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and divides into several rod-like brdnches, each a foot or so 
in length. "Their branches are too leafless, and towards their 
extremities they bear, around the flowers, clusters of mem- 
branaceous bracts such as we find in certain species of Pleu. 
rothallis and Dendrobium. From amongst these bracts 
emerge the flowers, which are small and rather fleshy.—New 
Guinea, Mr. Hinds. 
Jacca pinnatifida, Linn. Feejee Islands, Mr. Barclay. 
Roxburghia sp., Amboyna, Mr. Barclay. 
Draccena sp. in a very imperfect state, New Ireland, 
Mr. Barclay. À 
Smilax without flowers, New Ireland, Mr. Barclay. 
Flagellaria Indica, Linn. New Ireland, Mr. Barclay. 
Cyperus rotundus, Linn. Amboyna, Mr. Barclay. 
Fimbristylis setacea, sp. n., culmis cœspitosis setaceis basi 
vaginatis aphyllis glabris, spica solitaria erecta nuda lanceo- 
lata acuta, squamis oblongis acutiusculis dorso trinerviis 
glabris impunctatis, stylo bifido ciliato, achenio obovato- 
oblongo compresso niveo transversim undulato-rugoso. 
Diagnosis F. acicularis, Br. paucis verbis differt. Culmi 
tenuissimi 4-5-pollicares. Spice albide, iis F. acuminate 
multo graciliores. Stamina non vidi. Amboyna, Mr. Bar- 
clay. 2 
Fimbristylis pumila sp. n., culmis ccespitosis filiformibus 
basi vaginatis aphyllis v. breviter unifoliatis glabris, weite 
Solitaria erecta nuda oblongo-lineari, squamis oblongis acutis 
Pallide fuscescentibus dorso uninerviis punctatis glabris 
Subtriandris, stylo bifido nudo, achzenio obovoideo punctato- 
tuberculoso albido. Culmis 2-3-pollicares, firmiores quam in 
F. setacea, Vagina sæpius in folium semi-pollicare producta. 
Spica parva, tenuis, pauciflora. Stamina sepissime 3. Am- 
boyna, Mr. Barclay. : 1 
Fimbristylis communis, Kunth., var. pumila, pilosa, semi- 
pedalis ; et ejusdem var. elata, glabra, 2-3-pedalis. Amboyna, 
Mr. Barclay. i zt 
Scleria Sumatrana, Retz. Amboyna. Mr. Barclay. 
Panicum pilipes, Nees ab Esenb. in Wight. Cat. n. 2343, 
