103 ' GEAIHINE^. 



CuLMCS raTHOSUS, eroctus , ter<?s , nilidns^ glaberrimus. Pfl^ODi glabri. Folia ovalo-obJonga , acuminata, 

 basi subdlmidiato-cordaia, plana , membranacea, nervoso-slriafa , utrinque pubescentia , margine sca- 

 hra, bJpollicaria. Vagin^ slriat^e , pubescentes , longitudine noJomm. Liculi abbrevialaj apice roiua- 

 (lafajateribii^piiosa, PANictrn simplex, depauperata, sesquipolircaris , ramis alternis, patenlibus, rba- 

 chiqwe flexuosa iriqueUis, pubescenlibus. Spicitle subglobosie. GLUM.Esubrotuod^,oblusiuscuI?c, conca- 

 vjc, striatflj, glabrre, apicem versiis piloso-cilialie, inseqTialesJnferior cluplo brevior. Flos oeuter : Pale.^ 

 (Ju^, inferior forma, colore et magDiludine glum^e superioris , siiperior angusiissima, lenuissime mem- 

 branacea. Flos bermapbrodilus : Palee longitudine glum^e superioris , albid^, niUdiCj glabr,'^ , apice 

 pilosin.sculfc. 



PaQico divarlcalo valde arTme, sed dislinclnm : forusmembranaceis, nec coriaceo-rigidis. 



l5. PANICUM DIVERGENS. t 



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P. culmis raraosis, foUisq;ue glabvis, liiieari-lanceolatis, serrulato-ciliatis ; panicula ramosa, 

 enbvcrticillata, ramis divaricatis, glabrls ; spiculis obovatis , obtusis; glumis in^qualibus * 

 puberulis; fLore neuiro unipaleaceo. 



Crescitin pascuis prope Chillo ^ Sangolqui et Conocoto. (^Regno Quiiensi.^^^FIoret Jprili. 



CuLMTJS erectus, ramosus, teres, slTiatus, glaber. Nodi glabriusculi. Folta liaeari-lanceolala ^ acumi- 

 nata, basi rotundata, striata» glabriiiscula, nifida, serrulato-ciliala, Vagin^ strialaj, glabrie » margine 

 lanato-ciliatie. LiGula brevissima , ciliata, Paniccla ramo.sa,divaricata, quinque- aut sexpol^icaris, pau- 

 ciflora, ramis subverticillatis, patentibus, angulalis , subflexuosis, glabri^. Rhachis subflexaosa, trique- 

 trajglabra. SpicUL.ii obovattc, obtusre. Gluw^. virescentes, puberula: , toseqnales^ ioferior minima, ovala , 

 supeiior obovafa, obtusa , coucava, striat^, longitudine floris bermapbroditi. Flosncutor: Palea unica, 

 glumje superiori simillima , pbnioscula. FJos hermaphroditus : Pale^ dufe, obovata^, albidje, nilidie, 

 clabrne, 



16. PANICUM OLYEOIDES. t 



P, culmis ramosis?, glabris; foliis linearibus, subtus pilosis, integerrimis ; panicula ramosa, 

 ramis alternis oppositisque, glabris, subfastigiatis ^ spiculis ovatis , acuminatis; glumisimcqua- 

 libns , acuminatis, glabris; flore ncutro bipaleaceo. 



Crescit in aridis , incultis No^^ Jndalusioi , in devexis montis Impossihle^ alt. 1S0 

 hejcap, TC Floret Septembri, 



Specles elegantisslma, OljrK similis. Culmus ramosus?, bipedalis et altior?, slrialus, glaber- JVooi 

 elabri. Folia linearia, acumioala , exsiccatioue subconvoluta^striala, supraglabra , subtus pilosa , rigida, 

 inteeetrima. VACrprfi striatse j glabnc , apicem versuspilosa^. Ligula brcvissima, ciliata. PAMCULAramosa, 

 dirfusa, pedalis, ramis palulis , altemis aut opposjtis , subfasligialis ?, corapressis, glabris, paticifl-oris ; 

 ramulis flexuosis, pilosis. Rhachis liiquctra, scabriuscula. Spictx^i ovalit^ , acuminatfe, in apice ramulo- 

 rum solitaviEc. Glujle dure , ovat^e , acuminato-subulata;, concavHi; , mcmbranacejc , striaifr , i^labia; , 

 fusca, superior inferiore duplo longior, Flos neaier : Palee duje,inferior forma, colore el magnitudine 

 glumic superioris, superior iincari-lauceolata, acutiuscula ^ duplo brevior » tenuissime membranacea. 

 FJos bermppUroditus : Pale-e dua;, ^({uales, ovatrc, albidic , basi pilosie , flore neutro breviores, a^^uales, 



