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nula uninervi' mficronatis, stramineo -ferruginescentihus V- 
fusco-castaneis; caryopsi parva squama subtriplo breviore obo- 
vata v. subrotundo -obovata, trigona, angulis vix prominulis, 
umbonata tuberculata fusco-ferruginea v. albida; stylo rigi- 
dulo glabro, stigmatibus exsertis fimbriatis; stamin. 3. 
' A. Eragrostis Nees et Meyen in Linn. IX. 289 et Herh, 
Nees, — Kunth, 249. — Fimbristylis ( Abildgaardia) nigro- 
brunnea 'Thwait. in Herb. Berol. — Wallich. hb. ü. 3523, 
India orient. China (Meyen). 
xXIIL Ficinia Schrad. 
Spieulae plures in apice eulmi indivisi aggregatar, v. 
singulae, suhmultiflorae, Squamae ündique imbricatae v, pluri- 
fariae, carinatae multinerviae saepiss, mueronalae; infima v. 
nönnullae -inferiorum vacnae. Stam. 3. Stylus tripartitus, 
hasi haud inerassata deeiduus. Caryopsis triangularis apicata 
v. mutica, perigynio stipitata. Hoc cum fructu saepissime 
deeidens carnosulum cupuliforme v. tubulosufi triangulare, 
limbo plerumque membranaceo lobato v. integro. — Spienlae 
plerumque capitato-v. spieato-conglomeratae, bracteis non raro 
interstinetae. Culmi 'basi' saepiss. foliosi, Involucrum di-v. 
pheiophylium. — :Caryopsis in F. laterali biconvexa et stig- 
mata duo. . 
Ficinia Schrad. Anal. ad Fl. capens. p. 45. — Nees ab 
Esenh. in Linn. IX. 292. — Kunth Cyp. 251. Schoenidium 
N: ab E. Linn. IX. 291. X. 166. Melaneranis Vahl, Enum, 
2. 239. — Sickmannia N. ab E. Linn. IX. 292. X. 183. 
Pleurachne Schrad. Anal. 47. — Chamaezxiphium Hochst. 
in Schimp. pl. Abyss. — Scipi, Schoeni ei Isolepidis spec. 
Auct. veter. 
a. Spieulae singulae terminales. 
