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aetatc c latere erumpens. Spicula 7-8-10 lin. longa, flosculis iiiferioribus glabris (fide Kupr.), cxtus 

 strigosis (Nees), infimo brcviore lanceolato-acuminato ; sccuudo ovato-oblongo, in cuspidcm longam 

 aristieformem atteuuato, 7-9-nervi, liermaphroditum pilosiusculum Bubic<iuautc vcl supcrante. 

 Pitlea inferior (flosculi fertilis) ovato-oblonga, subulato-acumiuata, coriacua, carinata, fusco-hirsiitula, 

 apiccquc prajscrtim villoso-oiliata ; superior suba;(|uilonga, laivissima, cliartaoea, niutiea, obtusa. 

 Squumula; 3 obconica;, truncatse, apice ciliata;, alba;. Stamina 2-3. Stylus bulbosus, apicc bifidus in 

 stigmata 2 glabriuscula (Nees), plumosa (Trin.). Gcnnen trigonum, glabrum." — Nees et Ruprecht ; 

 Steudel, I. c, ait, " \ ideo in specimine omnino descriptioui congruente, ad oras vaginarum, setulas 

 rigidas : vix species diversa." 



.Tudginc: from description alone, I think this species is scarcely sufficiently distin- 

 guished from M. speciosa, Spx'cng., the only difference of any consequence being the 

 absence of a fringe at the mouth of the vagina. But lluprecht had seen specimens of 

 both, which I have not. I must, however, mention that in the text Euprecht describes 

 ])oth lower neutral flowers as longer than the hermaphrodite one ; whereas in his figure 

 81 the lowest flower is shown to be very much shorter, which it doubtless is. 



7. M. KuxTiiii, Rupr. /. c. 127, tab. x. fig. 30. " Spiculis solitariis, flosculis 2 inferi- 



oribus pilosis, secundo liermaphroditum nigro-hirsutum supcrante, vaginis ore nudis." 

 — Steud. I. c. 338. M. speciosa, Kth, Rev. Gram. i. 139, 333, t. 79 ! optima ; Enum. 

 429, Supl. 354, non. Spreng. 



Hah. in Bra.silia, in sylvi.s montium pr. Rio Janeiro, Beyrich. s. v. Knntli et Ruprecht. 



" (y'ulinus 20-30-pcdalis, ramulis longis.simis, glabris, duris, superue foliosis. Folia lincari-lanccolata, 

 6-7 poll, louga, 1 jjoll. lata, apice angustato-aeuminata, basi rotuudata, subtus glauccscentia, nervis 

 secundariis utrinqitc G-8, undiquc papilloso-seabris, marginequc superiorc fascia 2 lin. lata einerea 

 nitida cineta. Vagina sulcato-striatie, glabne, Itevigata;, ore nudaj, ligulatic. SjAca subrecta, 

 5-pollicaris, spiculis solitariis, secundis, imbricatis, vagina suprcma duplo breviorc, exserta. Spicula 

 7-8 lin. longa, flosculis 2 infcrioribus pilosis, infimo subulato brevissimo, secundo lanceolate, incurvo, 

 setaceo-acuminato, nervoso, hirsute, liermaphroditum nigro-hirsutum vix sequante vel supcrante. 

 Paha inferior (flosculi fertilis) hirsuta, subobtusa ; superior vix brevior, apice bifida, hirsuta. Squa- 

 mulm 3, superne ciliatse, dute laterales oblique oblong;c, tertia minor a;quilatera. Media inter M. spe- 

 ciosam Spr. et M. Neesii Rupr." — Kunth et Ruprecht. 



Sect. II. Spicula in capitulum deiisum conyestce. 



8. M. CAPiTATA, Hooker, Icon. PI. t. 273, 274 (1840). Spiculis in capitulum glomeratis, 



foliis latis, oblongis, vaginis ore longe fimbriatis. — Chusquea jlmhriala'i Steud. I.e. 

 338, var. foliis angustioribus. Chusquea {Rettbergia) glomerata, Munro in herb. 

 Trin. Coll. Dublin. 



Hah. in Brasilia, Rio Janeiro, Gardner, no. 13G! Tweedie, 1321', Riedcl. v. s. 



Culmus scandens, gracilis, ramulis subpedalibus, multifoliatis, apice capituluin gcrcutiljus, e nodis cmni- 

 pcntibus. Folia lata, oblonga, basi valdc insequaUa, -1^6 poll, longa, 9-15 lin. lata, acuta, glabra sed 

 tactu aspera, nervis secundariis a tertiariis non discerncndis, pctiolata, petiolo supra hirsuto. Va- 

 gina superne sajpissime hirsute, ore pilis longis validis rigidis rufis fimbriate. Capitulum dciisuni, 

 l.\ poll, diametro, multispic\datum, folio brcvi quasi involucratum. Spicula pcdiccllata;, 0-7 lin. 

 longee, flosculis 2 infcrioribus neutris, licrTiiaplmjdito duplo brevioribus. Flosculus infiuius sterilis. 



