348 MR. J. G. BAKER ON THE 
Leaves in a dense tuft, firmer in texture and more rigid than 
usual in the genus, acutely keeled, 3-3 in. broad low down, 
tapering gradually to the point. Peduncle moderately robust, 
stiffly erect. Raceme very dense, 3-4 in. long; pedicels i in. 
long, articulated at the tip; bracts lanceolate, white. Perianth 
constricted above the ovary, 4; in. diam. at the throat of the 
tube. Stamens exserted nearly 1 in.; anthers oblong, minute. 
Capsule globose, 1-3 in. diam.—A nkaratra mountain, Baron 5256! 
Allied to the Cape K. sarmentosa. 
CHLOROPHYTUM GRACILE, n. sp. 
C. foliis linearibus membranaceis glabris vix petiolatis venis laxis perspi- 
cuis, pedunculo gracili foliis breviore, racemo elongato laxo simplici vel 
parce ramoso, pedicellis 2-4nis medio articulatis, bracteis superioribus 
parvis infimis foliaceis, perianthio perparvo albo-viridulo, staminibus peri- 
anthio vix brevioribus, capsulis latis profunde lobatis, seminibus in loculo 
geminis, 
Leaves about a foot long, 1 in. broad at the middle, narrowed 
gradually to the base and apex; veins about 6 on each side of 
the midrib. Peduncle arcuate, very slender. Raceme about a 
foot long; pedicels 4-4 in., very slender, spreading ; upper bracts 
ovate-cuspidate, minute. Perianth campanulate, } in. long; 
segments linear-oblong, white, keeled with green. Anthers 
oblong, slightly longer than the filaments. Capsule 4 in. diam., 
deeply lobed laterally. Seeds black, compressed.— East Imerina, 
Baron 5927! Allied to the widely-spread Tropical-Asian and 
Australian C. laxum, R. Br. 
CELACHNE MADAGASCARIENSIS, n. sp. 
C. caulibus dense ceespitosis gracilibus teretibus, foliis parvis multis linea- 
ribus, spiculis sessilibus vel brevissime pedicellatis in paniculam laxam 
oblongo-rhomboideam dispositis, glumis omnibus muticis, vacuis parvis 
oblongis vel ovatis, floriferis oblongis pallidis. 
Stems densely tufted, under a footlong. Leaves many, spaced 
out upon the stem, with a blade 4-3 in. long. Panicle 1-14 in. 
long ; branches spaced out, short, erecto-patent; spikelets 5-6 
on the largest branches, oblong, about aline long. Glumes all 
similar in texture ; outer sterile glume oblong, 4 the length of 
the spikelet ; inner ovate, nearly as long as the outer. Flowers 
two to a spikelet ; flowering-glumes oblong, nearly a line long.— 
Baron 5063!, in swamps. Adds this Tropical-Asian and Austra- 
lian genus to the Madagascar flora. 
