4 
ciliatas, glaberrima ; laminae lineari-lanceolatae, ultra 20 cm. longae, 
10-11-ies —— quam latae ; ligulae brevissimae, vaginae obsolete 
auriculata 
5. P. geminata, Hack. 
These =— are represented in the Kew Herbarium by the follow- 
ing specim 
Fig. 1, 
a P. Baronis, Stapf; North-West Madagascar, on 
5284; South- East Madagascar ; Tanala country, Ambohi 
tombo forest, C. F. Major, 209. 
2. P. Hi ildebrandtii, Hack. ‘(see ab ve). 
3. P. mollis, Stapf ; South-East Madagesar: Tanala country, 
Tvohimanitra forest, C. F. Major, 
4. P. bromoides, Stapf fOpliimenus bromoides, Bak. in 
Journ. Linn. Soc. vol. xxl. p. 452]; Central Madagascar, 
3. 
as. ‘geminata, Hack. ; ates Madagascar, Baron, 1061, 
3996 Imerina ; Andrangoloaka, in primeval oS ie mixed 
with P. Hildebrandtii, Hildebrandt, 3759.—O. Sra 
ligule; 2, part of inflorescence; 3, lower glume; 4, upper glume; 5, 
valve = — floret ; 6, fertile floret ; 7, its valve; 8, its valvule with flower. 
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