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BAM.BUSA. 



HEXANDRIA monogyma. Li#m* 

 ORDO NATURALI5, GRAMINE>£. Jvss. 



CHARACTER GENERICUS REFORMJTUS. 



Gluma communis, bi-quinquc-valvU, multiflora, vitlvtilis pradnlim 

 majoribu* distincii*. Spiculse *cit locitfW modo sub-comprcssa:, 

 Jisii.-lt.r. pauciflonr; modo icrctcs, acuminata?, mulli flora*. Gluma 

 partialis bivalvis;valvula exterior lanccolata, concava, complcctcm 

 interiorcm, marginibus vomplicatis, triquetral!!, pulillo ct alarm- 

 nihus circumpoiilam. Squamuhc dtitt inlimtt, ovario apposita?. 

 Stamina : filamcnta MX exiexU, capillaria : anthem incumbents 

 Pistilltim : ovarium quandoquc brcviter pedicellatum : stylus uni- 

 cus brcvis; stigmata duo aut plura plumosa. Pericarpium : acinen 

 uuicuin, valvula calicU partialis intcriorc tectum* 



Habitus: plant* pcrenues, cxcelwc, arundini* liabituj rami* junto- 

 ribus recurvis, pungentibus, foliis articulatis, decidui*. 



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Omn« in mcridionali America aut Asia indigent 



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SPECIE S\ 



BAMBUSA GDADUA. 



PjbkuU bt* i tficuHt |>*wi». ■Ai<4.'i*j*llicariliu, l ul»arcbilii ; fclui »it)>u*to<b« t cohliv 





Culmus arborctcem rectus, sex-orjgalis ct ultra, nodosum niltdus; 

 a basi ad Mimmitalcm ramosus, rami* in lastigio dcusioribm. 



