OF THE MATTO GROSSO EXPEDITION, 1891-92. 503 
Juxta Monsteram Adansoni, Schott (quee eadem ac M. pertusa, De Vriese), intercalanda, 
abhorret vero, prseter signa alia, costis secundariis magis obliquis, spathá lata spadicem 
subequante, filamentis longioribus spathulatis nec linearibus. [Amer. Austr. Trop. et 
Centr.; Ind. Occ. } 
Named in honour of Mr. N. E. Brown, of the Kew Herbarium, whose services to 
Botany, in the shape of numerous drawings, notes, and carefully prepared garden speci- 
mens of Aroideze, were they only better known, would be more highly appreciated. 
ANTHURIUM GRACILE, Lindl. Bot. Reg. sub t. 1635. 
Hab. Incolit sylvam primzevam inter Santa Cruz et Tapirapuan, ubi florescit mens. 
Sept. (N.393.) [Amazonia, Guiana, Nov. Granat., Amer. Centr., Ins. Trinitatis. ] 
ANTHURIUM ($ DACTYLOPHYLLIUM) SYLVESTRE (sp. nov.); petiolo elongato, subterete, 
leviter sulcato, geniculo subbrevi, laminá subcoriaceá 7-sectá, segmentis tribus 
exterioribus in phalangem connatis, intimo solummodo libero, oblanceolatis, acumi- 
natis, segmento postico postice auriculato, ceterum, preter marginem plus minus 
repandum, integris; pedunculo petiolo j-plo breviore; spathá lanceolato-lineolari- 
obtusà; spadice spathá haud duplo longiore, gracili, superne gradatim attenuata. 
Hab. Crescit in sylvà primeevá inter Santa Cruz et Tapirapuan, mens. Sept. spadices 
ostendens. (N. 392.) 
Petiolus 42:0 em. long., 0:3 em. diam., vagina brevi nec ultra 3:0 cm. long. instructus, 
basi incrassatus ; laminze segmenta 16:0 em. long., 3°5-4°5 em. lat.; costa secundarize 
utrinque circa 5, erecto-arcuatee, dein margini parallele-cursantes, costo pag. sup. 
vix eminentes, pag. inf. arcte reticulate. Pedunculus 28:0. cm. long., deorsum 
0:4 cm. diam., sursum ad 0:2 em. attenuatus. Spatha 8:0 cm. long., medio 2°0 cm. 
lat., purpurea. Spadix 13°5 cm. long., basi 0°6 cm. crass., viridis. Flores 0°3 cm. 
long. 
A. Martini, Schott, proxima, cujus laminse segmenta duo (nec tria) exteriora in 
phalangem connata et majora et diversiformia, spatha triplo longior et duplo angustior, 
necnon spadix duplo longior. [ Guiana. | 
GRAMINE. 
PasPALUM SIMPLEX, Morong, in Ann. New York Acad. Sc. vii. (1893) p. 258. 
Hab. Ad Puerto Pacheco floret mens. Feb. (N. 1051.) [Paraguaria.] 
PASPALUM CONJUGATUM, Bergius, in Acad. Helv. vii. p. 129. 
Hab. Crescit in cacumine montium Serra da Chapada, itaque ad Santa Cruz. 
(Nn. 130, 728.) [America, a Brasilià usque ad Mexico.) 
PASPALUM PANICULATUM, Linn. Syst. ed. X. p. 855. Var. MINOR, nob. 
Planta non ultra 25:0 cm. alt. Folia parva, linearia, circa 5:0 cm. long. Spicze pauce 
(5), patulz, breves, 2:0-3:0 em. long. 
Hab. Inveni ad Serra da Chapada, prope Santa Anna da Chapada, mens. Aug. 
(N. 134.) 1 
