ICONES PLANTARUM., 
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Piate 1372. 
MUNROA SQUARROSA, Torr. 
Gramine®, Tribe Festucex (Sesleriex). 
M. squarrosa, Torr. Bot. Whipple Exped. 102 (158). 
Has.. North America; Western Texas, New Mexico, Sonora, up to 
Colorado. 
Gramen annuum, humile, multicaule, caulibus primariis 2—4. polli- 
caribus apice fascicu lato-ramosis sepeque fibrilliferis quasi proli- 
feris rigidulis glabris. Folia ad basin fasciculorum conferta, ae 
acutissima, rigidula, rarius pollicem excedentia. Spicule inter folioru 
fasci culos pauc mis —— a ire occulte, sepius 3-flora, floribus 
rh Jnmas inferiores articulata, sub quoque 
flore <7 minus sta te ines 2 inferiores vacue, sub articulatione 
nisi minores. Palea hyalina, compli nata, florem 
amplectens. Stamina 3. Styli distincti, elongati, a basi laxe bre- 
viterque pilosi. opsis anguste oblonga, palea multo brevior, libe 
Ca . 
This genus, dedicated to the distinguished agrostologist the late 
General Munro, is now represented by two or three species from extra- 
tropical South America, differing from the northern one in a few points 
of structure, but evidently ioe ariel and with the same habits.— 
G. BenTHam. 
te 1. Cluster of eae and sikalets ‘ aga 3, 4. Outer empty glumes. 
5. Flowering glume. 6. The same opened out. 7. Palea. 8. Pistil, 9. Caryopsis. 
PLatTe 1373. 
FINGERHUTHIA AFRICANA, Lehi. 
Gramines, Tribe Festucex (Sesleriew). 
F. africana, Lehm. Cat. Sem. Hort. Hamb. 1834. F. ciliata and F. 
seslerieeformis, Nees, Fl. Afr. Austr. Gram. 136, 138 
Has. South Africa, apparently common in the sions from Albany 
Se districts eastward, and recently found also in Affghanistan 
y Dr son. 
Gramen cespitosum, erectum, rigidulum, caule foliis glabris, 
