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LI. Graminaceae. 
235. jprochias redolens proa fil.) R. Br. —Gay, Fl. Chil. vi 
f. 258. 
Hab. Vulgata et abundans in pratis Puerto Roca, rara in 
Melville Island. 
Obs. Species nomnihil variabilis et ut dcha a H. magella- 
nica Hook. fil. non separanda. Specimina que mihi adsunt 
characteribus sequentibus saepius gaudent: 
Culmi 1 v. 1,50 metrales erecti glabri in vaginis vix 
asperuli; ligula membranacea latissime rotundato-truncata 
integra; panicula elongata (5-20 cm long.) secunda et nutans; 
pedicelli quandoque glabri quandoque hispidi v. paten- 
tim pilosi; spiculae Ovatae compressulae (S-10 mm long., 3 
mm lat.), glumis ovatis superne elongato-fulvis, supera 
(8 mm long.) vix quam infera (7 mm long.) majore; flores 
eglumis breviores, masculi valvula (6 mm long.) exteriore 
rufa infra apicem subhyalinum arista scabrida recta lon- 
gijuscula (4-5 mm long.) armata, margine et dorso, basin 
versus, Ciliata caeterum glabra v. vix subasperula subni- 
tente; hermaphroditus ovato-elongatus (4 mm long.) apice 
obtusissime rotundatus muticus. 
236. Hierochloé redolens (Forst. fil.) R. Br. var. major Speg. 
Hab. Parcissime ad oram maritimam inter caespites Poae 
caespitosae ( Forst.) Hook: Blossom Bay. 
Obs. Varietas insignis describenda: culmi 2-3-metrales, 
fere adundinacei (1-2 cm diam. bas.) ubique glaberrimi; ligu- 
la membranacea hyalina latiuscule triangularis; panicula 
longissima secunda, nutans (30-40 em long.) radiis superis 
approximatis inferis remotis; pedicelli glabri v. vix sparse 
punctulato-pilosi longiusculi et graciles (2-10 mm long. ); 
spiculae Ovatae compressae (13-14 mm long., 3-3,5 mm lat.), 
glumis ovato-elongatis, superne longe attenuato-acutatis 
integris glaberrimis e hyalino pallidissime fulvis, supera 
apice subcallosula v. submucronata (14 mm long.) quam 
infera (12 mm long.) majore; flores glumis conspicue bre- 
viores, masculus valvula (8-9 mm long.) exteriore rufa in- 
fra apicem pallidiorem arista scabrida recta longiuscula 
(5 mm long.) glumas aequante armata, margine ciliata, dor- 
AxaL. Mus. Nac. Bs. As.—JuLro 30, 1896 6 
