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pluribus unipaleaceis, sequentibus 2-4 bipaleaceis, foemineis tantum (stemmiboi plus minus nbor- 

 tivis), penultimis 1-2 hermaphroditis fertilibus difFormibus, terminali incomplete* oonspicuo, n>\w 

 pungenti-acuto. Palea inferior, in flosculis foemineis, dorso ^convexa, multinmia, mucronate, 

 adpresse Mrsuta, margine efimbriata, in hermaphroditis dorso plana et sulcato-plicata, apice breviter 

 spinoso-acuta ; superior dorso Mrsuta, carinis longe fimbriate, nunc apice acuta. nunc bkuspidata. 

 Squamula nullae. Stamina 6, antheris apice acuminatis. Stylus longus, hirsute*, tanduni 2-fidus. 

 Ovarium hirsiitum, longe rostratum. Fructus oblongus, 3| lin. longus, obtusus (rostro caduoo), 

 apice liirsutus, perigynio superne adhserente, tamen inferne soluto; hinc scutdlwni extus \isi- 

 bile est. 



This splendid species is growing admirably in the palm-house at Kew. It appears to 

 have flowered at Calcutta in 1861, thirty years after it had been originally introduced ; 

 and Dr. Anderson states that the specimen, although weakened, remained alive It 



appears to me that the seed in this species is really enveloped in a perigynium, bul that 

 in the fertile flower this often becomes detached at the base, and shrinks up, formm- a 

 somewhat rugose hirsute crown to the fruit, and thus the scutellum becomes exposed to 

 view; and I believe that the false squamulse seen in one or two species arc only tin 

 remains of the lower part of the perigynium. 



7. D. Hookeri, Munro. Culmo arboreo, paniculae internodhs lsmfeus, glaberrimis, 

 verticillis densifloris, spiculis ovatis, subacutis, nitidis, palea inferior* vix acuta, 

 lawissima, antheris apice penicillatis, foliis interdum latissimis. 



Hab. in Ind. or. in mont. Khasia. Jasner hill ! (« Ussey ») 2000 ped., Nurtiung ! 4000 ped, Nowgong I 



("Denga"), Myrung ("Ussey") 5700 ped., Jooivye ! (" Ukotang"), cult. Bengal. Orient, no. 



Pundna?, Hook 

 Culmus 50-pedalis, 



v. s. 



5-6 



oribus subhirsutis, glaucescens, spathis magnis, basi 16 poll, latis, W pou. iang», - r 

 sutissimis, intus glaberrimis, apiculo lanceolate, 3-7 poll, longo. Folia lanceolate , I - IZ- P ' ' 

 K-, 2-21-3 poll, lata, basi rotundata et breviter attenuata in petiolum brevcm, la »£« 



um 



acuminatissima, supra glabra sed 



costam, basin versus tantum 



»<a an costam, basin versus tantum, pilis suoiongis am^ — e; § ^ y agill(B inferne 



dariis conspicuis, utroque latere 8-12-16; venulis transversis crebris, su J^.^V^ VR , long 

 pdis adpressis hirsute, superne glabrescentes, truncatse, ore nudse, ligu ■ I , tantibug ve I raro ap- 



n^,i,^i._ r> . , .. , %• ..-1. 7-..;^«,/r verticillis densis, distant , 



Pamcula composita, rhacln nitida, uevissi/nu, * Ci . g^aila ovata, vix acuta 



ramorum internodhs (interdum profunde) sulcato-striatis, hiwu ^^ apicr pi] } s J w,» 

 ^vis,4i hn. longa, 4-5-flora, flosculis 3 bipaleaceis, terminali s*pe ^^ j^^ fimbriate; 

 Wbato. Palea inferior (fertilis) chartacea, glaberrima, vix acuta, m ^^\ jtfWit> Squaw"/* rene 

 superior subacuta, carinis longe fimbriata. Stamina 6, antheris apice pen^ ^ fi ^ g Qrarim 

 n ulla3; rarissime 1-2 pseudosquamul* adsunt. Stylus longissunus, ap 



Fructus maturus non visus. 



Th is is principally to be distinguished from V. EamiUonil by 



<T 



polished 



spicule and smooth general rhachis 





Culmo prmUo, \ 



ft Ti rm Culmo pricwiu, ya««v« 



*• *>- HAiiiLTONii, Nees et Arnott, MS. ad Hamilton, ^ ram erticilHs fauijhris, spiculis 



compositae internodiis sulcato-striatis, aspero-hirsutis, % ^ ^^ fim briata, an- 



rtcuneatis, apice obtusis, truncatis, glabris, palea mien 



