

 Ecem. & Sch. (0. acuminatus, Nees). 



ECUINOL^NA 1IADAGASCAEIENSIS, n. sp. 



E. folns magnis lanceolatis, vaginis margine ciliatis, spiculis dense spicatis, 



