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CkIiiius ramosissimus, 6-12-pedalis, iiitcrnodiis 5 ])oll. longis, fere glabris; spathis sub .3 ])oll. longis, 



striatis, glabris; raniulis teiuiibus, ])lerum(iuc 7-9 poll, longis, interdum sesquipcdalibus, sub-4-phyllis, 



fasciculatis. Folia herbacea, lineari-lauccolata, 3~1' poll, longa, 3-4-5i lin. lata, basi attenuata, 



inaequalia, apice scnsira acuminata, margine valde scirato, subtus glabra vel pilosa, ncrvis secundariis 



duobus iu uuo latere, tribus in altcro, costa parura prominente, venulis transversis vix conspicuis, 



pellucidis. Vagince superne fere glabra;, infcrne liirsutiusculse, margine subhirsutte vel longe fim- 



briatjB, ligula producta. Panicula 6-8 poll, longa, angusta, rhachi scabro-liirsuta ; radiis principalibus 



elongatis, primum adpressis, demum divaricatis, interdum laxifloris ; pediccllis hirsutis, brevissimis. 



Spicula ovata, 3 lin. longa, pallida, sub lente strigoso-hispida, glumis subtrinervibus, setaceo-acumi- 



natis, spiculam aequantibus. Fhsculi neutri lanceolati, cuspidati, glumis breviores, subtrinerves, her- 



mapbroditum vix sequantes. Palea inferior (flosculi fertilis) oblonga, mucronata, superne 5-7-nervis, 



interdum margine ciliata; superior brevior, binervis, subobtusa. Sgiutmulce oblongic, obtusse, apice 



pilis paucis fimbriatae, fere enervosse. Stylus basi simplex, tunc divisus in stigmata 2 gracillima 



pulclu'e plumosa. 



I imagine this to be the plant which was considered by Em. Desvaux and Philippi to 



be the true C. quila, and that this misapprehension, already referred to, induced them to 



describe C. Vuldwiens'is and perhaps C. ciliata as new species. I believe that C teniii- 



flora is a young state, and C ciliata a more advanced state of the same plant. In one of 



the specimens, of what I believe to be this species, in Herb. Kew. (sent from Chili by 



Philippi, but without a name), the branches are nearly 2 feet, and the panicle 7-8 inches 



long ; and altogether the plant appears to have a habit of growth very different from 



that of the otlier allied species. 



Sect. II. " Panicula contracta, subrotunda (rare ovalis), capitulum referens. Folia superiora interdum 

 basin capituli arete involucrantia." Reitbergia, Raddi et Nees. 



27. C. Sellovii, Rupr. I. c. 12.5, tab. ix. fig. 26. " Capitulis terminalibus suborbiculatis, 

 rhachi pedicellisque dense pilosis, glumis mimitis ohtnsis pilosiusculis, foliis lanceo- 

 latis concoloribus." — Steud. I. c. 337. 



Hab. in Brasilia, Sellow. s. v. Ruprecht. 



" Culnius farctus, tenuissimus, fiUformis, debilis, scandens, ramulis ad nodos subternis, 2-3-pollicaribus, 

 dijjhyllis, inferne capitulo brevipedunculato, aphyllo, recurvato plerumque auctis. Folia lanceolata, 

 concoloria, cbartacea, 2 poll, longa, 4 lin. lata, basi apiceque attenuata, margine setulis jmucis, 

 remotis, longioribus, demum deciduis obsita, venulis transversis, subtus sa;pe anastomosim pcrfectam 

 exhibentibus, nervis secuudariis 2 subobsoletis. Capitulum suborbiculatum, diametro 7-lineali, 

 rhachi pedicellisque dense pilosis. Spicula 2 lin. longa, maculata, glumis minutis, pilosiusculis, 

 obtusis, flosculo infimo chartaceo, obsolete striato 3-4-plo brevioribus ; flosculo secundo opaco, scabro, 

 chartaceo, hcrmaphrodito obtuso distincte breviore. Palea superior (flosculi fertilis) multinervia, 

 dorso canaliculata, obtusa. Stylus cito bifidus iu stigmata 2 pilosa." — Rupr. desc. et icon. 



28. C. Gaubichaudii, Kunth, Eev. Gram. i. 138, 331, t. 78. " Panicula ovato-oblonga, 

 rhachi glabra, glumis acutis brevibiis, paleis obtusiusculis, foliis ovato-lanceolatis." — 

 Enum. 428, Supl. 352 ; Rupr. /. c. 124, tab. ix. fig. 24 ; Steud. /. c. 337. JRettbergia 

 hambuscBoides, Raddi, Agros. Bras. 17, t. i. fig. 1 (analysis spiculae tantum) ; Nees in 

 Agros. Bras. 536. 



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