(50 COLONEL MUNRO'S MONOGRAPH OF THE HAMBUSACE^. 



longas, acutas, violacco-coloruta-s, ijulx'sccntcs ie(jiuiiitil)us. GIuuke breves, obtusjc vel acutsc. Flos- 

 culi ucutri subicqiiales, eonspieiie 3-")-iicrvati, aeiitissiini, pubescentcs, floseulo hcrmaphrodito ner- 

 voso acuto piibesccntc vix duplo brcviorcs. 

 This comes very close to C. imijlora, Steud., aud is really only to be distiuguished from 



it by the more conspicuous glumes and glabrous leaves with a thickened margin, and 



the secondary nerves very strongly marked. 



It. C. OLiGOPHYLLA, Ilupr. in Act. Petrop. I. c. 124, tab. vii. fig. 23. " Panicula 

 patente, brevi, spiculis pallidis coriaceis, glumis acutis conspicuis, foliis ovato-lun- 

 ceolatis, vaguiis inferioribus ad nervos retrorsum Jiispidi^." — Steud. I. c. 337. 



Hab. ill Brasilia. 8. v. Iluprccht in lierl). Mus. Pragcnsis. 



" Culmi pcdalcs ; internodiorum pars inferior setulis nigris divaricatis obsita ; spathis pcrsistentibus, 



5-pollicaribu», striatis, ad nervos retrorsum liispidis; ramulis subternis, spithama?is, oligo(2)-pliyllis. 

 Folia ovato-lanceolata, C> lin. lata, 3 poll, longa, brcvipetiolata, viridia, subtus pallidiora glaucc- 

 sccntia. Vagina infcriores ramulonim quandoque setulis nigris obsitse. Panicula patens, oblonga, 

 rhachi glabra, semcl bisve composita, radiolis solitariis paucifloris, spiculis pedieellatis. Spicula pal- 

 lida, opaca, coriacea, 2-3-linealis, subtilissimc punctata, terminalis, subinde 4-flora, floseulo tantum 

 supremo bipaleaceo hermaphrodito. Gluma acuta, flosculis ncutris distinete 7-11-nerviis duplo 

 breviores. Hi flosculi hermaphrodito duplo miuores. Squamula subajquales, apicc fimbriatae. Stylus 

 ad basin simplex, superuc divisus in stigmata 2 intus plumosa. Valdc affinis C. Gaudichaudii." — 

 Ruprer/il. 



15. C. SPICATA, Munro. Panicula elongata, spicata, rhachi hirsuta, glumis brevibus 

 obtusis ; foliis lineari-lanceolatis, basi subcordatis, apicc subulato-acuminatis, uon 

 tesst'llatls. — C. humilis, Lcchler MS. 



Hab. Peru, Sachapata in Cordillera, Lechler, 21.^4- ! 2640 ! 2694 ! (var. glumis hirsutis). v. s. 



Cultnus erectus, intcmodiis vix sesquipollicarihus, ramulis polyphyllis, 14-16 poll, longis, creetis, apice 

 spicigeris, ad nodos dense glomeratis. (Variat humilis, eulmus vix 10 poll, longus, basi repens, 

 ramis solitariis.) Folia lincari-lanceolata, 2-24 poll, longa, 2 lin. lata, basi cordata et pctiolata, 

 apicc lougissime subulato-acuminata, glabra, nervis secundariis subtus iuconspicuis. Vagina striatae, 

 supcriores imbrieatissimic, lateribus puljcscentibus, inter strias supenie discolores vel (in var. 

 humili) violaccic, ligula brevi. Panicula spiciformis, 1^-5 poll, longa, basi interdum interrupta, 

 rhachi hirsuta, pediccllis brevissimis. Spin/la acuta, 1^-2^ lin. longa, plus minus pubescens ; glumis 

 brevibus, obtusis, hirsutis vel glabris. Flosculi neutri acuminati, subscabri, margiuc vix couspicue 

 ciliati, liermaphrodito (acuto, apice nenoso et inter nervos pul)cscentc) vix J, breviores. 



No. 2151 of Lechlor contains portions of a large ])lant of some height ; 2010 and 2G94 

 arc from very dwarf plants ; but I cannot point out any distinction of consequence. The 

 spike of this plant is extremely like that of Panicum interruptvm, Willd. 



IG. C. TESSELLAT.v, Munro. Panicula elongata, spicata, rhachi hirsuta ; glumis brevibus, 

 obtusis, hirsutis ; foliis lanceolatis, basi obtusis, apice subulato-acuminatis, subtus 

 couspicue tessellutU. 



Hub. in Nova (iranada, " Andes de Bogota ; I'aranio dc Cruz \crdc, alt. .3000 pcd. s. m.," Triana ! ; " in 

 montibus ad orient. Bogota;, Guadaloupe," Holton, 97 ! v. s. 



