WAR 
erectis insignibus. Culmi erecti, gracillimi, subteretes, inferne nudi, cum 
nodis praeter lineam unam pilosam decurrentem glabri. Inflorescentia 
e culmi apice proveniens, perpauciflora, simplex racemosa vel digitatim 
in spicas 2 racemosas subaequales divisa, basi spiculas nonnullas mas- 
culas ad apicem spicas perpaucas (3—5) femineas proferens, vix ultra 
40 mm longa; axibus valde angulatis, scabridis; spieulis masculis anguste 
linearibus, ad 7 mm longis, dense pilosis, e palea inferiore trinervia 
apice caudatim acuminata et superiore acuta paullo breviore 2-nervia 
constitutis; spiculis femineis e lanceolato acuminatis, glaberrimis, ad 
ll mm longis; gluma inferiore superiorem paullo superante, 5-nervia, 
ex elliptico caudatim acuminata, summo apice scabrida; gluma superiore 
priori isomorpha sed 3-nervia; paleis rigidis, pallidis, laevibus, paullo 
nitidulis, dense pilosis, inferiore oblonga apice acutiusceula, 7 mm longa 
et in acumen caudiforme impositum 1 mm longum item pilosulum pro- 
ducta. 
Brasilia, Dept. Amazonas ad flumen Juruä prope Fortaleza 
(ULE n. 5951). 
Olyra Blanchetii Mez. nov. spe. — E rhizomate brevissime 
erectoque denso fasciculatim proveniens, florifera 0,2—0,3 m alta, gra- 
cilis. Folia vaginis apicem versus leviter carinatis, cum margine glabris 
vel supremis pilosis, laevibus; ligulis parvis, truncatis, integerrimis, 
margine brevissime pilosulis; laminis ovato-lanceolatis vel lanceolatis, 
symmetrieis vel basi minute asymmetrice rotundatim in petiolos brevis- 
simos, paullo pilosos contractis, apice acumine minuto imposito anguste 
rotundatis, ad 45 mm longis et 9 mm latis, submembranaceis, glabris, 
nervo medio tenuissimo praeditis, margine ad apicem minutissime serru- 
latis. Culmi tenues, erecti, bene angulati, ad nodos saepius pilosi cet. 
glabri, laeves. Inflorescentia e culmi apice terminalis, singula vel rarius 
inflorescentiae 2 geminatae, pauciflora, pauperrime 2-pinnatim panniculata, 
usque ad 35 mm longa, contracta subfusiformis; axibus teretibus, glaber- 
rimis, nitidulis; ramulis inferioribus pure masculis superioribus item 
pure femineis, omnibus brevissimis vix ultra 8 mm longis; spiculis mas- 
culis bene lanceolatis, apice acutis, 3,3 mm longis, optime longeque 
pilosis, e paleis ellipticis apice late acutis inferiore 3-, superiore 2-nervia 
formatis; spieulis femineis item elliptieis, apice obtusis, brevissime pilo- 
sulis, ad 3,75 mm longis; glumis aequalibus, e late elliptico rotundatis, 
teneris membranaceis, inferiore 8—9-, superiore 5-nervia; paleis 3 mm 
longis, ex elliptico apice acutiusculis, rigidis, stramineis, glabris, laevibus, 
politissimis. 
Brasilia, Bahia, loco accuratiore non indicato (BLANCHET n. 2730). 
