00. GRAMINE. — 1097 
acuminata, margine ciliata. Stamina 3. Styli longi, stigmatibus plumosis. .Gramen glabrum, 
caule filiformi. Folia linearia. Panieula longa, contracta, radiis longis compositis alternis remotis 
basi nudis.—Species 1, Mexicana, a nobis non visa. ' Genus ex charactere dato ad Fvsíuceas referen- 
dum videtur, sed gl venatione indescripta de subtribu incerti sumus. 
Genera plorima a Rafinesquio verbis paucis indicata nee rite definita sub silentio preeterimus, 
BH m 
omnia er sub aliis i nota. 
Tarsus Il. PANICEX. 
l. Reimaria, F'wegge, Gram. Monogr. 219, pro parte.—Spiculee acuminatc, in rhachi 
Spicz unilateralis subsessiles, cum pedicello articulatz, alternatim dissitze, flore unico 
hermaphrodito terminali. ^ Glum:e 2, infima vacua, membranacea, 3-5-nervis, acuta, 
secunda florens vix brevior, paleaum parum breviorem floremque amplectens, mox parum 
indurata. Stamina 2. Styli a basi distincti, stigmatibus longe plumosis. Caryopsis gluma 
paleaque leviter induratis inclusa, oblonga, p la, libera. —Gramina basi diffuse 
ramosissima, caulibus ad dentil Spies (v. p 1; simplicis ramuli) indiviscze, apicem 
versus pedunculi plures rarius 2, erectze v. défi reflexce, una pedunculum terininánte. 
Spiculz secus rhachin tenuem v. parum dilatat iat», arcte app 5 
Species 4, Ameriez tropice et borealis subtropiez incole,  Steud. Sym. Pl. Glum. i. 16. Trin. 
Sp. Gram. t. 270, 916. H. B. et. K. Nov. Gen. et. Sp. t. 21. Dell in. Mart. Fl. Bras, ii. ii. 36, 
i. 12, 13. 
Spice in speciebus typicis tenuissimee brevesque, in E. aberrante, Dod, spice rhachis marginata ; in 
RR, oligostachja, Munro, MS. (Paspalo vaginato, Curtis Pl. exs. n. 3866, Cbapm. Fl. S, U. St. 570, 
e Florida, et Wright, Pl. Cub. exs. n. 3854, e Cuba) spieule fere . aberrantis, sed spicze sepissime 2 
nec 6-16, rhachi dilatata spieulis sublatiore, 
2. Paspalum, Linn. Gen. fk 19.—8Spicule obtuse. v. rarius breviter acuminato, in 
rhachi spice unilateralis v. listichz sessiles v. brevissime pedicellatze, cum. pedicello 
articulatz, singulwe v. per paria alternatim. dissitze v. confertz, flore unico hermaphrodito 
terminali. Glum:ze 3 v. extima deficiente rarius 2, sepius parum. inszequales, exteriores 2 
vacuse, membranace:e, zequales v. extima in paucis speciebus minima v. evanida, interior 
florens plus minus concava, mox indurata, paleam breviorem amplectens. Stamina 3. 
Styli a basi distincti, ssepius elongati, stigmatibus plumosis. Caryopsis ovoidea v. oblonga, 
gluma paleaque induratis inclusa, libera.—Gramina habitu polymorpha. Spic (v. pani- 
cule simplicis ramuli) in pedunculo elongato nunc solitarize v. geminze, nune plures ad 
apicem pedunculi subdigitatim approximate v. secus ped lum dissitz, simplices, in- 
terdum valde numerose, patentes v. reflex: Spiculee ad normam 2-seriatze, in rhacheos 
latere inferiore seu exteriore secus lineam centralem rectam v. flexuosam alternm, 
interdum dissitz, fpecie Lenate, y. utrinque geminatim affixke una cujusye paris 
brevissime pedi n y. confert: 4-seriatze apparent. 
Species vix 160, etsi ultra 300 ab auctoribus variis edite, per regiones tropicas v. subtropieas 
utriusque orbis latissime disperse, pro maxima parte Americanz, ot ex his nonnulle in regionibus 
calidioribus orbis veteris jam fi iliter inquilinze, perpaue:s in Afriea v. Asia 
inter tropieos endemiez, 2 sole in Europa australi inquilinz. Jeauv. Agrostogr. 10, t. 0, f. 3 
Steud. Syn. Pl. Glum.i. 16. 2Dowllin Mart. FI, Bras. ii.ii. 89. | Fourn. Gram. Mex. 4. Benth. in 
Journ. Linn. Soc. xix. 34. 
Species a Trinio imprimis ad spieularum magnitudinem ordinatz fuerunt. Nees genus in sec- 
tiones 6 dividit, Doll in sectiones 4. — Nos sectiones 3 sequentes bene distinctas agnoscimus, quarum. 
una in subseetiones seu series plures minus definitas divisibilis :— 
1. Eupaspalum.  Spieule, in facie inferiore v. exteriore rhaehoos spiez, secus lineam elevatam 
v. costam eentralem sigillatim v. geminatim alterne, haud immersz, gluma inferiore cum florente 
costam spectante (spieule adverse, Ness). 
Subsect. 1l. 4nachyris. Gluma vaeua 1. JDell in Mart. Fl. Bras. ii. ii. 40, 7. 14 (sect. Erema- 
ehyrion). .H. B. et K, Nov. Gen, et Sp. (, 26. Trin. Spec. Gram. t. 271. Hook. le. Pl.t. 1100. 
Axacnnis, Nees in. Hook, Kew Journ. ii.108. Subsectio nimis artificialis, species singule smpe 
