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ICOXES PLANTAEUM. 



breviter ramosis congesfcisve gerentibus, caljcis hii-ti segmentis subu, 

 lahs rigiduhs apice recurvis corollse tubo breyloribus, fructibus com- 

 pressis ovato-ellipticis epicarpio papyraceo parce hirtello. 



Hab. Ou the Zambesi and its tributary the Sliire, Dr. KirJc. 



Folia 2 poll longa ]l-lf poli lata ; petlolus lamina sa^pius breyior, 

 stipule ovato-lanceoktae. Pedunmli rectinsculi pubescentes 2-3 poll 

 Jongi ; cymte poll, latae. Flores flavidi fcctidi subsessiles v. brevissime 

 pcdicellati; bractcao lineares v. subulata3. Cal>jx scabrido-puberulus 

 segmentis quam tubo 3^-plo longioribus. Corolla segmentis ovato- 

 oblongis mtus hirtis. Stamina exserta. Stylus apice bitldus ramis 

 recurvis angustis. Frudus i poll, longus calycis limbo coronatus. 



Dr. Kirk describes the whole plant as ' abominably fetid ' The 

 structure of the fruit is singular. After the irregular rupture of the 



two 



carpophore, which becomes free on the outer face of each pyrene, the 

 disk of which IS radiately ridged, and the margin produced iito a con- 

 tinuous wmg-like expansion. — D. Oliver. 



fl ^n^'J' ^f^- ^•- ^^P^^^^'^d flower. 3. Longitudinal section of ovary 4 Fruit 

 A^^t f """"^ '° transverse section. 6. Diagram showing relation of carDODhores 

 and attached pyrenes. 7. Pyrene and carpophore. carpopiiorts 



Plate 1239. 



NEUBACHNE MUNHOI, F. MuelL 

 GRAMiNEiE, Tribe Andropogoxe^. 



Munroi, F. Muell 



:Sr„':""r,r±-;,?ir^ -'-^ --"--'^ -'^s. -rt 



BecMer. 



Wi 



^iZeZC ^^'/^'^^f sublanata y. glabrescente erecti, rigiduli, 

 paur Wi./;^ ^ ^'"'''' T!'" ^^°.°'*^' ^" sicco convoluta, caulina 



ghndr^cea 1 2-pollicans, _ rbachi pubescente. Spicul<B an|ust« 

 -^ -3 im. longas, basi fascicule pdorura brevinm ,.;r,„^„ %i 1 



exterior fPTinic er ^7 -;—-—" t^-^^-.^x Micvium umcta?. UCimia 



afnonLuZatfi'T''"-' ^^^'^.^- '^''^'^" '^''' ^^™ ^i°^ta. acuta 

 nata ^.^.r^n •' ^^^g^^^'T'^'^ior, prominule 7.nervis, acute Icumi- 

 Bata, juxta margmem pra3sertim in parte inferiors long; ciliata pilis 



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