| Peru: Dep. Ancachs, Caraz, offene Formation bei 2200—2500 m 
 (WEBERBAUER n. 3017 — Mai 1903). 
Die neue Art, die in der Behaarung der Ährchen sich Sch. myosuros 
(Presl.) (A. myosuros Presl) annähert, ist von dieser Art in einer Reihe von 
Merkmalen verschieden. 
var. minus nov. var.; minor, dense caespitosa, caespes saepe 
fascieculis ramorum -—- distinetis compositus, folia 5—12 cm longa; 
eulmi 12—20 cm alti, simplieiter racemiferi, racemi basi vaginis 
spathiformibus eireumdati. 
Peru: Dep. Cajamarca, Prov. Hualgayoc über San Miguel, in 
diehter, häufig geschlossener Formation bei 3000 m (WEBERBAUER 
n. 3949 — Mai 1904); Dep. Junin, Tarma, an dürftig bewachsenen, 
steinig lehmigen Abhängen bei 3400 m (WEBERBAUER n. 2384 — 
Februar 1903). 
Meliea majuseula Pilger n. sp. — Perennis, rhizoma breve; culmi 
flaceidi, parte inferiore saepe pertenues et + decumbentes, saepe et © 
- nodis superioribus ramos steriles vel floriferos extravaginales edentes, 
- 40-—50- cm alti, plurinodes, internodia superiora ad cire. 8—12 cm 
longa; foliorum lamina plana vel et + involuta, linearis, superne 
sensim angustata, acutata, bene nervoso-striata, scabra, 5—12 cm 
 longa, 2—3,5 mm lata, vagina striata, scabra, ligula hyalina, truncata, 
3—4 mm longa; panicula laxa, 10—13 cm longa, basi vagina su- 
prema eircumdata vel + exserta, rhachis strieta, Jaevis; rami ad nodos 
2 infimos indivjsi vel in ramulos 2—3 a basi partiti, uno longiore, 
demum usque rectangule divergente, ad 5—6 em longo. parum bre- 
viter iterum ramuloso, laxifloro; internodia satis elongata; rami 
superiores pauciflori, demum spiculae solitariae; spiculae laterales 
breviter pedicellatae, pedicellus superne villosulus; spiculae stramineae 
_ superne albidae, vel parum brunneo-violaceo-variegatae, nitentes, 
- 2-florae cum rudimento pyriformi ad 1,5 mm longo vel et 3-florae 
- cum rudimento minuto, rhachillae internodia 1,5—2 mm longa; gluma 
- vacua inferior ovato-ovalis, obtusa, 9 mm longa, tenuiter nervata, 
- mediano ad mediam glumam percurrente, nervislateralibus 4 minoribus 
versus apicem venulis transversis singulis conjunctis; gluma vacua 
_ superior 9,5 mm longa parum angustior, mediano ad ®/, glumae 
_ pereurrente; gluma florifera ovalis, 8,5—9,5 mm longa, parte inferiore 
distinete nervata et tubereulato-asperula, 7-nervia, mediano ad ?/s 
glumae percurrente, nervis lateralibus apice venulis reetangule junctis 
mediam glumam attingentibus; palea ambitu ovalis, dorso concava, 
 marginibus late carinato-implicata, ad carinas superne ciliolata, 
4,5-—-5 mm longa; flos 2, antherae ad 2—2,5 mm longae; gluma 
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