76 REPORT ON TWO BOTANICAL COLLECTIONS FROM 
The spikelets on the specimens seen are imperfect, most of them consisting of empty 
bracts only, and none that I have examined contain a perfect ovary. 
ype CHUSQUEA LINEARIS, N. E. Brown, sp. n. Culmi graciles, internodiis 2-21 poll. longis, 
ramulis brevibus ad nodos aggregatis. Folia 6-10 lin. longa, 1-15 lin. lata, lanceo- 
lata, acutissima, glabra, secus unum marginem minute scaberula; vaginee striat:e, 
pubescentes, ligula brevi subtruncati. Racemi ad nodos aggregati, lineares, spiculis 
3—6, unifloris. Glumæ inferiores 4 vacuze, gluma infima minima, sequentes majores 
pubescentes; gluma florens convoluta, obtusa, apicem tantum pubesceus, 7—8- 
nervis. Palea oblongo-ovata, obtusa, convoluta, glabra, apice ciliata, 4-nervis. 
Stems slender, terete, glabrous, with internodes 2-21 in. long, concealed by the striated 
sheaths, bearing at the nodes clusters of 4-10 simple leafy or flowering branches 13-3 in. 
long. Leaves distichous, those on the branches 12-2 lin. distant, 6-10 lin. long, 
1-14 lin. broad, lanceolate, tapering to a very acute mucronate point, abruptly narrowed 
into a very short petiole at the base, glabrous, minutely ciliate-scabrid along one 
margin, striate beneath from the numerous closely placed prominent nerves; sheaths 
striate, pubescent ; ligule short, subtruncate, no bristles. Racemes linear, with 3-6 
pedicellate, adpressed, 1-flowered spikelets, or the terminal one with 14-15 spikelets. I 
Outer 4 glumes empty; the lowest 1-4 lin. long, broadly oblong, obtuse, 1-nerved; the | 
second 14-14 lin. long, oblong, obtuse, with or without a short awn, 1-nerved; the two others 
subequal, 25—2? lin. long, oblong-lanceolate, acute, very concave, 5-6-nerved, all more or 
less pubescent on the back and ciliate, at least at the apex. Flowering glume 22 lin. 
long, ovate-lanceolate, obtuse, convolute, pubescent and ciliate at the apex only, with 
7-8 slender nerves. Pale 2 lin. long, oblong-ovate, convolute, obtuse and ciliate at the 
apex, membranous, with 4 slender nerves. Lodicules 3, narrowly oblong, obtuse, ciliate 
at the apex, 3-2 lin. long. Stamens 3; anthers 1 lin. long, linear. Ovary narrowly 
ovoid, glabrous ; styles 2, narrowly plumose nearly to the base. 
Summit of Mount Roraima, 8600 ft., McConnell & Quelch, 677. 
Allied to C. abietifolia, Griseb., but among other characters is easily distinguished by 
its linear racemes. 
