fanis] O0. GRAMINEE. 1099 
—Gramina erecta, multicaulia v. crespitosa. Panieula oblonga, laxiuscula, plus minus 
sericeo-pilosa, floribunda, ramulis pedicellisque breviter filiformibus. 
Species 3, quarum 2 e civitatibus australioribus Ameriez borealis, gluma secunda puleam v, 
florem d sepe nec semper fovente, tertia (Leptocoryphium) per Americam tropicam late dispersa 
eujus gluma seeunda tanquam nota semper vaeua. Kunth, Enum. Pl.i.98,et Rev. Gram. t. 20 
(Panicum). H. B.et K. Nov. Gen. et. Sp. t. 29 (Paspalum). — Kunth, Rev. Gram. t. 163 C(Milium). 
Doll in Mart. FI. Bras. ii. ii, 120, £. 17 (Leptocoryphium). | Benth. in Journ. Linn. Soc. xix, 38. 
Genus a Panici sect. Tricholena differt glum:e exterioris defectu, Squamelle spieulw laterales 
A Beauvoisio delineatz, sunt, fide Kunthii, laminz a gluma florente vi separate. 
4. Amphicarpum, Kwnth, Rev. Gram. i, 28.—Spicule abortu unisexuales, 1l-florw, 
ovate, cum pedicello articulatz ; mascule anguste paniculatz, fcemine:e duplo majores, 
in scapis aphyllis solitarice.  Glum:e 3, 2 exteriores parum in:sequales, vacus, membra- 
nacez, interior florens paullo brevior, tenuiter membranacea, in spicula 9 demum leviter 
indurata, palea paullo breviore. Stamina, v. in spicula 2 staminodia, 3. Styli distineti, 
stigmatibus plumosis ; in spicula d' pistillum adest sed effoetum marcescensque. Caryopsis 
in spicula 9 oblonga, gluma paleaque induratis inclusa, cum glumis vacuis stipantibus 
decidua.—Gramina perennia, pilosa, foliis planis. Panicula d in caule foliato terminalis, 
angusta, erecta, laxa, sed parum ramosa.  Spicule fertiles duplo majores, in scapis radi- 
calibus brevibus aphyllis solitaric. 
Species 2, boreali-Amerieane, —Kunth, Enum. Pl.i.07. Pursh, Fl. Amer. Sept. i. 0, 2 (Mdium). 
Chap. Fl. S. U. St. 572. 
Spieule 9 in scapis aphyllis solitarix illas formarum nonnullarum Scirpi supini supra p. 1038 
notatas in mentem revocant. Character tamen in 4japicarpo constans videtur, nec hueusque in 
specie ulla Panici v. Paspali observatus, sed ulterius quzrendus. 
b. Erioohloa, H. D. ct K. Nov. Gen. et Sp. i. 94, t. 30, 31. ((Edipachne, Link, Hort. 
Berol. i.b1.  Helopus, Trin. Fund. Agrost. 103.)—Spiculie ovatw, ssepius acumina, in 
rhachi spice unilateralis subsessiles v. brevissime pedicellatz, cum pedicello articulatw, 
flore unico terminali hermaphrodito. Glum:e 3, exteriores 2 vacuz, parum in:equales, 
nembranaces, sepius plus minus acuminatz, interior florens brevior, mox indurata, 
obtusa, mucrone v. arista glumis vacuis breviore coronata, paleam muticam floremque 
includens. Stamina 3. Styli a basi distincti, stigmatibus plumosis. Caryopsis gluma 
paleaque induratis inclusa, libera. —Gramina (an semper ?) perennia, foliis planis flaccidis. 
Spies (v. panicule simplices rami) nuno, pate breves dissit:, nunc plures elongate 
confertze floribund:e, rhachi pedi tibus hirsutis longe setosis v. glabris. 
In una specie v. varietate (E. annulati Var. acrotricha) setoe lle rigid:ze pedi 
terminant more Panici sect. Ptychoplylli. 
Speeies editze fere 20, quarum 5 bene distinetz videntur; ex his 2 in America tropiea endemies, 
E. distachya, H. DB. et K., et E. grandijtora, 'Trin. ; tertia, E. trichopus, Hochst., in Africa tropica ; 
quarta, E. villosa, Kunth, in Asia orientali; cxtere omnes (E. annulata, E. qunetata, ete.) ad 
varietates E. polystachye, H. B. et K., reducend:, speciei in regionibus tropieis sub 
utriusque orbis frequentissime ipei Trin. Spec. Grain, t. 133, 156, 156 ( Paspalum), n 277 et 
278 (Helopus). Kunth, Revis. Gram. t. 18. Doll in. Mart. Fl. Bras. ii. ii, 193, &, 19 (Helopus). 
Fourn. Gram. Mezic. 18 (Helopus). Benth. in Journ. Linn. Soc. xix. 39. 
Moxacnxz, Beauv. Agrostogr. 49, t. 10, quoad f. 9, videtur EriochMoe species, gluma tamen secunda 
florem d fovente, quod nunquam vidimus; f. 10 est, Panicum reptans, Kunth. 
6. Beckmannia, Host, Gram. Austr. iii. 5, t. 6. (Bruckmannia, Nutt. Gen. N. Amer. 
PI. i. 48.)—Spicule lat, compresss, in rhachi spics unilateralis subsessiles, cum pedi- 
cello brevissimo at floribus 2 hermaphroditis, terminali solo tamen s:epius fertili. 
Glum:e 4, 2 exteriores vacuse b concav:e, sub lares, obtus:ze v. brevissime 
iw, dorso vesicul 2 florentes angusti bixquilongze, concavo-carinatse, 
acute v, mucronatz, tenuiter membranacese, demum igescentos ; palea hyalina, 2-carinata, 
