348 
didynama, filamentis undique sed parce pilosis. ructum maturum 
non vidi. 
Burma. Southern Shan States: near poke Tuny, 1900 m., 
Macgregor, 755 bis, in Herb. Kew. et Calcu 
619. Fimbristylis Lacei, Turrill seine Sire] affinis 
F. distichae, Bcklr., sed anthelae radiis pubescentibus, glumis angus- 
tioribus acutioribus differt 
Planta annua ; culmi érecti, ad 12 em. alti, eet basi foliati. 
Folia numerosa, linearia, curvata, apice acuta, ad 7 mm. longa, 
2 mm. lata, glaucescentia, margine scabra. Anthela e radiis 3-6 
pubescentibus, spiculis 3-7 constituta ; bracteae breves, foliosae. 
Spiculae 6-8-florae, 5-7 mm. longae, 1° 5 mm. latae, rhachilla haud 
torta. Glumae distichae, cymbiformes, 2°5 mm. longae, 0°75 mm 
latae, minute puberulae, brunnescentes, carinis angustis scabris, ad 
margines anguste membranaceae. Stamina 2, filamentis 2°75 mm. 
longis, antheris linearibus 0°6 mm. longis haud apiculatis. Stylus 
1:5 mm. longus, glaber, cum basi incrassata deciduus, ramis ‘ ‘ 
longis. Nur obovoidea, faciebus 3 convexis, 0°75 mm, alta 0-6 mm 
diametro, alba, vix verrucosa, haud stipitata, cellulis epidermatis 
hexagono-rotun is. 
MA. Upper Chindwin District: Sittung; Tammu Road, 
150 m., Lace, 4210. 
y ARCHIPELAGO. Borneo: Tenom; “ Residency,” 
burnt clearing paths, 240 m., Gibbs, 2771. 
620. Fimbristylis tortispica, Zurri/l [Cyperaceae-Scirpeae]; ab 
affint Ff. disticha, Beklr., partibus omnibus majoribus, spicularum 
rachillis tortis facile distinguenda, 
Rhizoma nullum vel brevissimum. Culmi erecti, ad 5 dm. alti, 
rigidiusculi, basi dense foliati quasi bulboso-incrassati. Folia 
apiculata, ad 13 mm. lon 5 lata, glauca, margine scabra 
Anthela radiis ad 7 laevibus. Bracteae breves, ad margines ciliato- 
seabrae. Spiculae 9 mm. longae, 2 mm. latae, rhachilla semel vel 
3 mm. longae, 2°5 mm. latae, glabrae, in parte superiore natenitert in 
arte inferiore et ad carina stramineae, ad margines anguste mem- 
ranaceae. Stamina 3, filamentis 3 mm. longis, antheris linéanbts 
mm. longis apiculatis, Stylus 2 mm. longu us, glaber, cum basi 
incrassata deciduus, ramis 3 gracilibus, 2 mm. longis. Nuzx obovoidea, 
faciebus 3 convexis, 1 mm. longa, 0°75 mm. diametro, alba vel 
per Ss, verrucosa, non stipitata, sdiabs inilensatis hexagono- 
rotun 
Inpo-Cuina. Siam: Chiengmai; re oO ng sing! 
in eclak amgit 330-540 m. ar Sepia ae ae 
XLVII.—MISCELLANEOUS NOTES. 
Mr. Tuomas HunTEr, a member of the gardening staff of the 
Royal Botanic Gardens, has been appointed by the Secretary of 
State for the Colonies, on the recommendation of Kew, a Curator 
in the Agricultural Department of the Gold Coast. 
