289 
A. Lohe er, n. 1649, in Herb. Kew “ 7, radicans, Bl., Cue 
Montalban ”—not Blume’ s I. radicans ; specimen in bad oatilicas 
resembles /. Hutchinsoni but wants interpetiolar glands, 
Vidal, n, 2246, in Herb. Kew “Island of Panay ”—a 
fragment resembling I, montalbana. 
APPENDIX. 
I. manillensis, Walp. in ace Act. Nat. Cur. xix. Suppl. (1848) 
317; Walp. Rep. Bot. v. 
Ins Dares Manila, a Jala jala, Meyen 8/31 in Mus. Bot. 
Berol. 
Herba flaccida, glaberrima ; caule erecto gracili ramoso. nas 
6-15 cm. longa, ‘petiolata, inferiora roe superiora 3-—5-nat 
jectis, subtus pallidiora, basi petiolum 1-4 ecm. longum 
angustata, nervis utrinque 5-7 Figen vive ; glandulae stipulares 0. 
Pedicelli axiilares, solitarii, 3-4 cm. longi, filiformes, ee 
fructiferi elongati. Flores 3-4 cm. lati, lilacini. Sepala 
longa, ovato-lanceolata, longe be a membranes ligne 
Vexillum orbiculare, ad 14 cm, dia Alae sessiles, ad 1°8 cm, 
longae ; lobi apice dilatati rae vel ‘bilobulati, iobiiti ta tat 
divaricatis sinu saepe setifero; lobus basalis distali brevior et 
angustior ; auricula dorsalis 0. JLabelli limbus parvus, sepalis 
paullo longior, cymbiformis, ascendens, ore acuto ; calcar 2°5-3 em. 
longum, gracillimum, rectum yel incurvum. Filamenta brevissima ; 
antherae connatae, obtusae. Ovarium rectum, acutum. Capsula 
15 mm. longa, elliptica, utrinque attenuata, gibba, oligosperma, 
Seminz anguste oblonga, 4 mm . longa, hirsuta. 
Described from Meyen’s type specimens in the Berlin Herbarium. 
The description by Walpers is incomplete, and the lower jearee. re 
erroneously deseribed as verticillate, and the upper as 1 
the petals (wings) are simply stated to be profundly bi ths 
vexillum is not alluded to, nor are the capsules and seeds; the leaves 
are described as being glaucous beneath, but their undersurface 
is hardly paler than the upper. The perfectly glabrous, very 
membranous leaves and hirsute seeds are characteristic of 
I. manillensis. 
In the Repertorium bi ies adds to the description in Nov. 
Act. “in vivo succulenta 
XXXVIL—TOOWOOMBA CANARY GRASS. 
(Phalaris bulbosa, Linn, = P. commutata, auct., non R. & 8.) 
OrTro STapPprFr. 
In the Kew Bulletin No. 2 of the present hog (r “oe an abstract 
was f unt of a new er * Phalaris commu- 
hea Vouk fa recently been ya fet A haabalis and South 
Africs: In connection with it, it was pointed out that some 
difficulty exists as to what this re * Phalaris commutata ’ may 
