186 SPICILEGIA GORGONEA. 
obtusis, spiculis muticis, racheos ramis margine superne 
sub spicularum insertione setosis, foliis glabris planis 
margine cartilagineo eleganter serrulato-scabris, culmo 
ramoso vaginisque glabris. 
Has. In insula S. Jacobi (J. Dalton Hooker, n. 88. Nov. 
1839. 
Radix fibrosa, fibris albidis, villosulis. Culmus ascendens, 
ramosus, pedalis et ultra, glaber, levis, striatus, superne 
aliquo tactu nudus. Vagine compress, striate, laxe, 
glabre. Ligula nulla. Folia late linearia, 2-24 lin. lata, 
acuminata, plana, striata, glabra, levia, margine cartilagineo 
eleganter serrulato-scabra. Panicula terminalis, subgracilis, 
2-3 pollicaris, subsecunda, fere ut in Panico Colono, Lm. 
Rachis flexuosa, striata, externe convexo-obtusangula, 1n- 
terne ad spiculos excipiendos canaliculata, glabra, margine 
precipue scabra. Ejus rami alterni spicarum axem effor- 
mantes, flexuosi, subcompressi, margine ciliato-scabri, et sub 
spicularum insertione 1-2 setas albas, rigidas, spiculam sub- 
equantes gerentes. Spice alterne, simplices, erect®, rachi 
subapproximate, oblonge, obtuse, superiores breviores ? 
viridi-purpurascentes. Spicule ovatz, unilaterales, mutic®. 
Valve calycine valde inæquales, inferior minima, COT 
dato-ovata, acuta, trinervis, nervis viridibus, scabris, 
superior major, ovato-concava, quinquenervis, nervis Yà- 
lidis, viridibus, scabris. Flosculi hermaphroditi valve carti- 
laginez, glabrz, nitide, inferior major ovata, acuta, SU" 
periorem angustiorem longitudinaliterque striatam am- 
plectens. Flosculi neutri valve corollinze inzquales, inferior 
major ovata, acuta, quinquenervis, nervis scabris, viridibus, 
superior hyalino-membranacea, minor, obtusa. : 
Has. Affine Panico Colono, Linn., sed foliis margine cartila- 
gineo serrulato-scabris, spicis brevioribus, ramisque racheos 
setosis, aliisque notis satis superque distinctum. In her 
bario Musei Britannici planta hee ex India Orientali extat 
sub nomine Panici Cruris-Corvi ut Panicum Crus-Corvi & 
herbario Linneano inspectione mihi a Panico Crure-Galli 
vix diversum videtur et sicut hujus varietatem teneo. 
