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10. G. amplexifolia, Prcsl in Rel. Hamk. i. 256 (1830)/ Ramis infra nodos scabrius- 



clis, raraulis foliifcris erectis, vel abortivis spinosis refractis, foliis 8-15 lin. latis, 

 4-12poll. longis, vaginis superne hirsutis vel glabris, auriculato-fimbriatis, panicula 

 (in culmo florii'cro tantum) elongata, decomposita, basi aphylla, spiculis ad nodos 



ramulorum panicula3 fasciculatis, longis, erectis, palea inferiore margine glabra. 

 Kurith, Syn. 434 ; Rupr. I c. 128, tab. xiv. ; Steud. I. e. 333. Bambusa amplexi- 

 folia, Room, et Sch. I c. 1348. 



Hub. in Mexico, Presl; Santa Cruz, Seemann, no. 425 ! ; Panama, Isthmus, Chagres, Fendler, no. 381 ! j 



Nova Granada, Carthagena, Sutton Hayes, no. 622 !; Venezuela, prope Guigui, alt. 2000 ped. s. m., 



Fendler, 1629 ! v. s. 

 Cu/mus pedalis, ban diametro 2 poll., spathis magnis, pruinoso-glaucis, apiculo triangulari 10 poll. 



longo, 8 poll, lato, utrinque liirsuto, ramis foliiferis dichotomis, teretibus, striatis, lzevius- 



culis, infra nodos scabriusculis, interdum abortivis, spiniformibus, refractis. Folia membranacea, 



oblongo-lanceolata, sensim in acumina elongata, e basi ovata, brevissime petiolata, interdum am- 



plectantia, margine scabro-serrata, subconcoloria, utrinque glabra, sed supra interdum tactu scabra, 



ncrvis secundariis 14-18, venulis transversis nunc obsoletis, nunc plus minus conspicuis. Vagina 



marirme 



composita, aphylla, rhachi semitereti, striata, hirsuta, ramo ] 

 internodiis l|-3 poll, longis, spiculis, ad nodos ramulorum 

 cvlindracca. basi aniceaue attenuata, arcuata, 14-2i poll. 1< 



e plerumque auriculato-fimbriatse, auri- 

 cito decidua. Inflorescentia paniculata, 

 aferiore 10 poll., reliquis 1-3 poll, longis, 

 fasciculatis, ternis quaternisve. Spicula 

 nga, 8-14-flora, flosculis 1-3 inferioribus 

 et 2-3 supcrioribus unipaleaceis neutris, rhachillse articulis brevibus, sulcatis. Glumae 2, rotundatae, 

 mucronulatae, multinerves, glaberrimse. Palea inferior (flosculi fertilis) neutris similis sed longior, 

 7 lin. longa, ovata, dorso nervoso-costata, margine membranacea, glabra, brevissime mucronata^ 

 multi (20 et ultra) -nervis ; superior 5 vel 5 vel vix brevior, ovato-rotundata, dorso hirsutula, margi- 

 nibus inflexa, flexuris sat late carinatis et alatis, alis apicem versus ciliatis, multinervibus. Squamula 

 3, longae, basi callosae et multinervosse, apice acuminatse et fimbriatse. Stylus basi simplex, tunc 

 divisus in stigmata 3, vel tenuissima vel expansa et membranacea, pulcherrime plumosa. Ovarium 

 stipitatum, apice conico hirsutum. Caryopsis lineari-oblonga, infra apicem constrictum. 



The only specimens which I have seen in flower are those collected by Sntton Hayes, 

 and these had no leaves attached. The remaining numbers which I have quoted are in 

 leaf only, but they all agree remarkably well with Presl's very good description. The 

 leaves in this species are much thinner than in G. latifolia and G. glomerata ; and the 

 inflorescence is very different from that of any of the species distinguished by having 

 broad leaves and large spiculce. The spiculae are very similar to those of G. glomerata. 

 Sutton Hayes says the plant is called " Canabrava," and is very common in low wet land 

 near Carthagena, and that it was also common on the Isthmus, but that he had never 

 seen it in flower there. 



11. G. refeacta, Munro. Culmo florifero aphyllo, paniculaa ramis cito refractis, fere 



simplicibus, spiculis subcompressis, 9-12 lin. longis, palea inferiore nervosa, dorso 



plerumque glabra, margine vix ciliata, foliis 4-9 poll, longis, 4-7 lin. latis, basi 



inaequilateris, petiolis hirsutis, vaginis saepe pubescentibus, margine inconspicue 

 ciliatis. 



Uab. in Brasilia tropica, prov. Goyaz, Burchell, no. 7642 ! Gardner, no. 4063 ! v. s. 













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