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brcvitei- liispidis, raniis 5-2 poll, longis, altcruisj solitarii.s, crcctis, capitulis parvis, 3 liii. latis, iiiter- 

 rupte verticillatis. Sjjicu/a cyliiulrica, acuta, sub G liu. longa, flosculo fcrtili nunc unipaleacco, nunc 

 bipaleacco (palca suprcina uunquam perfccta, iutcrdum obsoleta), tcrminali tabcscciitc nunc con- 

 spicuo, nunc dcficieiitc. Pa/ea iufcrior 15-17-nervis. Stamina 6 obtusa. Stylus apicc 3-fi(lus. 



The only specimens which I have seen in flower are those contained in Wight's her- 

 barium, without any locality attached ; and from these 1 have made my description. The 

 inflorescence, as described by Schultes, would occasionally appear to be vei-y dilTercnt 

 from that described, and in some respects rather resembling that of aS'. f/lmici folium. 



4. S. GLATJCiroLiu>i, Munro. " Culmo humili, 9-pedali," panicula decomposita, inter- 



nodiis superioribus 4-3-2 poll, longis, striatis, asperiusculis, ramulis iloriferis bre- 

 vibus, ad nodos fasciculatis, e capitulo denso, 1\ poll, diam., ad quemque nodum 

 sessili, erumpentibus, ramis interrupte glomerato-spicatis, spiculis angustis, cylin- 

 dricis, pallidis, omnibus sterilibus (in spec, viso), foliis latis, basi angustatis, petiolatis. 

 — Bamhum glaucifolia, Rupr., /. c. 147 ; Steud. I. c. 331. Bamhos cmmdo, Solandcr, 

 Fl. Ins. Ocean. Pacif. 217. 

 Hah. in insulis Oceani Pacifici, Tahiti, Hawaii! Wilkes (florif.), no. 130, Guillemin, (" Ovlie " incolis) 

 Bertero, Movhroch; Fiji ("Bitu" incolis), 694 ! Seemann; Samoa, Fiji, H'li/^e*; Nukahiva, A'yier. v.s. 

 Culmus ad nodos ramos paucos (1-2) 1-2-pedales emittens, nodis parum tumentibus, glabris. Folia 

 ovato- vel liueari-lanceolata, glabra, 8-17 poll, longa, lg-2 poll, lata, longe acuminata, basi insequi- 

 latera, in petiolum 2-3-5 lin. attenuata, glauca, pbcata, margiue imo laevia, superne tantum liispidula, 

 basin versus macula flavo-aurantiaca insignata, nervis sccundariis utrinque 11-14." — Ruprenht. 

 Paniculre pars suprema l|-pcdalis adest, efoliata, ramis tenuibus, 1-4 poll, longis, capitula 2-4 

 ferentibus. 



I have seen only one flowering specimen of this plant, which was collected at Tahiti 

 in Wilkes's Expedition. Unfortunately, although the spicula3 are numerous, there is not 

 one which contains the least trace of genitalia. Every spicula is sterile ; and I therefore 

 think it is very possible that the specimen I have seen may be a proliferous barren 

 sport. The inflorescence agrees to some extent with one of the states of S. Blumei 

 described by Schultes. 



5. S. ACUTiFLORUM, Munro in hb. T. C. D. Culmo suffruticoso, vel scandente, panicula 



ampla, decomposita, 4-pedali et forsan ultra, fistulosa, ramis ramulosis, spiculis 

 brevibus, acutis, secus ramulos dense verticillato-spicatis, fructu oblongo, rugoso, 

 foliis lineari-lanceolatis, vaginis utrinque auriculato-fimbriatis. 



Hab. in ins. Philippinis, 544 ! Cuming, Lugonia ! JVilkes. v. s. 



Culmus, ut videtur, pluripedalis. Folia 6-9 poll, longa, 8-10 liu. lata, basi rotuudata, vel vLx attenuata 

 in petiolum brevissimimi, ima basi incrassatura, apice mucronato-aeuta, utrinque tactu scabra, subtus 

 interdum pilosa, margine asperrima, nervis secundariis utrinque sub 6, conspicuis. Vagirne superne, 

 margiues versus prsecipue, strigoso-hirsutie, utrinque auriculatic, auriculis latis, revcrsis, longe fim- 

 briatis, ligulis brevibus, stepc longe fimbriatis. Panicula (pars 3i-pcdalis adest) vel aphylla vel 

 ramo uno alterovc basi foliato, internodiis 5-2 poll, longis, inferioribus subglabris, superioribus sea- 

 bcrrimis, ramis tenuibus, solitariis vel fasciculatis, inferioribus ramulosis, ramulis alternis, subpolliea- 

 ribus, faseiculis brc-vabus, dense spicatis, ramis superioribus simplicibus, deuse spicatis. Spicula acuta, 

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