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Aocording to ;i ledei- received by me, the flowers and tloweriiijLi; 

 branches, referred to in the following diagnoses, have been described 

 by Gamble after the Utrecht herbarinnispecinien (Pulle n. 3173) 

 and the leaves after the above-mentioned fragment of the Leiden 

 specimen (Junghuhn n. 143 = H. L. B. n. 901, 7—617—618— 

 6J9— 620). 



"Oreiostachys, Gamble t/en. iiov. Spiculae 1 florae, ovato-ohlonyae, 

 seems vdinus paniculae in racemis hrevibus dispositae ; jlovihus henna- 

 /ihroditis. Glnmae subcoriaceae, inucronato-acuminatae, multinerves, 

 dorso apiceni versus pallide villosae ; 4 — 6 vacuae inferiores, ab imo gra- 

 datlin aiictae ; floreiis vacuis slmillimd ; palea etiain glumis similis sed 

 bwiucroiiata, ecarinata, dorso interduin corrugata, quaui gluma villo- 

 sior, dorso basi interdam raddlla terniinali munita. Lodicnlae 3, 

 breves, nunc obtusae, nunc spatltuhitae, pilis longis sericeis cUiatae. 

 Stamina 6 ; jilamenta longissima glabra ; antkerae elongatae, loculis 

 in/erne acutis. Ovarium glabrum, ovoideum vel cylindricuni, apice 

 incrassatuni ; stglus basi 'd-/idus, stiginatibus plwnosis. Carjopsis 

 non visa." 



"Grannna suff'ruticosa, cuhnis uia.viine fistuhsis ; pseudophgllis 

 scabris, apice fimbriatis, aplculo brevi. Folia petiolata, cum vaginis 

 articulata, nervulis transversis nullis vel obscuris. Inflorescentia 

 in cuhnis aphi/llis ; rarnis longis vel brevibus verticiUatini dispositi'i, 

 sed vaginis et pseudophgllis rnunitis, quani maxime decomposita." 

 (J. S. Gamble msc. 28. [. 1908 in Herb. Acad. Rheno-Traject et 

 Herb. Acad. Lugd. Bat.) 



"Oreiostachys PuUei, Gamble spec. nov. SufFrntex scandens 

 10 ui, alius {fide cl. Pulle) ; culnii inter nodos maxime fisfulosi ; 

 nodi annulati ; pseudophylla straminea, scabra, ore longe fimbriata, 

 apiculo brevi. Folia tenidter membranacea, linear i-lanceolata, apice 

 longe setaceo-acuminata , basi inaequaliter cuneata, niargijie et apice 

 scabra, supra laevia infra paullo asperula et ad costam prope basin 

 viUosula, 12 — 20 cm. longa, 1 — 3 cm. lata ; costa -nibtus lucens,nervi 

 utrinque 5 — 8 haud conspicui, nervulis transversis perobscur is ; vaginae 

 glabrae striatae, apice ciliis paucis albis rigidis munitae ; ligula lon- 

 giuscula puberula serrata. Inflorescentia in culmis jiorentibus ; pani- 

 culae ad nodos verticillatae, ramis longis vel brevibus, ad 10 — 12 c/??. 

 longae ; spiculae in raniuUs racem.osis jjaucijlorae, acutae, 10 — 15 cm. 

 longa e , 2 — 3 mm. latac, 1- florae ; rhachis angulata, sinuatu, scabra ; 

 bntcfeae niulte foliosae folds similes s-ed vaginis nhijoribus. Glumae 

 vacuae 4 — 6 subcoi'iaceae, ovatae, longe mucronatae, 5- — lb-nerves, 



