COLONEL MUNRO'S MONOGRAPH OF THE BAMlUTSACEiE. 59 



dwarfer plant; but that may be accounted for by ( .trmain's specimens having been col- 

 lected at a considerable elevation above the sea. 





11. C. tjniflora, Steud. Syn. 337. Panicula brcvi, patula, laxa, glumis fore obsoletis; 



spiculis obtusiusculis, 2-3 lin. longis; foliis angustis, membra naceis, subtus ]>i<bo- 

 scentibtts. 



Hab. in Nova Granada, Marignita, Linden, 893 ! ; Ecuador, Quito, in Andibus, Spruce, 51) 10 ! v. s. 



catis ; 



>> 



diametro 1-pollicari, arcuatus, 20-pedalis, saepc ramosissimus, ramil sarmentoso 

 ilis plerumque 6-9 poll, longis, interduni prolifcris bipcdalibus, ad imdos fas( 



Folia lanceolata, acuta, basi in petiolum attenuata, sub 1-2 poll, longa, raro longiora, 2-4 lin. lata, 



membranacea 



%<£ 



striata, margine, superne prsesertim, ciliatae, ligula elongata pubcscente. Panicula scmel bisvc rom- 



diffusa, radiis solitariis, radiolis saepc uin>i>iculatis, m 



geniculatis (sape pendulis) oligophyllis terminalis; rhachi pedicellisquc longis, spiculas subaquan- 



minutis 



2-3 



Lumis minimis 



Flosculi neutri subsequales, ovati, brcvissimc mucronati, inconsj)icne 



hermaphrodito 



subobtusa, nervosa, cito dorso 



apicem versus bicarinata et bifida. Squamula lanceolata. Stylus cito bifidus. 



The lower palea soon becomes split into two, and gives a very peculiar appearance to 

 the spicula. Steudel, in describing the plant as with solitary 1 .ranches, can only hav< 

 seen one of the very numerous branches that are fascicled together at all the nodes. 



12. C. Galeottiana, Rupr. Bull. Brux. ix. 2. 246 (nomcn tantum). Panicula patula, laxa 



glumis fere obsoletis, spiculis obtusis, 5-6 lin. longis, foliis lato-lanccolatis, glab 



Hab 



v. s. 



adsunt) 



2-4 



membranacea, glabra, nervis sccundariis utroque latere 3-1. 



true 



striata glabra ligula brevissima. Panicula laxa, patula, semtd tompotUa, nutans, rhael.i hirsuta, 

 radiis solitariis,' radiolis 1-2-spiculatis, pedicellis spiculis (5-6 lin. longis) brcviorilius vel raro aequan- 

 tibus Ghmm minima, fere obsoleta. Flosculi neutri rabaquaks, multmcrvcs (omnes in s,,ecimine 

 viso imperfecti), hermaphrodito glabro breviores. Palea inferior 9-nervis, vix acuta; superior sub- 



dorso 



v 



The specimens of this are unfortunately imperfect ; but it is evidently a good species, 

 with larger spiculaa than any other species of the genus. 



13. C. Montana, Philippi in Linn, xxxiii. 298. Panicula patula. laxa, glumis brevibus 



conspicuis, spiculis violaceis ; foliis angustis, subtus glabris, margine cartOagineo. 



Hab. Chili, Valdivia, in montibus supra Corral, Krause 

 Culmus 6-9-pedalis, ramosissimus, internodiis scab™, 



ramulo uno alterove interdum 



v. s. 



;-9 



fascirulatis, 



i 



subcartilaginco, nervis sccundariis 



lin. lata, glabra, basi attenuata, apioe mueronata, margine •otartilapno, ncm. scunrtnn.s 

 utroque atere 2, subtus contpicuis. Va 9 i„« eonspicue ****** T^ *£ ** *T 



4 ' , , +1 ,u 9 o „ n ii i onffa (4 poll., fide Phihppi , semel Insvo composite; 



gata, glabra. Pamela laxa, patula, 2-3 poll, longa p ' ' 



an 



2 



