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93. Fat Merrenn A. Br. Ind. Sem. Hort. Berol. 1867, App. 1 
1871, 9.—Stems slender, mie trailing, distantly pinnate, the 
short 3.60 flabellately compound. Leaves of the lower plane 
nearly contiguous on the branablate, the upper ascending, the 
lower spreading, oblong, obtuse, 4 in, long, bright green, mode- 
rately firm in texture, nearly equal- Pete 9 rounded on both sides at 
the base, not ciliated, not at all imbricated over the stem; leaves 
of the upper plane one-third as long, oblique ovate, acute, not 
cuspidate. Spikes square, } lin. diam.; bracts ovate- deltoid, 
gradually narrowed to the e point, subentir 
Hab. Originally noticed in the Botanis Garden at Leipsic 
about 1865. Supposed to be a hybrid between uneinata and 
sacs a pa 
4, xcURRENS Spring Mon. ii. 214. — Stems trailing, very 
slender Ba firm, densely matted, jointed at the nodes, angled on 
close on the branches, spreading, oblong-lanceolate, subobtuse, 
+ lin. long, bright green, firm in texture, more produced on the 
upper side of the midrib, obscurely ciliated, rounded on both sides 
e base, pele attached, not imbricated over the stem 
Toa of the upper — one-half as long, oblong, acute, nee 
imbeented. Spikes ino seen. 
Central Sat ‘South Brazil, and Banda Oriental, Fox 125! 
Deca wir —— marked in the group by its small close leaves 
of firm tex 
95. rate eta, n. sp. — hey slender, trailing, intermatted, 
jointed at the nodes, about a span long, acutely angled on back 
obliquely; leaves of te upper plane one-half as long, oblique 
oblong, acute, imbricated. Spikes }-} im. long, square, } lin. 
i ts ovate, 8 ora strongly keele 
Andes of Ecuador, in woods of the temperate region at 
St. Niodlas, Sodiro! A well-marked species 
}. §. pistorta Sprin aera . 212. —Stems slender, trailing 
or suberect, intermatte md 8-6 in. = ong, obscurely jointed at the 
nodes, subterete, copiously pinnate, the short ascending rate 
subflabellately compound. leaves of the lower pl oy 
the branchlets, deflexed, oblong-lanceolate, acnte, about lin, 
ciliated, but not imbricated over the stem; leaves of the upper 
plane more than half as lo ong, imbricated, oblong, acute. Spikes 
short, square, 4 lin. diam.; bracts ovate, acute, strongly keeled. 
Var. major Baker.—More luxuriant, with stouter stems reaching a 
foot or more in length and often excurrent at the end, leaves of 
lower plane often 1-12th in. long, spreading or rather ascending. 
