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bris, spiculis parvis pilosis pedicellatis in paniculamlaxam elotigatam ramls 

 flexuosis gracillimis ascendentibus dispositis, glumis omnibus oblongo- 

 lanceolatis a;quilongis, florifera hyaliua membranacea breviter aristata. 



Stems rather above a foot long, panicle included. Stem- 

 . leaves 3-4, the central sheaths 2-3 in. long ; blade linear, gla- 

 brous, spreading or ascending, under half a foot long. Panicle 

 half a foot long, the ascending branches very slender and flexuous. 

 Spikelets |in. long, with a tuft of white liairs at the base inside; 

 sterile glumes oblong-lanceolate, white with a green keel ; flower- 

 ing-glumes entirely hyaline, shortly awned. — .Baron 4497 ! Adds 

 this temnerate erenua to the Mada 



DiPLACHNE ABTSTATA, U. Sp. 



D. caulibus elongatis teretibus erectis, foliis remotis linearibus firmis 

 glabris utrinque conspicue nervatis, spiculis 5-6-floris dense pilosis m 

 paniculam amplam densam ramis ascendentibus gracillimis dispositis, glu- 

 mis sterilibus parvis scariosis oblongo-lanceolatis, glumis floriferis lanceo- 

 latis apice bifidis inter dentes aristatis. 



Stems moderately stout, terete. Stem-leaves spreading, 6-8 in. 

 long, 5 in. broad, firm and thick in texture, flat, pale green on 

 the face, darker green on the back, with numerous distinctly 

 raised ribs on both sides. Panicle nearly a foot long, all the 

 branches very slender and ascending, the lower remote, the upper 

 crowded. Spikelets ^ in. long, villose, with dense soft white 

 hairs; sterile glumes subequal, erecto-patent, brown, scariose, 

 j^^ in. long; flowers laxly alternate on the axis, erecto-patent; 

 fliowering-glume ^ in. long, including the short ascending or 

 squarrose awn. — Baron 4945 ! Allied to the Cape D. andro;pQ' 

 gonoides. 



Vascular Cetptogamia. 



Ctathea eigidula, n. sp. 



C. frondibus araphs rigide subcoriaceis viridibus glabris, pinnis oblongo- 

 lanceolatis rhachidibus inermibus facie pilosis dorso parce paleaceis, pin- 

 nulis lanceolatis ad costara pinnatis; segmentis tertiariis oblongis contiguis 

 inciso-crenatis margine recurvatis, venulis furcatis 6-8-jugis, sons densis 

 costularibus, indusio parvo campauulato ore truncato- 



A large tree-feru, with the habit of C arhorea,T\gi^ in texture, 

 green on both surfaces. Rhachides of the pinnae and pinnules 

 minutely paleaceous. Pinnse above a foot long, 3^-4 in. broad; 

 pinnules very numerous, spreading, ^ in. broad, cut down to the 

 midrib into crowded ascending segments -^ in. broad. Veins 



