L Bambusa, II, Nastus, 463 



iSeries II. AllUBfBIlWARIAE n. ab e. in lAnn. ix. p. mQ. 

 et in Lindl. Introcl. l. c 



Valvula flosculorum fertilium superior compressa, cymbiformis. 



11. NASTUS luss. Gen. ji. 59. N. ab E. in Linn, IX. ji. 407. 



48ri. et in Lindl. hilrod. l, c, Kiinth. En. L jj. 429. Endli- 



cher, Gen, p. 102. 908. (cxc/. gen, Schizostachyo N. ab E.) 



Stemraatospermum Pa/is, de Beauv, Agrostogr. p, 144. 



t, 23. /. S. 



Spicula multitlora, tereli -compressa, inferue sterilis, flosculo 

 lerminali solo ferlili hermaphrodito. Flosculi oblique posili. Glu- 

 mae duae, breves. Valvula flosculorum inferior nervoso-coslata, 

 mucronata; superior flosculi fertilis bicarinata, carinis validis ap- 

 proximatis, lateribus suhmcmbranaceis. Lodiculae 3, ovatae, acu- 

 tae, ciliatae. Stamina G. Ovarium lanceolatum, compressum, in 

 slylum conicum acaminatum ; stigmata sessilia, discrela, pluraulosa. 

 Caryopsis glabra, stylo ovato-conico indurato cuspidata, libera, 



Infloresccntia racemoso-paniculala, parva, terminalis in ramulis 

 fasciculalim e ramis nascenlibus subverlicillatis. 



?1. Nnstus tesse//ata N. ab E. ramis dense fasciculalis imhrica- 

 lis confcrlis, foliis ovato-lanceolatis inter nervos tessellatis concolo- 

 ribus margine setuloso-ciliatis, vaginis ore birsutis. 



In moule Winterberg alt. VI. (Terrae Calfrorum), Ecklon ; 

 in praeruptis udis montium VVilbergen alt. 5000 — 6300' vulgatis- 

 sima, eliam in moute Los-Tafelbcrg ,,in den Kranzen" eadem 

 alliludine, in Bambbusergen aliisque in locis editissimis circa fines 

 CalTrorum, tum vero et in monte Katberg alt. SOO', (Drege). 



Florel Decembri. ^. 



Arborescens. ,,In humidis montium Wilbergen 13 — 20 pe- 

 des alta, in siccioribus monlis Los-Tafelberg et montium Bambus- 

 bergen haud ultra S — lOpedes assurgens. Nunquam cum flore aut 

 fructu a nobis inventa est,'* (Drfege in schedis.) 



