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COLONEL MUNRO'S MONOGRAPH OF THE lUMBUSACEyE. 



tantuni scrratis. Sfjiiamulce .3 iccjuales ovatic ohtusic, apicp fiiiil)riat:e, liyalinae. Stamina 3 filamentis 

 brevibus. Stylus cito bifidus in stiji;mata 2 brevi-ijlumosa. Ovani(m{immvii\\r\im) in styhini attenuatum. 



In many respects, especially the heterogeneous spiculae and the vanishing of the midrib 

 of the leaves above the middle, this sp('ei(>s approaches ArthrostyUdlum niaciilatum, 

 lliipt., affording another indication of the jjroximity of the two genera. However, the 

 very long cilia to the vaginae and short ligulac at once distinguish this from Rui)r("-i'+'" 

 plant. ]\I. Triana's specimens contain very few perfect smV."!-- 



IS. A. AJii'LissniA 

 venulis transv 

 Rupr., /. c. IIG 



Hub. ill Bi'asiliu, Scllow 



(X-H 



Culmus altus lliujjr.) (i-j 

 lanceolata, crassa, 2 

 Rupr.), apice attenu 

 punctata, asperula, n 

 sulcato-striatae, saepe 

 terminalis dccomposit 

 catis, rbaclii glabra, 

 pressiusculae, chartacc 

 sub Icntc hirsutiuscul 

 duplo minor, 1-nervis; 

 inferior vix acuta, ner 

 lanceolatae, acutiusculae 

 bifidus in stigmata 2 (3 

 subito attenuatum. 



The specimens which 

 knaves, and therefore giv 

 tliat it grows 6 feet high, 

 lluprecht describes and ii 

 in the specimens which I h 

 bitid, and the squamula^ ar 



Section II. Culmi foliiferl ei 







19. A. FALCATA, Nees in Li 

 vel compositis, semper 

 catis, spiculis 2— 1-iloris 

 flosculum iniimum sub; 

 transvcrsis nullis. — E-uj 

 Trin. in Act. Petr. I. c. ( 

 388 (180.5) ; Ludoljia fa, 

 feris fere simplicibus falca 

 elongatis. 



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