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1. C. tenella. 



2. C simpliciflora. 



3. C. abietifoUa. 



4. C. Venezuela. 



5. C. pinifolia. 



6. C. Purdieana. 



7. C. Cumingii. 



Chusquea and Flanotia are distinguished l)y having three squamula;, tlie tivo lowest 

 flowers of the spieula neutral, and the spicula itself articulated above, instead of below, 

 the glumes. 



Conspectus Specierum. 

 Sect. I. Paiiicula vel simpliciter racemosa, vel phis minus composita et decomposita, oblonya, contractu 

 vel divaricata. " Stigmata pilosa " [Rupr.) . Chusquecs proprise ct Dendragrostis (species glumis potis- 

 simum minimis), Nees iu Linnsea, I. c. 486, 487. 



Racemus simplex, spiculis 3-5^ p)edicel]atis. . Folia lata .... 



Racemus simplex, spiculis 3— t, pedicellatis. Folia angusta 

 Racemus fere simplex, spiculis 5-10, pedicellatis. Folia angustissima 

 Panicula subracemoso-divaricata, simplex, spiculis sessilibus 

 Panicula brevis, semel bisve (vel interdum iu C. Cumingii magis) composita, 

 ramis adpressis non patulis. 

 Glumse brevissima, obtusse. Palea inferior mucronato-acuta 

 Glumse brevissima, obtusse. Palea inferior longissime acuminata . 

 Glumte acuta, conspicuce. Folia subtus non tessellata .... 



Glumffi longe cuspidata. Folia tessellata . . . . . . 8. C. uliginosa. 



Glumje breves, acutae vel obtusse. Panicula pollicaris. Culmus bipedalis. 



Folia tessellata . 9. C. andina. 



Glumse breves, acutfe vel obtusse. Panicula 1-3-pollicaris. Culmus 13-20- 



pedalis. Folia tessellata . . . . . . . . 10. C. cideou. 



Panicula brevis, bis terve composita, ramis laxifloris, patulis. 

 Glumse fere obsolete. Folia subtus jmbescentia, angusta 

 Glumse fere obsohta. Folia glabra, lata 

 Glumse breves, obtusse vel acutse. Folia glabra, angusta 

 Glumse acutae, conspicua. Folia ovato-lanceolata 

 Panicula elongata, bis terve magisve composita, apice fere 

 densifloris, iu C. aristata infimis compositis. 

 Glumse breves. Folia non tessellata . . . • . 

 Glumse breves. Folia tessellata ..... 



Glumae longissimce. Folia tessellata .... 



Panicula elongata, bis terve composita, ramis laxifloris, vix patulis. 

 Glumse obsoletcB. Folia subtus glabra 

 Glumse breves sed consjiicuse. Folia subtus pubescentia 

 Panicula decomposita, ramis plerumque brevibus et patulis. 

 Glumse obsoleta. Folia basi subcordata, fere sessilia . 

 Glumse fere obsoleta. Folia basi attenuata, petiolata . 

 Glumse breves, obtusiusculse. Flosculi neutri nervosi 

 Glumse breves, obtusiusculse. Flosculi neutri fere euerves 

 Panicula decomposita, ramis, interdum valde, elongatis. 



Glumae insequales, superior longe acuta. Rhachis pafticulffi fere glabra 24. C. Mulleri. 

 Glumse cuspidata, spiculis breviores. Rhacbis hirsuta . . . 25. C. quila. 



Glumae cuspidata, spiculas aquantes. Rhachis scabro-hirsuta . . 26. C. tenuiflora. 

 Sect. II. " Panicula contractu, subi'otunda (raro ovalis), capitulum referens. Folia 

 ramulorum florentium iuferiora et supcriora decrescentia, his basin capituli 

 arete involucrautibus. Stigmata villosa, ramosa " (Rupr.) . Rettbergia, Raddi 

 et Nees. 



