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COLONEL MUNRO'S MONOGRAPH OF TIIK lUMBUSACE^. 



tantuiii seiTutis. .SV/««w«/tf .T ;e(|ualcs ovatic obtusse, apicc fiiiil)iiat;c, iiyaliiuc. Stamina 3 filamcntis 

 brevibus. S/y/«Mcit()bifi(hisin sti}jmata2brcvi-i)liiin()sa. Ot'rt/v'«/«(immatiiriim) in styluiu altcimatuiu. 



Ill many respects, especially the heterogeneous spiculac and the vanishing- of the midrib 

 of the leaves aliove the middle, tliis species approaches ArlhroslnlidiHm Diacnlatum, 

 Ikiipt., affording another indication of the proximity of the two genera. However, the 

 very long cilia to the vaginae and short liguloc at once distinguish tliis from Runrof'i^+'- 

 plaiit. M. Triana's specimens contain very few perfect snin.-i- 



18. A. AMPLISSIMA 



venulis transv 



Rupr., I. c. IIG 



tldb. in Brasilia, Sallow 



L 

 ('ii/mus altus (Rupr.) C>-\ 



lanceolata, crassa, 2 



Rupr.), apicc attcnu 



punctata, asperula, ii 



sulcato-striatic, stcpe 



terminalis decomposit 



catis, rliachi glabra, 



pressinsculse, cliartacc 



sub Icnte hirsutiuscul 



duplo minor, 1-nervis; 



inferior vix acuta, ner 



lanceolata;, acutiusculae 



bifidu.s iu stigmata 3 (.3 



subito attenuatura. 



The specimens which 

 leaves, and therefore giv 

 that it grows 6 feet high, 

 Ruprecht describes and fi 

 in the specimens which I Y 

 bitid, and the squamula; ai 



Section II. Culmi foliiferi i 



?-, V *^ 



19. A. FALCATA, Necs in I 

 vel compositis, sempc 

 catis, spiculis 2— 1-floi 

 flosculum infimum si; 

 transversis nullis. — E 

 Trin. in Act. Petr. I. c 

 388 (1805) ; Ludolfia 

 feris fere simplicibus ft 

 elon satis. 



STty^ '^ 



J^^^'^-^yJ fp^ / 



\;f Xt-lf Ifu^ 



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