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sionally become very compound, and are upwards of 2 feet in length ; the panicles then 

 are very long, peduncled, and the leaves are longer ; and this is the form seen in no. 252 

 of Triana. 



23. C. PALLIDA, Munro. Panicula deeomposita, rhachi 2)ilis longis hirsuta, ramis hre- 

 vibus, primum adpressis demum divarieatis, glumis brevibus obtusis, flosculis neutris 

 fere eneroibus, foliis fere ovato-lanceolatis vel lanceolatis, glabris. 



Hab. in Nova Granada; Sta. Martha ! Purdie; Venezuela, " inter Caracas et La Guayra," alt. 1500 ped. 

 s. m., Fendler, no. 1625 ! (folia tantum). v. s. 



Culmus elatus, solidus, internodiis validis Iffivissimis, spathis glabris apice foliaceis involutis, ramulis 

 numerosis subpedalibus fasciculatis, ramorum nodis pilis (saepe longis ct refractis) hirsutis. Folia, in 

 ramulis floriferis, fere ovato-laneeolata, in foliiferis laneeolata, 3-5 poll, longa, 4-9 lin. lata, basi vix 

 attenuata, apice setaceo-aeuminata, margine aspera, membranacea, concoloria, supra tactu scabra, 

 subtus glabra vel sub lente strigosa, nervis secundariis 8 eonspicuis. Vaffina glabreseentes, maeulatee, 

 striatse, margine ciliatae (ciliis interdum basi bulbosis, supremis longis refractis), infra petiolum 

 membrana chartacca terminatte, ligulatje. Panicula deeomposita, 3-6 poll, longa, rhachi pilis longis 

 hirsuta, ramulis raox patentibus, brevibus, spiculis brevipedicellatis. Spicula pallida, hyalina, 5 lin. 

 longa, subpubescens, mucronato-acuminata, glumis 2 minimis obtusiusculis. Flosmli neutri mem- 

 branacei, glaberrimi, vel uninerves, vel enerves, mucronati, apicihus sape divergentibus, hermaphrodito 

 fere duplo breviores. Palea inferior (flosculi fertilis) nervis 7-9 eonspicuis, glaber vel nervorum 

 interstitiis pubescens, muerone brevi seabro subulata, dorso ssepe cito fissa ; superior brevior, leniter 

 nervosa, cariuata, breviter bifida. 



This approaches C. scandem very closely, but appears to be distinguished by its broader 

 leaves, much more hairy rhachis, larger, paler-coloured, and transparent spicula, and 

 shorter nerveless neutral flowers. 



24. C. MuLLEUi, Munro. Panicula deeomposita patente, ramis elongatis, rhachi fere 

 glabra, spiculis 4^ lin. longis, glumis mucronatis incequalibus, superiore duplo 

 longiore, foliis lato-lanceolatis, iitrinque glabris, nervis secundariis subtus incon- 

 spicuis. 



Hab. in Mexico, Vera Cruz, Orizaba, Muller, no. 2024 ! v. s. 



Culmi pars superior (abnormalis, sesquipedalis) tantum adest. Folia glaucescentia, lato-lanceolata, 4-5 

 poU. longa, 4-6 lin. lata, basi attenuata, apice acuminata, margine serrata, glabra, subtus pallidiora, 

 striata, nervis secundariis ineonspicuis. Vaffince glabrte sed margine louge ciliatae, ligida elongata, 

 hirsuta. Panicula (juvenilis) apcrta, deeomposita, radiis paueis solitariis, rhachi pcdicellisquc 

 (spiculis fere dimidio brevioribus) glabris. Spicula glabra, 4-5 lin. longa, glumis iusequalibus, infe- 

 riore acuto-mueronata vel tridentata, superiore duplo longiore mueronata. Flosculi neutri glabri, 

 colorati, trinerves, apice attenuati, hermaphrodito distinete nervoso, glabro, acuminato fere I bre- 

 viores. Palea superior (flosculi fertilis) glabra, canaliculata. 



I have only seen one specimen of this, sent by Dr. Meisner to the Kew Herbarium, 

 evidently composed of two proliferous branchlets. I have no doubt, however, that it is 

 a good species. It approaches C. scaiideiis in some respects. 



25. C. QTJILA, Kth. Gram. i. 138, 329, t. 77. Panicula deeomposita, ramis demum elon- 

 gatis, cito patulis et divarieatis, rhachi hirsuta, spiculis 2-3 lin. longis, glumis cuspi- 



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