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fertilis) apice attenuata et nervosa, superiorem breviorem, ad apicem bifidam, Hirsutam involvens. 

 Squamula 3, vix sequales, apice lanceolate, brevifimbriatae. Anthem nigrcscentcs. Stylus basi 

 simplex, cito divisus, stigmatibus vix phimosis. 



The leaves in this species are always conspicuously hairy near their base below, and 

 are thus distinguished from all others of the genus. Mr. BOers says that it grows abun- 

 dantly in the Organ Mountains, hanging in graceful festoons from the height of 50 to 

 80 feet along the margin of the forests. 



4. M. bkevispica, Munro. Spiculis solitariis, flosculo secundo vix acuto hermaphrodite 



fere cluplo breviore, vaginis hirsutis ore longe fimbriates. 



Hab. in 



v. s. 



Culmus pedalis, ramis fasciculatis, tactu asperis. Folia oblongo-lanceolata, sub 4 poll, longa, sub 6 lin. 



lata, basi vix imequalia, petiolata, glabra. Vagina hirsutae vel apicem versus hirsutissima, ore fim- 

 briis plurimis stramineis longe fimbriate. Spica falcata, l|-2 poll, longa, rhachi viridi, hirsnta, 



spiculis solitariis, secundis. Spicula subcurvata, 6 lin. longa, flosi 

 secundo hirsuto, nervoso, apice rotundato, brevissime mucronato, he 

 l vel | breviore. Palea inferior (floseuli fertilis) pilis sublongis fi 

 superiorem obtusam, basi glabram, apice tantum subhirsutam, subaequ 

 obtusae. Stylus basi simplex, vix cito in stigmata 2 pulcbre plumosa c 

 apice fere rostratum. 



brcv 



lirsuta, :t|)ice vix acuta, 

 Squanwla Late, oMongae, 



. Ovarium subtrigynum, 



The short spike and very hirsute vaginae distinguish this at once from all the other 

 species. It appears also to be the only one found out of Brazil 



5. M. spaksimoka, Bupr., I. o. 127, tab. x. fig. 32. « Spiculis solitariis, distantibus, 



flosoulis sterilibus hermaphroditum superantibus, flmbriis vaginae breviphimom. 

 Steud. I. c. 338. 



Hab. in Brasilia. " ad sinum omnium sanctorum," Riedel. s. v. Ruprecht. 



<C 



Folia lineari-lanceolata, 5-7 poll, longa, 7-8 lin. lata, pellucida, subtus glabra, nervis secundariis pro- 



^ . -.1.^ -*-:-+w» i*«™ a «r,i«> nrn tftTimter fimbriatse, fimbms parvis, injernr 



minentibu 



brevi-plumosis. Spica exserta, recta, 2-4-pollicaris, spiculis solitariis, distantibus. Spicula (nomhnn 



in 



chartaceo-coriaceis, 



Ottt ^VUlUlOj %J lilt. AVSU-^t*) »*w«ww^ — — .- - 



flosculum tertium, subglabrum, involvcntibus, eumque superantibus."— Rupr. 



6. M. Neesii, Bupr. I. a. 127, tab. x. fig. 31. - Spiculis solitariis, flosculis duobus Mori 



oribus glabris (Bupr.) vel strigosis (Nees), secundo hermaphroditum superante 



Steud. I. c. 338. M. speciosa, Sees, I.e. 527, nou Spreugel oe. 



• 



vaginis ore nudis 

 Kunt h . 



Hab 



<< 



in Brasilia, herb. reg. Berol. s. v. Nees el 



Imus (pars crassitie calami communis adest) 

 singulo nodo 24-30, adscendentibus, pedalibus 



Folia lanceolata, sub 



singulo nodo 24-80, aclscenaentious, peuiuun*. „— ~ j Hv iu<cula, glauca, petiolata, 



4 poll, longa, 10-12 lin. lata, glaberrima, margme scabnuscula, subtus bet m, cum b I 



. . & ' . , •• _*_: *_r f^nn obscura. Vamna stnato-suicata, 



obliq 



incurvata, o-t 



Vagina striato-sulcata 



-pollicaris, rhachi 



.ecundis, crecto-patentibus 



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