flure evolulifi, nunc uniea, coceiiica til in nostra; qum t:\mcn drnpam stignlatc iiiiico 
ccntrali notatam liabet. Piunta secundum ortiaf. Germain dioica. 
Poclophonts. Ph. Novum genus graminum. 
Flores paniculnti, spiculse uniflures cum rudimertto floris sccuudi. Glumse calycinre 
dure, incequales, hmceolatre, utraque acuminata, dorso rotuuduta, quinquenervis. Flos 
calyce major: pulea inferior coriacea, teres, dorso Isevissima, encrvia, sensim in aristam 
scabram, divcrgentem, palea loiigiorem attenuata, paleant supariorem involvens; paiea 
superior inforiorcm eequans, semitercs, enervia, in dorso sulco angustissimo exarata, 
Isevissima, apice bidentata. Lodiculce tres. Stamina tria, ovai'ium glabrum, apice pilis 
paucis brevibus munitum; stylus satis brevis, pilosus, stigmata duo, 'plumosa. Itudi- 
mcntum floris secundi pedicellus filiformis, aristam pilis brevibus basi stipatam api- 
ce gerens. 
26 Poclophorus hromoides. Ph. Culmo circa pedal i, adscendente, ramoso; vaginis fo- 
Jiis quo clongatis, planis, moliiter villosis; ligulis elongatis, laciniatis; paniculi 3-4 po- 
llicari, satis laxa; ramis subgeminis, scabris, 2-4 floris: paleis circa 6- 7'" long is; aristis 
pollicaribus. 
Frequens in insula Juan Fernandez. 
Ultimas nodus a pnnicula circa 6 pollices distat; vagina ultimi folii circa 2 pollices 
longa, lamina c. 5 pollices longa, 2 lin. lata. — Lignite laciniatse usque ad basin divisse 
valde singnlares. 
Pantathera. Ph. Novum genus graminum. 
Fiores magni paniculati; spiculae triflorcs cum rudiraento floris quarti. Calyx bi- 
valvis, gitima inferior caiinata, trinervia, marginu membranaeca, sensim in aristam 
valva panllo breviorem attenuata, carina senmlata; gluma superior inferiori similis sed 
paullo longior, aristam longiorem gerens. Fiores distantes: rhaebis glabra; palea in- 
ferior glumse subtequalis sed Iatior, et sensim in aristam multo longiorem attenuata, 
basi pilis brevibus suffulta, acute earinata, uninervin, ad apicem, in carina et in arista 
spinulosa. Palea superior fere omnino iuclusa, inferiori asqualis, angustn, bicuspidata, 
nervis dorsalibus scrrato-ciliatis; aristae florum divaricatse. 
Stamina et pi.-tillum examinare non potui, quod flores omnes speciminiwn nume- 
rosorum partes gcnitalcs a larva inseeti cujusdam, Cecidomyae ut puto, comesas ha- 
bebant, 
27 Pantathera fernandezlqm. Ph. Culmo pedali, adscendeute, ramoso; vaginis fo- 
liis qua glnbriusculis; his planis ant siccitate ct.nvolutis, valde acuminatis, elongatis, 
lanibtis, margine scrrulatis; lignin clongata, multinda; panicala sat laxa, pauciflora, 
ramis plerisquc singulis, 2-3 spiculas gerentibus. 
Frequens in insula Juan Fernandez. 
Panicttla 4-5 pollicr.ris, spiculas 10 lincarcs, aristae 18-20'" lin. longte; pcdicelli dila- 
tati, ancipites, margine hirtelli. Uitimns nodus o panicula G pollices distat; vagina folii 
ultimi 2 i poll, longa; lamina 5 pollices longa, -J" lata. 
Species Lsee carlo ramoso, foliis, vagina muliifda, panicula pauciflora, laxa, aiistis 
divaricatis, inagniludine spicularuin miro modocum antecedente convenit. 
28 Trichomancs dichotomum. Ph. Elumile, gijtberrimum, fronde bis, ter, qnaterve 
dichotomy, integerrima, ramis apice subemarginatis; involttcris paucis, solitaris. 
Juan Fernandez. 
Plantain ad summtim 21 pollices alta; frons vix ultra 1 lineam bita, sensim in 
slipitem capillarcm nigrum attenuata, qui m >?e. 4 linens, mox 'poliicem longus cst. In- 
volucrn in qua vis plnnta unum ad tria, pro planta satis magnn, X line® longa; colu- 
mella longe ultra involucruni producta. 
