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scabra, subtus glauca, glabra, parum transparently nervis secundariis a tertiariis non discernendis, 

 mox convoluta, diutius persistentia, inferiora ramulorum propullantium ovato- acuminata, imbricata, 

 6-7 lin. longa et 2 lin. lata. Vagina striatse, scabra, sursum versus subpremise."— Nees et 



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Ruprecht. 



This plant, as described, is evidently in an abnormal condition ; and I think it is very 

 probable that Ruprecht is correct in considering that it may be a state of C. pinifolia, 

 with some of the leaves very much broader than usual. Nees, however, considers that 

 it is more nearly allied to C. Cumingii. 



C. amplopaniculata, Steud. Syn. 337; Miq. PI. Ind. Bat. iii. 414<=Dinochloa 



korreh, Buse. 



C. fimbkiata, Steud. I. c. 338=Merostachys capitata, Hook. 



VIII. Planotia. 



Munro. Platonia. Kunth, Gram 



iubgen. Platonia, Nees 



in Linn. ix. 486 ; Endl. Gen. Plantarum, no. 906. 



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brevissime pedicellata 



vel subinconspicua, flosculis 2 inferioribus neutris 1-paleaceis, terminali bipaleaceo, hermaphrodito 

 siraillimis. Glumes 2, plerumque breves, in P. acuminatissima longissimae. Flosculi neutri acuti 



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r'el obtusi. 



obtusa 



nunc superiorem, ssepe obtusam et dorso convexam, obsolete binervem, involvens. Stamina 3. 

 Squamults 3, membranaceae, vel multinerves obtusissimse, vel paucinerves lanceolato- acuminata. 



erumque cito fere ad basin bifidus, stigmatibus basi nudis, snperne phimosis 

 s vel ovalis vel ovato-oblonga et rostrata. 



Nova Granada, Quito et ins. Trinidad, in montibus 



sub 



enodosus, simplex, 6-10-pedalis. 



omnium 



maxima 



Vagina saepe ore biappendiculatae . Infi 



thyrsoidea vel decomposita, patula vel contracta, folia superans, pedicellis plerumque brevibus, ir 

 P. aperta longissimis. 



Many of the preceding pages had been printed before I observed that the same word 

 Platonia, had been adopted by three different authors for three very different genera; 

 and the question of priority then arose. Platonia of Rafinesque, probably the first ir 

 point of date, is absorbed in Lippia, Linn. ( Verbenaceas) . Platonia, Martius, Nov. Gen 

 ■ Sp., published in the same year (1829) as Kunth's genus of Grammes has been 



tamed as a genus of Guttifera at p. 174 of Bentham and Hooker's ' Genera Plantarum ; ' 

 and it is therefore certainly desirable that a new name should be adopted for Kunth's 

 genus. I have accordingly altered the word as little as possible, and adopted an ana- 

 gram, Planotia, containing the same letters. Widely different opinions are entertained 

 about this genus by different authors. Nees, Endlicher, and others have considered it a 

 section of Chusquea. Ruprecht, at p. 120 of the monograph so constantly referred to, 

 says, -Platonia vero natura sua valde a Chusquea distat," and does not include it 

 amongst the Bamboos. Grisebach says, « Platonia is less related to Chusquea than to 

 TJmola, and more distantly to Phalarlsr In my opinion Planotia must be placed next 



