COLONEL MUNRO'S MONOGRAPH OF THE BAM IiUSACE^. 55 



membranous spiculse and much smaller leaves. It appears to be very abundant on the 

 Isthmus of Panama, and especially near the Lion Hill station of the Pacific Railroad. 



3. C. abietifolia, Griseb. in Plora Brit. West-Indian Islands, 529. "Raccmo fere 



simplici, spiculis 5-10 pedicellatis, glumis value ina? qualibus, M foliis angustissiniis 

 spinoso-acuminatis, vaginis ore nudis. — A r un do, no. 5 , P. Browne, Civil and Nat. 





Hist. Jamaica, 139 (teste Grisebach) 



Hab. in Jamaica, Wilson ! ; Ind. occid., Swartz. 



u Culmus alte scandens/' internodiis glabris 3- 



nodiis 1-3-6 lin. longis) fasciculatis. Folic 



Hooker, s. v. ( irisebarh. 



ii 



- 



ca 



subsessilia, glaucescentia, margin e cartilaginco serrulato-scabra, apice spinoso-aeuminata, ncrvo 

 centrali subtus prominente, secundariis a tertiariis non discernendis. Vagina marline ciliatae, 

 demum glabrescentes, dense imbricatse, ore biauriculatae, eligulatac. Racemus brevii, folia sequail*, 

 fere simplex, patulus, spiculis 5-10 pedicellatis, pedicellis 1 lin. longis, rhaclii angulata scabra. 

 Spicula lanceolato-acuminata, 3 lin. longa, glumis valde inaequalibus, inferiore loboMOlc'ta. Flosculi 

 neutri inaequales, inferior glumam superiorem sequans; superior amplccteni, 5-Drrvis, acuminata!, 

 flosculum hermaphroditum lineari-acuminatum pubcrulum 3-ncrvem sequans. Palm superior li 

 rinata, acuminata, inferiore paulo brevior. 



Having seen only leaf-bearing specimens of this, I have taken the description of th<* 

 inflorescence and its details from Grisebach. He, however, mentions only " three sterile 

 glumes; " but as the plant, if it is really a Chusqiiea, must have had four, I have pre- 

 sumed that the lowest one was very small and nearly obsolete, and have so described it. 

 The foliage bears a remarkable general resemblance to that of some species of Conifers. 



4. C. Venezuela, Steud. /. c. 337. "Panicula subwecmoso-divaricat", simplici, sp 



sessilibus, foliis lanceolatis." 



Hab. in Venezuela, Funck et Schlim, no. 494. 



s. v. Steudel. 



Culmus , "ramis ad nodos 3-4-nis, supremis binis vel solitariis. 



lanccolata 



1-4 doIL lonera, 2-4 



uscula. Vagina apice fimbriate, margine nudse. Panicula subracemoso-divaricata, simplex, rhachi 



spiculis 3-floris, 2-5 lin. loi 

 sutiusculae, flosculis multo 

 margine ciliata." — Steudel. 



Glumte 



lKTVlS 



I know nothing of this plant except from Steudel's description, giv^n above verbatim. 

 It is the only species in the whole genus with sessile spiculse ; and on this account I think 

 it probable that it may belong to the genus Arthrostylidium. 



5. C. pinifolia, Nees in Linmea, ix. 490. Panicula semel composita, depauperata, con- 



tracta vix pollicari, glumis minimis obtusis, palea inferiore mueronato-acuta, folns 

 Uneari-subulatis pungentibns. -Trin. in Act. Petrop. I c. 614, icon. 3 10 1 ; Rupr. I c. 



121 tab ix fig 18; Steud. /. c. 330. Armdinarta ? pintfoUa, Nees in Agrost. Bras. 



525- Kth. Enum. 427. Ludolphia pmifolia, Dietr. Sp. 2. 25. Dendragrosfis pint- 

 folia, Nees in Linn. I. c. 



