66 •• MB. G. F. SCOTT ELLIOT 01S" 



- Habitus Bragrostidis sed differt glumis fertilibus 7-nervus, 

 foliis lanceolatis etc. 



Centotheca mtjcbo^ata, Hack. (Poa mucronata, Beauv. 



JFl. Ow. — Megastachya owarieasis, Beauv. Agrost. t. 15. f. 5.) 

 Laminis e basi late cordata ample xicauli lanceolatis, margine 



undulatis, spiculis lateralibus pedicello suo 3-5 plo longioribus, 



glumis fertilibus distiucte emarginatis et mucronatis. 



Often in or near woods, Fort Dauphin, 3054 ! 2309 b ! 2936! 



2502 i! 



Centotheca madagascaeiensis, Sack. (? Poa madagascari- 

 ensis, Lam.) 



C. laminis e basi rotundata non amplectente lineari-lanceolatis, 

 margine rectis; spiculis omnibus longissime pedicellatis (quam 

 pedicellis 2-6plo longioribus), glumis fertilibus obsolete emargi- 

 natis mucronulatisque. 



Shady places, Fort Dauphin, 2502 a ! 2766 ! 2935! 



EXPLANATION OF THE PLATES. 



Plate I. 



Sphcerosepalum coriaceum. 

 Fig. L Flower viewed from above. 2. Flower in median vertical section. 



3. Stamens. 



Plate II. 



Quivisia grandifolia. 



stamens 



— - — 9 



ending in barren tips. 3. Ovary, style, and stigma. 



Plate III. 



Kalanckoe verticillata. 



Fig. 1. Flower from exterior (corolla being opened along one side). 



2. Stamens. 3. Extremity of leaf seen from below. 4. The same 



from above. 



Plate IV. 

 Osbeckia Elliotii. 



Fig, 1. Flower in longitudinal median section. 2. Ovule (enlarged) 



3. Stamens, 



