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fertilis) apicc attcnuata et nervosa, supcriorcm Ijrcvioreni, ad apiccm l)ifiilani, liirsutam involvcns. 



Squat) nice 3, vix ffi(]^iialcs, apice lanccolata;, l)rcvifiiiil)riat;e. Anlherte nigrcsceutcs. Stylus basi 



simplex, cito divisus, stigmatibus vix plumosis. 

 The leaves in this species are always conspicuously hairy near their base below, and 

 arc thus distinguished from all others of the genus. Mr. Miers says that it grows abun- 

 dantly in the Organ Mountains, hanging in graceful festoons from the height of 50 to 

 80 feet along the margin of the forests. 



4. M. BiiEVispiCA, Munro. Spiculis solitariis, flosculo sccundo vix acuto hermaphrodito 



fere duplo breviore, vaginis hirsvitis ore longe fimbriatis. 

 Hab. in Peruvia prope Tarapoto !, Spruce in herb. Bentham. v. s. 



Culmus pedalis, ramis fascieulatis, tactu asperis. Folia oblongo-laneeolata, sub !• poll, longa, sub 6 lin 



lata, basi vis inaequalia, petiolata, glabra. Vaginoi hirsutje vel apieem versus Mrsutissinue, ore fim- 

 briis plui'imis stramineis longe fimbriatae. Spica faleata, l|-3 poll, longa, rhaehi viridi, hirsuta, 

 spiculis solitariis, secundis. Spicula subcurvata, 6 lin. longa, flosculo infimo sterili brevissimo, 

 secundo hirsute, nervoso, apice rotundato, brevissime mucronato, hermaphrodito hirsuto subobtuso 

 ^ vel Jj breviore. Palea inferior (flosculi fertilis) pilis sublongis fuscis hirsuta, apice vix acuta, 

 superiorem obtusam, basi glabram, apice tantum subhirsutam, subjequans. Sfjitamulce latee, oblougas, 

 obtusae. Stylus basi simplex, vix cito in stigmata 3 pulchre plumosa divisus. Ovarium subtrigyniun, 

 apice fere rostratum. 



The short spike and very hirsute vaginae distinguish this at once from all the other 

 species. It apjoears also to be the only one found out of Brazil. 



5. M. SPAKSIFLORA, Eupr., /. c. 127, tab. x. fig. 32. " Spiculis solitariis, distantibus, 



flosculis sterilibus hermaphroditum superantibus, fimbriis vaginas hreviplitmosis." — 

 Steud. I. c. 338. 



Hub. in Brasilia, " ad sinum omnium sanctorum," Rieclel. s. v. Riipreclit. 



" Folia lineari-lanccolata, 5-7 poll, longa, 7-8 lin. lata, pellucida, subtus glabra, nervis secundariis 6 pro- 

 minentibus. Vagina obsolete striatre, Ifeviusculre, ore teuuiter fimbriatae, fimbriis par\'is, inferne 

 brevi-plumosis. Spica exserta, recta, 2-4'-pollicaris, spiculis solitariis, distantibus, Spicula (noudum 

 sat evoluta) 5 lin. longa, flosculis 2 inferioribus (in icone valde inaequalibus) chartaceo-coriaceis, 

 flosculum tertium, subglabr>im, iuvolventibus, eumcjue superantibus." — Rupr. 



6. M. Neesii, Rupr. I. c. 127, tab. x. fig. 31. " Spiculis solitariis, flosculis duobus inferi- 



oribus glabris (Rupr.) vel strigosis (Nees), secundo hermaj)hroditum superante, 

 vaginis ore nudis." — Steud. I. c. 338. 3£. speciosa, Nees, I. c. 527, non Sprengel nee 

 Kunth. 

 Hab. in Brasilia, herb. reg. Berol. s. v. Nees et Ruprecht. 



" Culmus (pars crassitie calami communis adest) iequalis, liguosus, tuberculis minutis asperrimus, ramis ex 

 singulo nodo 24-30, adscendentibus, pedalibus, omnibus apice monostachyis. Folia lanceolata, sub 

 4 poll, longa, 10-12 lin. lata, glaberi'ima, margine scabriusciila, subtus laeviuscula, glauca, petiolata, 

 petiolo glabro fuscescente, nervis secundariis xitrinque 5-6, fascia obscura. Vagina striato-sulcatse, 

 Isevigataj, apice oblique truncate, ligulatfe, ore nudce. Spica faleata^ incurvata, 5-~-pollicaris, rhaehi 

 strigoso-sericea, spiculis solitariis, imbricatis, secundis, crccto-patcutibus, in juventutc vagina inclusa, 

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