208 



}[ciiioirs I'cniicc P. Bisliop Museum 



panicle as in C'. lutcscriis. but rather more slender, yellow, purple, or greenish; bristles mostly 

 8 to 12 below each spikelet, yellow or purple, i to 3 times or even as much as 6 times as long 

 as the spikelets. antrorsely scabrous; spikelets 2 to 2.5 mm. long, otherwise about as in 



C. liitcsccns (fig. 100 I. 



This species differs from C. hitcscais in Ix-ing ])erennial and in the wiry or 



less succulent base of the culms. 



Grassland and waste places; intfodticed. (Jriginally described from 



Guadeloupe. 



Kauai: Olokele Gulch. Hitchcock 15249. Hanapepe River, Heller 2469. With- 

 out locality, Remy 106 (Gray ?Ierbarium). 



Oahu : Xuuanu Pali, Hitchcock 13783, 14054. Xuuanu \'alley, Forbes 1523. 

 Mt. Tantalus, Hitchcock 13880, 14077. 



Hawaii: Hilo, Newell in 1917. 



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MCURK QQ. — Ciiix I;n-lir\ ma-jobi. From I', S. 1 )ept. A.nr. I'.iilL 7; 

 fig- 174. 



[ no] 



Fir.URE 100. — Chaetocliloa geniculatn. Frc 

 Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. Vol. 22. hg. 



