24 C. A. M. LINDMAN, BEITBÄGE ZUR GRAMINEENFLORA SUDAMERTKAS. 



Als wesentliche vegetative Merkmale fur diese Art können folgende dienen (vgi. 

 Flora BrasiL, f. 83, p. 203): 



Culmi solidi, nani, paucos metros alti, colore griseo-brimnei, diam. 7 — 8 mm. Rami 

 steriles, plurimi densissime fasciculati, valde insequales, colore fulvo-straminei, alii robusti- 

 ores 3 — 4 dm longi. Vagince nudse, glabrae (nec ciliatse nec fimbriatae), superne distincte 

 striatsB, paulo dilatatae. Ligulce nudas glabrae, externa calliformis, interiör 1 — 2 mm 

 longa truncato-rbtundata. Petiolus brevissimus, glaber. Lamiiia anguste vel lineari- 

 lanceolata, ad apicem sensim angustata, glaucescens, rigidiuscula, 5 — 10 cm longa, infra 

 medium 5 — 10 mm lata; margo nerviformis incrassatus fulvescens, margo alter (interiör) 

 subserratulo-scaber; nervi I. utriusque lateris 3 vel 4, nervi II. numerp ssepius 5. 



Ynn der bluhenden Pflanze, Taf. XIII, A, 3, sind folgende Merkmale zu gewinnen: 



Ram ii Ii floriferi longitudine usque ad 3 — 4 dm, a basi sparse florifero-ramosi; 

 panicula terminalis rhachi 8 — 10 cm longa, basi foliis ad vaginas reductis involuta; rami 

 paniculce pauci, subsecundi, plurimi reclinati, 5 — 6 cm longi, angulati, breviter strigosi; 

 pédicelli filiformes, scabri, apice ipso ope glumarum turbinato-capitato, glabro. Sjjiaila' 

 angustissime lanceolata\ 8 — 10 mm longa?, floribus sterilibus purpurascentibus, ceteris 

 pallide viridibus. Glumce (s. floves) steriles lanceolataj, superior apice longiore, utraque 

 nervö medio argnto, in cuspidem producto, carinata, margine summo ciliatulo, lateribus 

 minute scabridis obsolete 1 ( — 3) nerviis. Floris fertilis valvula inferior 8 mm longa, 

 lanceolata, carinato-scapiformis, costato 7-nervis, apice subcuspidato ciliolato, basi valvulam 

 superiorem a?quilongam amplectente; squamulce fere 1 mm longaj, timbriolis einsdem 

 longitudinis. 



Hab. in Brasilia, Rio Grande do Sul, in campis altis oppido Cruz Älta vicinis ad 

 rivulos locis apricis, »Cara-hå» brasiliensium (cum aliis speciebus'?), Exp. I. Regnell., 

 A, 1573; 



Minas Geraes, Caldas, mense Dec. florens (anno 1866), »Creciuma» et »Cara-hä> 

 inculis, Regnell 1421 ex. p. 



Chusquea ramosissima Ltndm. n. sp. — Taf. XIV r . 



Species cvlmo elato gracillimo solido, ramis ad nodos fasciculatis, foliis ramu- 

 lorum tenuibus, glabris, viridibus, e basi oblique cuneato-ovata lineari-lanceolatis, in 

 apicem sensim angustatis, 5 — 8( — 10) em longis, nervis I. numero 4-j-3 vel 3-f-2, nervis 

 II. sa']>iiis 7 vel (!, injlorescentiis anguste paniculato-racemosis fasciculatim ad nodos 

 emergentibus, glabris, spiculis parvis, glabris, anguste lanceolatis, glunris minutis squami- 

 formibus. 



Deser. : Fruteseens vel arborescens, 4 — 5 m älta vel multo excelsior culmis areu- 

 atis, in umbra silvae primoavaa vegetans. Uhizoma longe repens, crassitie vix digitum 

 minimum eequans, inlernodiis teretibus, 1 dm longis, nodis in supcrficie humi silvatici 

 radicantibus. (Julmus e rhizomate erectus, crassitie digiti minimi vel tenuior, internodiis 

 pallide glauco-viridibus. Folia eulmi novi vaginis dui-issimis, longissimis, arctis, purpureo- 

 el luteo-puncfatis, lamina maiore, oblique lineari-Ianceolata, longe caudato-angustata, circa 



