j5o gramtner 



c) FcslucacecB t^e/w. 



BROMUS. LiNN. 



Calothcca. Desv. Sclienodorus. Beauv. 



Spicuije inuUiflorac- Glumje dua?, carinatse, niutiCEe. Pale^ duse, inferlor 

 iiifra apicem aristata. Stigmata plumosa, Caryopsis palese superiori adnata, 



1. BROMUS LiviDUs. t 



1\. ciilmo foHisqueglabris; panicuU depauperata, ramis aUcrnis, rliacliiquc glabris; spiculis 



lanceolatis, bifloria, compressis; glumis paieisque scabriusculis ; arista bievissima. 



Crescit in ulia planilie Tolucana^ alt. i38o hexap. o Florel Sepienihri. 



RADTvfibrosa, Culmi cjespilosi, erecli, ses- aut OctopoUicares, simplices, nodlqueglaliri.FoLfAlmean- 

 setacea, acura , striata, glabra , rigida. Vagjn-^ striatyj, glabr:^, a^leo appro^imahT^, ut folia c^spitosa 

 appareaut. Ligula. abbreviata , glabra, Pa^^ccla. depauperala , poilieaiis auts.^AquipolH-aris, raniis tribus 

 aut quatuor, alternis, distanubus, patuibs, trcs aut quatuor spiculas feienlibus ^rliacbi^iu.i glabiis, pur- 

 purascenlibus. SncuL^ lanceolat^, biflor^. Gluma^ lanceolatic, acutifi , subfcquales, eoervi^, purpuras- 

 teutes, gbbra^, spiculara sub^;quantes. Pale.e obloDgo-lanceolaLr., acutiuscul^e, sub^i^quales. fuscesceQtes, 

 loferior paulJo longior et latior, obscure quinquencrvia, infra apicejn bilidura bteviiSiine arislata , 

 scabriuscula, superior bicarinaia , gbbriusciiia, in carinis sc^Una. 



3. BROM US EANATUS. t 



B. culmo supeme pubcscente ; folii.s interne vaginfsque piloso-lanatis , panicula dcpaupe- 

 rata,vertidllata, ramis, rhachi , ghiiuis palcisque lanato-pilosls ^ spicuUs laiiceolatis , com- 

 pressis, subquinqucHoris; arista brevissima. 



Creacit in dcvexis montis igjiii^omiylniisan^, alt. _^i8o heccap. (Regjto Quitensi.) o Floret 



Martio. 



RADixfibrosa, CLi.MLserectus, simpJex,sesqui- aut bipeilahs, siriatus,slaber,superne nodiquc pubes- 



centes- Folia lincaria, plana, sLriafa, exleme glabva, inlerne pilosa, piM.'cipue folia iiifcrioia. Vagtw.e 

 Sti'iaiie, superlorcs pilosa;, inferiores lauatic, Lioti-A abbrcviata, glabra. Panlcula siinples, depauperala, 

 ramis verticillatis, abbreviatis,ili,stanT]biis, deile\o-acIsccnJentibus, rbachique piloso-lauatis. SpiccjLfilan- 

 ccolat^, quadi'i- aut quinqueflor.T. Glum.i. Sanceokta?, apice sabulaiie, carjnata?, subpurpurasccntes, 

 lar;ato-pilosa^,inTquales,Superior inferiore longior , spicula duplo brevior. Pale^ lanceolato-oblongaj, 

 inferior pauUo longior et latior, quiiiquenervia , pilosodanata, infra apicem bifidujn? breviter anstata, 

 superior bicarinatu, opice subbifida, glabra, iu carinis cillata, 



Gramen elegaus! 



5. BKOMUS PRocERus. t 



B. culmo foliisque scabris ; panicula ramosa , secuuda , rarnis geminis , racbiqtie scabris ^ 



