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5-nervis, carin atus, in subulam longara scabram abrupte acuminatus; srcundus similis, sed longior el 

 7-nervis. Palea inferior (flosculi fcrtilis) 17-19-nervis, ai)icc longe rostrato-acuniinata, plerumque 

 dorso subglabra, sed semper ad margines pilis fuscis hirsuta; superior sublongior, bicarinata, carinis 

 ciliatis vel hirsutis, utroque latere 4-nervia, apice plus minus cojispicue bifida. Flos terminalis 

 1 -paleaceus, magis evolutus quam in reliquis speciebus, pedicello brevi. Squamuhr .'i, lanceolatae, 

 superne fimbriatae, inaequales, duge latiores, fere encrvosae. Stylus basi simplex, stigmatibns supernr 

 divcrgentibus. Ovarium immaturum. 



The details of the structure of this curious species are remarkably well represented in 

 Sir William Hooker' s drawing above quoted, although I do not find the squaniuhe united 

 at the base as there shown. There are occasionally some abortive spicuhe mixed with 

 the others; and sometimes, indeed often, both palcrc of the fertile floret have green her- 

 baceous points, which in the upper palea are sometimes remarkably divergent; and in 

 those cases it is considerably longer than the lower palea. Gardner says this grass is 

 common in low woods about Rio, rising to a considerable height, climbing among and 

 supporting itself on the branches of shrubs amongst whicb it grows. I have but little 

 doubt that this is Steudel's Chusquea fimbria ta, which, at any rate, is certainly not a 

 Chusquea, in consequence of the terminal incomplete flower. 



Duae sequentes, tantum absque floribus notse, a?gre discernendse sunt. 



9. M. Sellovii, Munro. " Culmo primario exasperato, vaginis ore herbaceo-barbatis, 



foliis glaucescentibus serrulato-scaberrimis." — Kees, Agr. Bras. 531, adnot. iii. ; 

 Rupr. /. c. 127, adnot. 



Hah. Paraguay in acumine 



Nees 



The herbaceous beard to the vaginae, which, I confess, is a term I do not quite under- 

 stand, appears to keep this distinct from other species, although Nees considered it might 

 be a young state of one of the three he has described. 



10. M. Burchellii, Munro. Foliis lineari-lanceolatis, l-3-5| poll, longis, 7-9 tin, latis, 



supra glabris, subtus glaucescentibus, glalxriimis sed punctulis minutissimis tactu 

 subasperis, vaginis glabris, superne uno latere orcque fibris pallidis longis fim- 



briatis. 



i 



Hub 



C< 



aquarra 



v, s. 



a 



maturus cavus est) , gracilis, 30-40-pedalis, apicem versus 



dulus, non raniosus sed verticillatim ramulosus" (Burchell), internodiis supremis filiformibus, vix 

 | lin. diametro, pilis reversis per totatn longitudiuem asperrimis. Rami vel 



ramuli 



(>-9 



diametro 



Folia (ramorum) infima pollicaria 



ovato-lanceolata, superiora lineari-laneeolata, fere setaceo-acuminata, basi attenuata in petiolum 



etui is 



subasperis, subtus glaucesceutia, glaberrima, punctulis minutissimis vix tactu aspera, nervis 

 secundariis utroque latere 7. Vagina subglabra, superne uno margine orcque fibris pallidis longis. 

 ssepe subcirrhosis, fimbriatse. 



The internodes which I have seen of this species are extremely rough to the touch, 



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Ml URT 

 BOTANICAL. 



GARDEN. 



