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Ptuprecht, in the figure above quoted, gives very full details of the structure of the 

 curious spiculae of this plant. I have already mentioned, at page 2(>, that Arundinaria 



Trimice approaches this in some respects, especially in the heterogeneous spicula-. 



3. A. longiflortjm, Munro. (Tab. I.) Raccmo simplici; spiculis plurifloris, lonyissimis; 



foliis latis, glabris, vaginis ore longissime fimbriates. 



Hab. Venezuela, Colonia Tovar ! 6000 ped. s. m., Fendler. 1G21 ! Moritz* 1393 ! 1085 ! v. s. 



Culmus " mediocris" (Moritz) 



i culo 



lato fere pedali. Rami floriferi foliiferique ad nodos faseiculati. Folia adulta late lanceolata, 

 striata, 8-9 poll, longa, l|-2 poll, lata (fig. A) ; plurima, praecipue in rani ul is brcvibus, minora 

 sunt, 1|-3| poll, longa (fig, B) ; omnia glaberrima, pctiolo fusco, glabro vcl piloso, subito petiolata 

 sunt. Vagina striata, apice ciliis validis, basi latis, longissime fimbriate. Raccmus in cnlmo vrl 

 ramulis lateralibus terminalis, spiculis 6-12, sessilibus, approximate etrhachcos internodiis multo lon- 



Rmrulfi nliiamiain 2 noil. Iotipvi. 10-1 -l-flora. lap.vissima* p-lumis brevibus. vix acuti ; Hosculis 



gioribus. 



1-2 infimis unipaleaeeis, neutris, reliquis brevioribus (fig. 1) ; rhachillae articulis glabcrriinis. Palea 

 inferior (flosculi fertilis) 6 lin. longa, dorso glabra, convexa, apice attenuata, brcviter mucronata, 

 utrinque nervis 1-3 notata (figg. 2, 3), saepe purpuras ecus j superior sulnequalis, apice pilis 

 comata, bicarinata et inter carinas pulcherrime ciliatas hirsutiuscula (fig. 4). Squomula 3, sub- 

 seauales, nervosa, lanceolate, acuminata^ supcrne margine fimbriate (fig. 5). Stamina 3, anthe- 



loculis apiculatis (fi 



discreti 



(fig. 5). 



infra apicem 



lied 



One of Moritz's specimens is marked " Nastus Chusquea," H. B. K. ; but that is a very 

 different plant, and is Chusquea scandens, Kth. Moritz states that this plant 

 " Cariza " by the inhabitants ; but I find that this same name is used for seve] 

 seven) distinct kinds of Bamboo. This is a strikingly pretty grass, far surpassing the 

 remainder of the genus in appearance. 



a I 



4 A. ScHOMBTJiiGKii, Munro. Raccmo simplici, spiculis 6-8-floris, 1-li poll, lougis 



foliis subtus glaucis, longis, angustis ; vaginis ore longe setosis—Artuiduwria Schon, 

 burgkii, Bennett in Linn. Trans, xviii. 562 ; Steud. I. c. 335. 



Hab. In Guiana alt. 6000 ped. s. m., in montibus, ex quibus fluvii Orinoco, Parima et Rio Negro emergun 



Hu 



v. s. 



am 



t£ UECSjJiLuai, oni^ui, «— — — v j. 



virides laivissimi : rhizomate valido, articulato, subterraneo. 



$ 



pedcde, sequentia 15-18 poll, longa. Rami verticillati, 3-4-pedales, gracillimi. Folia lineari-lan- 



5-6 lin. lata, in petiolum brevcm glabrum flavum 



medio 



agitue 



longe setose, ligula brevissima pilosa. Racemus simplex, terminal, 7-9 poll, longus, spied 



(5-6), dis 



\ 



Glum* breves, acuminata Palea inferior (flosculi fertilis) 6-8 lin. longa, supcrne utrinque nervis 



ssime setaceo-acuminata ; superior multo 

 carinata 



efimbriata. 

 pulchre plumosa 



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Stamina 3, autherarum loculis setaceo acuminatis. Stylus cito bifidus in stigmata 2 



pubcscens et attenuatum 



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