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9-12 liii. longfe, glabra;, 4-9-flor?e, chartacore, complanatic, flosculis 1-2 infimis ncutris, rhachilla; 

 articulis sulcatis apice glabris. Ghmuc sublongre, sctaceo acumiuatic, dorso cariiiatie, glabree. Palea 

 inferior (flosciili fertilis) lanceolato-acuminata vel mucronata, nervosa, 4 lin. longa, glaberrima ; 

 superior vix brevior, dorso canalieulata, apice obtuso pilosa. Squamulte 3, oblonga;, obtusse, apice 

 fimbriatse. Stamina 3, loculis obtusis. Styli fere ad basin discreti. Ovarium liueari-oblongum, 

 infra apicem constrictum. 



Moritz's specimen is marked as " Cariza " of the inhabitants, a name, as ah-eady men- 

 tioned at p. 41, given to A. longijlorum and many other species. I entertain consider- 

 able doubts about the identity of Tendler's specimens, which are in leaf only. Tlie 

 leaves are more glabrous above, and the secondary nerves more numerous and more 

 strongly marked below, than in the Trinidad specimens. 



7. A. BuRCHELLii, Munro. Racemo simplici vel comj^oslto, spiculis distantibus, louffi- 



j)edicellatis, glumis hirsutis, foliis minimis 1-2-3 poll, longis, siibtus jiitb^scentibiis. 



Hah. In Brasilia, Corcovado montes, no. 1434 ! ; Serra de Cubatao, no. 3696 ! (culmus foliiferus tantum), 

 Burchell. v. s. 



Culmus 6-8-10-pedalis, apice filifonnis, tenuissimus, internodiis snperioribus 7 poll, longis, apices versus 

 punctis elevatis scabris. Rami plerumque basi 2-3-nodosi, geuiculati, reclines, ad nodos dense fasci- 

 culati, ramnlis florigeris numcrosis, basi nudis, apice paucifoliatis, 6-10 poll, longis. Folia angusta, 

 lineari-lanceolata, 1-2 vel raro 3 poll, longa, 1 3 lin. lata, petiolo supra hirsuto vel glabro ssepe 

 nigrescente petiolata, supra tactu scabra, subtus plus minus dense pubescentia glaucescentia, mar- 

 gine scabra, nervis secundariis inconspicuis. Vagina in ramulis floriferis, glabrae vel punctis 

 minutis subexasperatae, ore ciliis pallidis longis numerosis fimbriatpe. Racemus xix e vagina suprema 

 exsertus, simplex vel ramis inferioribus 1-2 compositis, 1-2 poll, longus, spiculis distantibus, longi- 

 pedicellatis, refractis, pedicellis hirsutis. Spicula pauciflora? flosculis omnibus (in speeiminibus 

 visis), nisi infimo fertili, delapsis. Glumce hirsutse, nervosse, ovatse vel oblongte. Palea inferior 

 5-7-nervis, attenuata, subobtusa; superior sublongior, dorso profunde canalieulata, apice hu'suta. 

 Squamula oblongse, dorso hirsutse, nervosse, fimbriatse. Stamina 3, loculis subobtusis. Stylus ad 

 basin, tandem callosam, indivisus, sed cito supra in stigmata 2 breviplumosa partitus. Ovarium 

 basi stipitatum, apice scabrescens et residua styli basi coronatum. 



In inflorescence this plant closely approaches many species of Chusquea. Unfor- 

 tunately there is not a single perfect spicula on any of Burchell's otherwise good spe- 

 cimens. Every flower has fallen oif from the spicula except the lowest fertile one and 

 the longish pedicel of the following one ; and even those which are left are in an im- 

 perfect state. I cannot always perceive the lowest neutral floret, the presence of which 

 would principally keep this species distinct from Arimd'maria, to which genus better 

 specimens may prove it to belong. 



8. A. CuBENSE, E-upr. I. c. 118, tab. iv. fig. 13. " Racemo simplici, spiculis subapproxi- 



matis, sessUibus, 4-5-floris; foliis 3-4 poll. longis, glabris, angustis." — Steud. /. c 336. 

 Hab. In Cuba, prope Havannam ? Ramon de la Sar/ra. s. v. Ruprecht. 



" Culmus pedalis, ramulis foliigeris apice floriferis, ad nodos infcriores, spicis apliyllis 3— 4-nis auctis, 



rigidi*. Folia lanccolata, 3—1 poll. longa, 4 lin. lata, inrequilatera, basi cordata, petiolata petiolo 

 lineali flavescente, viridia, glabra, subtus scabriuscula, nerns secimdariis obsoletis. Vagina inter 



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