26 COLONEL MUNRO'S MONOGRAPH OF TIIK HAMBUSACEiE. 



tanttim scrnitis. Sfjuamu/ce li iccjualcs ovatip obtusic, apicc fiiiiliriatii', l)yalina:. Slmninu .'? filamentis 

 brevibus. Stylus cito bifidus in stigmata 2 brcvi-jjliunosa. Oran«w (immaturum) in stylum attenuatum. 



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

 of the leaves ahove the middle, this speeies approaches Arlhrosliilidium niacnlalii))!, 

 llupt., affording another indication of tiie proximity of the two genera. However, the 

 very long cilia to the vagina? and short 1i'j:nl;i> at once distinguish this from E-unrofi'*'" 

 plant. M. Triana's specimens contain > '•■" nei-fw.t soif^"!"' 



18. A. AMl'LISSIM* "^'- 



venulis trans ' '"' 



Rupr., l.c.W 

 Hub. in Brasilia, Sellox "^ 



Ciilmi's altiis [Rupr.) G ^ 

 laiiccolata, cnissa, 

 Rupr.), apice atten. 

 punctata, aspcrula, 

 sulcato-striata;, ssept 

 tcrniinaiis dccomposi 

 catis, rliaclii glabra, 

 pressiu.scida?, chartaci 

 sub Icnte hirsutiuscu 

 duplo minor, l-nervis 

 inferior %'ix acuta, ne 

 lanceolatae, acutiusculs 

 bifidus in stigmata 2 

 subito attenuatum. 



The specimens whi( 

 leaves, and therefore ; 

 that it grows 6 feet h; 

 Ruprecht describes an 

 in the specimens whicl 

 bitid, and the squamul 



Section II. Culmi foli 



19. A. FALCVTA, Nees 

 vel compositis, s 

 catis, sjiiculis 2- 

 flosculum infimi 

 transversis nxilli 

 Trin. in Act. Pe 

 388 (180.5) ; Lu. 

 fcris fere simplic 

 elongatis. ^^^^ ^ 



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