MANISURTS. IIQ 



3. ECHINOL^IVA poLYSTAcinx t 



E. foliisoblor.gO']anceolatis,imemc adpresso-pilosis , marglne scabm ; spicis quinquc aut 

 scx,alteinis, cbslLchzs. 



Crescit in ripa fluminis Magdalenm inter Temrife et Zamhrano. -% Floret Majo, 



CuLMc^^ procTimbcm, raJfcans, ramo.sus; lami adsceiidemes, redales , glabH. Hodj pilosiusculi ForiA 

 obfonso^ia[ict.>olata,aciimiQa(a, basi rotundala, nervoso-striaia , plana, membranacea, exberne alabra 

 interne pilis adpressis sparsim obsiia, raargine scabra, Vagtn^ striate, margme piloso-citiaia: LioulI 

 brevlssima , subdliaia. Spic^ quinfjue aut se>L, aUerua!, distantes, sessiles, di&tieh^. Ruacuis commimis 

 quadnpollicarfa, pubescens, partides triquetrm, glabriuscuJa^ , pollicares. Spicll^ septem aut uovem 

 bi-eviler ped-cellataj, unilaterales, distantes. Gllm-e du.iz, subconaccie, fnrequales, inferior oblonso' 

 Janceoiata, acumiaata, carinata, trinervia , viridfs, glaLriuscuk, superior inferjore paulJo brevior' 

 ovato-subrotuuda , aouta, carinata, subadscendens, ecbinafa , aibida. Flos kermaphroditns glumis duplo 

 brevior : Palee du^, obloogje , acutre , s^bcoriacc^ , albida? , gkbrie, subtequales, inferior concava , sune- 

 riorem semiinvolvens. Stamiwa tria- Ovarium oblongum. STrLi duo. Stic.m.vt^ penicelliformia, Flosma^ 

 culus longitudine glumre snperioris: Pale-e oblonga^, acuta: , cariuat^, rQembraQacca^, glabr^, albid^ 

 inferior superiore longior. ' 



Panico nemoroso afliuis. 



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LAPPAGO. ScHREB. 



Tragus, Hall, 



SpicuLjEgemmse, tern£ejquatcrn£caut quinic, uniflorx , nudx. Glum^ 

 Au^, inferior minlma, plana , membranacea , superior compresso-concava, 

 cartilaginca , echinala. Paleje duEc, membranacc^e. 



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1- LAPPAGO RACE7.IGSA- 



Lappago racemosa. Sp. pl ed. W- \.p. 484. 

 Cenchrus racemosus. Linn. 



C^^^^i^i^pl^^i^ie.quc2permontiumMexicanorumjugaprotcnd^^ 

 aU. loSo hexap. o Floret Septembri. 



Dilfert a spcciminibus europa:is : racerais densioribus , spiculls geminis. 



MANISURIS. LiNN. 



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SpicuLiE §0111^:1.10 , unlflor^ , inferlor hermapiirodlta , superior mascula 

 autneutra. Glum^ floris hermaplirodlli dux , inferior subrotunda , con- 

 cava , coriacea , superior menibranacea , floris unisexualis aut neutrlus duie; 

 subcoriacea;. Paleji: duae , mcmbranacca!. 



