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Descriptive Notes on Papuan Plants. 
GRAMINE^. 
Eeiachne squareosa. 
E. Brown, prodr. fl. Nov. Holl. 183. 
Mai-Kussa ; Sir Will. Macgregor. 
Eriachne pallescens. 
E. Brown, prodr. fl. Nov. Holl. 184. 
Mai-Kussa; Sir Will. Macgregor. 
The closely allied E. ciliata is more beset with hairlets, and the 
outer bracts are less prominently streaked. 
A host of ferns and other acotyledonous plants have within the 
last few years become additionally known from New Guinea, but to 
them will be referred in this work at some future occasion. 
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