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9-12 lin. longae, glabrae, 4-9-florce, chartacere, complanatae, flosculil ]-2 infimis neutris, rhachilhv 

 articulis sulcatis apice glabris. Gluma sublongae, setaceo acuminata*, dorso carinata*, glabra. Palea 

 inferior (flosculi fertilis) lanceolato-acuminata vol mucronata, nervosa, 4 lin. longa, glaberrima : 

 superior vix brevior, dorso canaliculata, apice obtOflO pilosa. ^(jitumulcp 8, oblonjrrc, obtusae, apice 

 fimbriate. Stamina 3, loculis obtusis. Styli fere ad basin discreti Ovarium lincari-oblongum, 

 infra apicem constrict um. 



Moritz's specimen is marked as "Cariza" of the inhabitants, a name, as already men- 

 tioned at p. 41, given to A. longiflorvm and many other species. I entertain consider- 

 able donbts about the identity of Fendler's specimens, which arc in leaf only. The 

 leaves are more glabrous above, and the secondary nerves more numerous and more 

 strongly marked below, than in the Trinidad specimens. 



7. A. Burchellii, Munro. t Racemo simplici vel composite, spiculis di stantibus, longi- 



pecUcellatis, glumis hirsutis, foliis minimis 1-2-3 poll, longis, subtus pubescent i bus. 



Hob. In Brasilia, Corcovado montes, no. 1431 ! ; Serra dc Cubatao, no. .3090 ! (culmus fbliifertu tantum), 



Burchell. v. s. 



Culmus 6-8-10-pedalis, apice filiformis, tenuissimus, internodiis superiorilms 7 poll, longis, apices versus 



punctis elevatis scabris. Rami plernmque basi 2-3-nodosi, geniculati, reclines, ad nodos dense fasci- 

 culati, ramulis florigeris numerosis, basi nudis, apice paucifoliatis, G-10 poll, longis. Folia angusta, 

 lineari-lanceolata, 1-2 vel raro 3 poll, longa, 1 3 lin. lata, petiolo snpra hirsute vel ghtbro sa*pe 

 nigrescente petiolata, supra tactu scabra, subtus plus minus dense pubescentia glaucesccntia, mar- 

 ffine scabra nervis secundariis inconspicuis. Vagina in ramulis floriferis, glabrae vel punctis 



minutis 



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exsertus simplex vel ramis inferioribus 1-2 compo^itis, 1-2 poll, longus, spiculis distantibus, longi- 

 pedicellatis refractis, pedicellis hirsutis. Spicula pauciflora? floscnlis omnibus (in speciminibus 

 visis) nisi infimo fertili, delapsis. Glumes hirsutae, nervosa?, ovatae vel oblongre. Palea inferior 

 5-7-nervis attenuata, subobtusa; superior sublongior, dorso profunde canaliculata, apice hirsuta. 

 Sguamula oblongse, dorso hirsutae, nervosae, fimbriatae. Stamina 3, loculis subobtusis. Stylus ad 

 basin tandem callosam, indivisus, sed cito supra in stigmata 2 breviplumosa partitus. Ovarium 

 basi stipitatum, apice scabrescens et residua styli basi coronatum. 



In inflorescence this plant closely approaches many species of Chusquea. Unfor- 

 tunately there is not a single perfect spicula on any of Burehell's otherwise good spe- 

 cimens. Every flower has fallen off from the spicula except the lowest fertile one and 

 the lono»ish pedicel of the following one ; and even those which are left are in an im- 

 perfect state. I cannot always perceive the lowest neutral floret, the presence of which 

 would principally keep this species distinct from Jrundinaria, to which genus better 

 specimens may prove it to belong. 



8. A. Cubense, Hupr. I. c. 118, tab. iv. fig. 13. " Raccmo simplici, spiculis subapp 



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matis. sessilibus, 4-5-floris; foliis 3-4 poll, longis, glabra, angust is."— Steud. I. c 336. 



s. v. Ruprecht. 



Culmus pedalis, ramulis foliigeris apice floriferis, ad nodos inferiorcs, spicis aphyllis 3-4-nis auctis, 



rigidis. Folia lanceolata, 3-4 poll, tonga, 4 lin. lata, huequilatcra, basi cordata, petiolata petiolo 

 lincali flavescente viridia, glabra, subtus scabriuscula, nervis secundariis obsoletis. Vagina inter 



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