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A. panicula compostta laza erecta,.ramu ra- 

 ceraosis, calycibus 3 — 4-iIoiis, valralis calycis 

 flosculis brevioribuSf flosculis pilosis, gluma ex* 

 teriore triseta , setis minimis flosculos vix exce- 

 dentibus ; culmo erecto folioso, foliis apiee cod- 

 Toluto-setaceis. 



Habitus omnino Andropogonis ; culmus circt* 

 ter bipedalisy basi bulbosus, glaberrimus, foliosus; 

 vaginae purpurascentes, glabrae ; folia linearia, apica 

 conroluto-setacea ; panicula coraposita, rami bini, 

 terni vel solitarii laxe racemosi ; calyces 3—- 4- 

 flori, ilosculis breviores, fulvi; coroUae setae mi- 



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nimaey iloscaloa vix exoedentes, flosculus anas aU 

 terve incompletaa. 



*** Calyces ^eseflorh 



87. Avena hexantha Steud, Nn 927. 



A, panicula racemosa simplici, pedunculis pi- 

 losis, calycibus sexfloris, flosculos subaequantibus, 

 corollis basi pilosis, foHis contoluto-setaceis glau- 

 cis. — In altitudine 2 montis tabularis septen- 

 trionalis. 



Culmus circiter pedalis, simplex, geniculatuit 

 foliosus , glaber, infra paniculam pilosus; folia 

 culmea (radicalia desunt) convoluto-setacea, glau- 

 ea, vaginantia; vaginae inferiores dorso pubescen- 

 tes, ad cram ligula setosa; panicula racemosa, sim- 

 plex, spiculis circiter 6.; pedunculi pilosi spictt- 

 lis breviores ; calyx flosculos aequans, nerrosua ; 

 floscuU tnaristati, arista dorsali flosculo dupio 

 longiore, basi plana, torla, geniculata ; gluma ex- 



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