TABULA 3070. 
MICROCALAMUS CONVALLARIOIDES, Stapf. 
GRAMINEAE. Tribus PANICEAR. 
M, tis ge pene Stapf; species nova, affinis M. barbi 
Franch., sed foliorum lamina praeter setulas fae aibenna « S 
laxius nervosa ba longius attenuata, cellulis epidermatis paginae 
inferioris amplioribus, spiculis paulo latioribus longioribusque distincta. 
Gramen perenne, rhizomate brevi. Culmi geniculato-adscendentes, 
inflorescentia dempta 15-20 cm. alti, -nodi, e nodis inferioribus 
radicantes, teretes, glaberrimi, nervoso- -striati, internodiis inferioribus 
ob vaginas emarcescentes magis minusve nudis, caeteris breviter 
exsertis. Foliorum vaginae teretes, arctae, tenuiter et crebre nervoso- 
incrassatae, lanceolatae, acute acuminatae, basin versus longe et 
subasymmetrice attenuatae, 14-18 cm. longae, 3-3'5 cm. latae, papy- 
raceae, glaberrimae, laeves, costa tenui albida, nervis lateralibus 
ultimi ordinis tenuibus, 0-7-0-8 mm. inter se distantibus, venis trans- 
versis crebris hic inde prominulis. Panicula 4-6 cm. longa, ob ramulos 
breves paucispiculatos paupera, thachi gracili angulata superne minute 
puberula ; rami filiformes, a basi 4-2 spiculas gerentes vel superiores 
simplices, 5-6 mm. lon ngi; pedicelli tenues, laterales ad 1:5-2 mm. longi, 
scaberuli, apice vix discoideo-dilatati. Spiculae perfectae oblongae, 
subulato-acuminatae, 7-5 mm. — albidae. Glumae late ovatae, 
breviter apiculatae, inferior 2-5-3 mm. longa, 5-nervis, mopuor 3-5-4 
mm. longa, 7-9-nervis. Anthoecii inferiorie g valva oblonga, breviter 
acuminata, sine longitudine, sursum paullo incurva, acumine 
minute scaberulo, chartacea, 5-nervis, glabra, nervis obscuris, cum 
valvula paullo breviore. Antherae 4 mm. longae. Sti a a paullo 
sub apice anthoecii lateraliter exserta, pallida, 1 mm. lon 
West Tropicat Arrica: French Gaboon; Como River, in hill 
forests, Bates, 481 
