A6 ICONES PLANTARUM. 
tectis, 4-2 poll. longis. Folia anguste linearia, plana, 3-1 poll. ae 
Pan ieuloe _laxe capituliformes (sepius densiores quam in icone de- 
; acu 
majores, a basi brevissime cucullata latissime expanse, fere oe 
petaloidess 15 lin. diametro, breviter tenuiterque 5-nerves; 1-2 superi- 
ores minores, vacue, sub-3-nerves. Palea angusta, hyalina, 23: fida 
vy. lobo medio diviso fere 4-fida. Stamina 3. Styli breves, distincti, 
stigmatibus plumosis. Caryopsis immatura ovoidea, intra basin glume 
a palea libera. 
This curious little grass with its numerous little heads of white 
spikelets has almost the aspect of some of the dwarf Helichrysa. Our 
specimens are Bolivian from Mandon, but they agree well with 
out from his description any really distinctive character.—G. BrenrHam. 
Fig. 1. Be Hy enlarged and Sgioag mes looser than it is at the time of 
flowerin ng. 2. Outer empty glum . Flowering glume. 4. Palea. 5. Stamens 
and pistil. 
Puate 1363 B. 
UROCHLZENA PUSILLA, Nees. 
GramMIneg#, Tribe Festucem (Sesleriew). 
U. pusilla, Nees, Fl. Afr. Austr. Gram., 488. 
Has. South Africa, dry sandy hills near oo Clanwilliam 
district, Drege. Not seen in any other collectio 
Gramen pumilum, annuum, caulibus tenuibus i studies 3—4.polli- 
ribus. Folia angusta, pauca, summum sub inflorescentia spiculas 
superans, a ceteris istans. Spicule parve, pauciflore, in panicula 
Segetalitormi secunda densissime fasciculatee, floribus hermaphroditis 
ae 
nate, acumine in aristam patentem pr Ace ciate: 2 infime vacue, floren- 
tibus paullo minores; superiores iterum pa atone Palea gluma 
paullo brevior, hyalina, 2-carinata. Stamina. . . Styli distincti, stigma- 
my 
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