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Artmdo canila, Mol. (Stcud.). " Modum crescendi repriesentat Liitkc, Iter, 1835, 

 atl. tab. ii." (Rupr.). C. panifolia, Philippi in Linnsea, xxxiii. 239. 



Hab. Chili, Valparaiso, Cuming, 039 ! Bridges ! CnjH. King ! Bertero, no. 816, Pcrppig, Kastahkij, 

 Wilkes ! ; Conception, Mertens. — Gardner, 5410 ! in Hb. Bentham. v. s. 



Culmus 8-10-peclalis, crcctus, supernc nutans, intcrnofliis sub S-l poll, longis, lasvigatis, stramiueis vel 

 purpurasceutibus ; rainulis patulis, i)e(lalibus vel 2-pollicaribus, basi foliiferis, apiee floriferis, dense 

 fasciculatim erumpentibus, " sterilibus quibusdam divaricatis vel flexuosis." Folia lanceolata vel 

 lineari-laneeolata, apiee mucronato-acuminatissima, plana vel iuvoluta, teuuia vel firma, pungentia, 

 subrigida, sessilia, margine cartilagineo vix serrata, subtus glabra, concoloria, nervis secundariis 2-3 

 utroque latere, venulis transversis nullis, 1 poll, et ultra longa, lg-3 lin. lata. Vagina vix striatse, 

 glabrae, apiee subbiaurieulatse, ligula brevi. Panicula lineari-oblonga, Ig-S-S poll, longa, contracta, 

 plerumque semel bisve composita, iuterdum magis composita, thyrsoidea, rbachi pedicellisque 

 brevibus tenuiter puberulis, subteretibus. Spiculce saepe monoicaj, eoloratae vel ssepius pallidae, ovato- 

 lanceolatae, nitidse, obsolete nervosse, 3-34 lin. longaj. Glumce lanceolatae, cuspidatae, plus minus 

 carinatse, rarissime pubescentes, flosculo iufimo vix duplo breviores. Flosculi neutri inaequales, cuspi- 

 dati, 3-5-nervibus ; superior longior, hermaphrodito, glabro, ssepe colorato, 7-nervi, ^-\ brevior. Palea 

 superior apiee obtuso bifida. Squamulce subinsequales, lauceolatse, basi venosse, superne fimbriatse. 

 Stylus plerumque cite bifidus in stigmata 2 plumosa. 



This plant varies considerably both in foliage and inflorescence. The specimens col- 

 lected at Valparaiso in Wilkes's Expedition exhibit a very small prostrate form, which 

 I believe to be C. parvifoUa of Philippi. Ruprecht has given two drawings of the struc- 

 ture of the spicula, which do not agree with each other : plate vii. fig. 19 represents 

 the ordinary state of the plant, and is quite correct in all details ; plate ix. fig. 19, 

 bearing the same name, is incorrect in many respects, and the second neutral flower is 

 represented as having two paleae. 



8. C. uiiiGiNOSA, Philippi in Linnsea, xxx. 207. Panicula bis terve composita, Uueari- 

 oblonga, 2-4 poll, longa, ramis adpressis, gluniis lanceolatis cuspidatis, superiore 

 flosciikim iiijinmm fere csquante, foliis angustis subtus tessellatis. 



Hab. Chili, Valparaiso, Puerto Monti! in idigiuosis ("kleine Quila" incolis), Philijjpi. v. s. 



Culmus vix 6-pedalis, ramosissimus ; iuternodiis foliiferis glabris, 7 poll, longis, diametro 3 lin., basi 

 spatha striata, adpresse hirsuta, iuvolutis; floriferis sub 5 poll, longis, glabris, tenuioribus. 

 i^amw/j foliiferi (nondum sat evoluti) sub 3 poll, longi, oligophylli; florigeri fere aphylli, 3-6 poU. 

 longi. Folia lineari-laneeolata, basi attenuata in petiolum brevem, apiee mucronato-acuta, margine 

 cartilagineo crasso serrata, rigida, glaueeseentia, l|-2^ poU. longa, 2-3 lin. lata, nervo centrah 

 subtus valde eonspicuo, secundariis 2-3 utroque latere, venulis transversis plus minus conspicuis 

 tessellata. Vagina striata^, hirsutiusculse, apiee tenuiter ciliatce, ore nudse, ligula conspicua ciliata. 

 Panicula bis terve composita, ramis adpressis, liueari-elongata, 2—1 poll, longa, rhachi pedicellisque 

 sublougis angulatis scabriusculis. Spicula colorata, ovato-lanceolata, dorso .scabra, inconspieue 

 nervata, 3 lin. longa. Glumee injequales, lauceolatse; superior longe cuspidata, 3-nervis, dorso scabra, 

 flosculum infimum acuminatum subiequans. Flosculus secundus hermaphrodito 7-nervi subglabro 

 parima brevior. Palea superior bicariuata, 6-nervis, inter carinas pubescens. Genitalia carie de- 

 structa in specimiuibus a me visis. 



In many respects this is very closely allied to C. Citiiilinjii ; but the foliage appears 



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