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dwarfer plant ; but that may be accounted for by Germain's specimens having been col- 

 lected at a considerable elevation al)ove the sea. 



11. C. UNiFLOiiA, Steud. Syn. 337. Panicula brevi, patula, laxa, glumis fere obsoletis ; 

 spiculis obtusiusculis, 2-3 lin. longis ; foliis angustis, membranaceis, subtus piihe- 

 scentibus. 



Hab. in Nova Granada, Marignita, Linden, 893 ! ; Ecuador, Quito, in Andibus, Spruce, 5940 ! v. s. 



Culmus " solidus, diametro 1-pollicari, arcuatus, 20-pedalis, ssepc ramosissimus, ramis sarmentoso-imbri- 

 catis ; " ramulis plerumque 6-9 poll, longis, interdum proliferis bipcdalibus, ad nodos fasciculatis. 

 Folia lanceolata, acuta, basi in petiolum attenuata, sub 1-2 poll, longa, raro longiora, 2-4 lin. lata, 

 memljranacea, supra tactu aspera, subtus pubescentia, ner^ds secundariis utroque latere 2. Vagina 

 striatae, margine, superne prasertim, ciliatje, ligula elongata pubescente. Panicula semel bisve com- 

 posita, l|-3 poll, longa, laxa, diffusa, radiis solitariis, radiolis ssepe unispiculatis, in ramulis basi 

 geniculatis (saepe pendulis) oligophyllis terminalis ; rhachi pedicellisque longis, spiculas subaequan- 

 tibus, punctulis minutis asperis, vel interdum longe pilosis. Spicula 2-3 lin. longa, subobtusa, nitida 

 glumis minimis, fere obsoletis. Flosculi neutri subcequales, ovati, brevissime mucronati, inconspicue 

 nervati, hermaphrodito Ijevi, fere duplo breviores. Palea inferior subobtusa, nervosa, cito dor so 

 fissa ; superior apicem versus bicarinata et bifida. Squamulce lauceolatae. Stylus cito bifidus. 



The lower palea soon becomes split into two, and gives a very peculiar appearance to 

 the spicula. Steudel, in describing the plant as with solitary branches, can only have 

 seen one of the very numerous branches that are fascicled together at all the nodes. 



12. C. Galeottiana, Rupr. Bull. Brus. ix. 2. 246 (nomen tantum). Panicula patula, laxa, 



glumis fere obsoletis, spiculis obtusis, 5-6 lin. longis, foliis luto-lanceolatis, glubris. 



Hab. Mexico, Oaxaca, 8000 ped. s. m., Galeotti, no. 5749 ! v. s. 



Ramuli 12-16 poll, longi, unifoUati (duo tantum adsunt). Folia lato-lanceolata, 2-4 poll, longa, 6-10 

 tin. lata, in petiolum attenuata, membranacea, glabra, nervis secundariis utroque latere 3^. Vagina 

 striatae, glabrae, ligula brevissima. Panicula laxa, patula, semel composita, nutans, rhachi hirsuta, 

 radiis solitariis, radiolis 1-2-spiculatis, pedicellis spiculis (5-6 lin. longis) bre^-ioribus vel raro aequan- 

 tibus. GlumcE minimae, fere obsoletae. Flosculi neutri subaequalcs, multinerves (omnes in specimine 

 vise imperfecti), hermaphrodito glabro breviores. Palea inferior 9-nervis, vix acuta ; superior sub- 

 obtusa, apice bifida, dorso conspicue canaliculata. — C. uniflorce proxima. 



The specimens of this are unfortunately imperfect ; but it is evidently a good species, 

 with larger spiculse than any other species of the genus. 



13. C. MONTANA, Philippi in Linn, xxxiii. 298. Panicula patula. laxa, glumis brevibus 

 conspicuis, spiculis violaceis ; foliis angustis, subtus glabris, margine cartilagineo. 



Hab. Chili, Valdivia, in montibus supra Corral, Krause ! Philippi, v. s. 



Culmus 6-9-pedalis, ramosissimus, internodiis scabris, ramulis' 6-9 poll, longis ad nodos fascicidatis, 

 ramulo uno alterovc interdum prolifero polyphyllo. Folia liiieari-lanccolata, 2-2^ poll, longa, 2-3 

 lin. lata, glabra, basi attenuata, apice mucronata, margine subcartilagineo, nervis secundariis 

 utroque latere 2, subtus conspicuis. Vagime conspicue striatae, glabrae, margine ciliatae, ligula elon- 

 gata, glabra. Panicula laxa, patula, 2-3 poll, longa (4 poll., fide Philippi), semel bisve composita; 

 rhachi angulata, subhirsuta; radiis solitariis; radiolis saepe unispiculatis; pedicellis spicidas sub 3 lin. 



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