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(Mmi solidij ramosi, 20-30-peclales, uncinati, juuiores pubesccntes. Foliiferi internodiis superne strigoso- 

 hispidis, fere teretibus, sed uno latere linea longitudinali plus minus conspicue hirsuta impressis, 

 supcrioribus vix 1^ poll, longis, ramulis graeilibus, l-li-pedalibus et ultra, ad nodos fasciculatis. 

 Folia augusta, lineari-lanccolata, 4-9 poll, longa, 4-7 lin. lata, basi inajqualia, siibrotuiidata vel 

 euneata, petiolata, petiolo brevi complanato utrinque vel subtua taiitum pilis longis hirsuto, apice 

 acuta, marginc scabra, supra tactu scaljra et intcrdum hirsutiuscula, subtus plcrumquc pilis longis 

 vel brevibus hirsuta, vel juniora dense pul)escentia, nervis secundariis eouspicuis, uno latere 5-6, altero 

 4-5, venulis transversis nullis. Vagirue inferiores hirsutaj, superiores plerumque superne pubescentes, 

 in culmis juuioribus hirsutissima;, margine vix ciliatse, ore eiliis panels eito deciduis fimbriata;, in 

 junioribus biauriculatis, aurieulis linearibus apice longe fimbriatis, ligula ineonspieua. Culmo flori- 

 fero apbyllo ; panicula gracilis, internodiis supcrioribus 4-5 poll, longis, superne strigoso-hispiilis, 

 ramis plerumque solitariis, eito refractis, fere simplieibus, adjeetis ramis 1-2 abortivis spiuiformibus, 

 rhaclii strigoso-liispida, ad nodos spiculas pallidas 2-3 aut plures divaricatas gerentibus. Spiculu 

 6-10-flora, basi valde attcnuata, flosculis 1-2 inferioribus et 2-4 supremis ineonipletis, reliquis bipa- 

 leaceis, hermaplu-oditis, rliachilljfi articulis breviljus, compressis, vix hirsutis, glumis 1-2 inferioribus 

 gemmiparis. Palea inferior nervosa, nervis utrinque 3-5 validis cum totidcm intermediis tenuioribus, 

 dorso vel glabra vel inconspicue birsuta, apice rotundata et mucronata ; superior brevior, margine 

 fimbriata, inter carinas brevissime alatas 3-nervosa. Squamula 3, oblongo-lanceolatse, 2 latiores. 

 Stylus basi subbulbosus, attenuatus, superne in stigmata 3 longa divisus. Ovarium subobovatum, 

 apice birsutum, in stylum attenuatum. 



The structure of the spicula in this species is very similar to that of G. Venezuelce ; but 

 the branches of the panicle, bent back nearly to the main axis, give the plant a very 

 peculiar and distinctive aj)pearance. In Gardner's specimen the panicle is not expanded, 

 and the branches are still covered with their enveloping sheaths ; but I have little doubt 

 of its identity. Some of Burchell's specimens, carefully marked, however, with the 

 same number, are extremely hairy, and the cilia are placed at the end of a long linear 

 auricle instead of simply at the mouth of the vaginae ; but after a careful examination I 

 see no reason to doubt the correctness of Burchell's identification. 



12. G. PANICULATA, Munro. Culmo florifero aphyllo, paniculee ramis divaricatis, valde 

 insequalibus, compositis et decompositis, latere uno planis et pilis caiiescentlbits hir- 

 stitls, spiculis cyUndricis, angustis, G-9 lin. longis, palea infcriore nervosa, dorso sub- 

 glabra, margine fimbriata, foliis 4-7 poll, longis, 2^-5 lin. latis, petioUs hirsutis, 

 vaginis plerumque glabris, margine non ciliatis. 



Hab. in Brasilia tropica, prov. Goyaz ad flum. Tocantins, in sylvis, Burchell, no. 8852 ! ; prov. Pernanibuco, 

 Rio Preto, in sylvis (" Taboca" incolis), Garcbier, no. 2981 ! v. s. 



Culmus 20-30-pedalis, diametro 1i poll., foliifcri internodiis supcrioribus 1-1| poll, longis, subglahris vel 

 pubescentibus, ramulis J-l-pedalibus, paucis ad nodos fasciculatis. Folia lineari-lanccolata, 4-6-7 

 poll, longa, 2-5 lin. lata, basi attenuata in petiolum brevem prseeipue subtus pilosum, apice interdum 

 nigrescente attenuato-acuminatisshna, supra scabra et interdum pilis brevissimis hirsutiuscula, subtus 

 vel glabra vel, praecipue basin versus ad costam, brevissime pilosa, nervis secundariis utrinque 4--5, 

 margine subscabra. Vnginm plerumque glabrre, margine non ciliatfe, ore eiliis paucis scabris fim- 

 briatse, eligulatre. Inflorescentia, in culmo aphyllo, expausa, paniculata, ramosissima, 10-pedalis, 

 ramis 2-3 valde intequalibus, divaricatis, adscendentibus, per intcrvalla 2-4-pollicaria ad nodos 

 locatis. Hi rami, 6-9 poll, longi, plus minus eompositi, ramulos vel spiculas paucas glomeratas ad 



