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sufficiently distinct to separate it from that species, in the leaves of which I have never 

 observed any trace of tessellation. 



9. C. andina, Philippi in linn. xxix. 103. Panicula fere simplici, subunciali> rhachi 



pubescente, glumis acutis vel obtusis, flosculo infimo duplo brevioribus, foliis an- 



s 



ustis, longe acuminatis, subtus tessellatis. — Walp. Ann. vi. 1044 



Hub. Chili, in €i Andibus, depart. Chilian ad limitem nivis perpetuse /' Germain ! 



v. s. 



ramis fasciculatis, densissime foliosis. 

 i. lata^ apice longe acuminata, margine 



linear 



nervo mediano 



\7UB 



imbricatse, striata, glabrae, ligula producta, ovata. 

 simis, rhachi dense pubescente, fere villosa, spiculi 



Panicula subuncialis, fere simplex, radiis 



glaber 



unique violacea, 3-3| lin. longa, interdum 4>-flora, flosculis 2 superioribus 



et hermaphroditis. Gluma ssepe pubesc 

 1-3-nervihus, duplo breviores. Palea in: 

 apice acuminata, superiorem subeequans. 



obtusae, flosculis 



ermaphrodit: 



This species also approaches very closely to C. Ctmingii, but is distinguished by its 

 tessellated leaves and dwarf habit. I have never observed in any other species of 

 Chusquea two perfect flowers in the spiral*, although Nees observes that they are some- 

 times found in C. tenella. 



10. C. citleou, Em. Desv. in Gay, Et Chili, vi. 450, tab. lxxxiii. fig. 2. Panicula spici- 



formi-contracta, 1-3 poll, longa, rhachi hirsuta; glumis plerumque obtusis, flosculo 

 infimo plus quam duplo brevioribus; foliis angustis, subtus tessellatis et ssepo pube- 

 scentibus.-Walp. Ann. vi. 1044. O. breviglumis, Philip, in Linn. xxix. 103 ; Walp. 



I c. 1043 



Hab. Chili, Valdivia, " in svlvis humidis 



vmis) . v. s. 



Cordillera de Chilian," Germain 



! 



ultra (fide Gay), orgyalis (fide Germain ad C. brevhlumem. Phil 



•obustus, internodiis glabris vel snperne scabrinscnlis, 3-4 poll, longis; ramis 

 iltra longis, densissime fascicnlatis, polyphyllis. Folia coriaoea. U^nU^ ™ 



ap.ee mueronata sed vix attenuata, basi « nunquam attenuata » vel subcuneata, margine coriaceo 

 poll, longa, 2-3 lin. lata, supra glabra, subtus interdum (non semper) pilis longis hirsuta, nervi* 



klTT'- T Valde pr0minul0 ' TCnulis trausversis erebris plus minus eonspicuis tcsseUata 

 Vagtrue imbneate, stmt*, glabra, ligula ovato-rotundata. nrodnet*. P„„,-,.„,„ -i*. ...i^fnrmi. 



rhachi hir 



subsessilibus. Snicula 2i-S 4. K*, i™ u V " ^ ICrC vulosa * P 



Glum* 1 nerves n^ll ♦ ?' ?T' PUWnS Vel * labra > violacca ** V^> * llbacuta - 

 floTenHs Z2\T Tl ***"*> ****"**•> inferior ■**■»> -P -or acutiuscula, 



" ^1^^" I 1 '" PkS qUam ^ W " *** ^ ' (hermnphroditi) 



7 nems tenmssime pnbescens vel glabra, in apice obtusion 



Squamula in 



mueronata, superiorem aequans. 



B mn 3 cnaractoi to C. bremglumk of Philippi. The tttt.-r appears to be a 



