1100 CC. GRAMINEJE. [Panicea. 
gluma vix brevior. Stamina3. Styli distincti, breves, stigmatibus plumosis. Caryopsis 
oblonga, gluma paleaque acuminatis rigidis v. leviter induratis inclusa, libera.—Gramen 
erectum, foliis planis, habitu fere Panici colonum. . Panicula terminalis, elongata, simplex 
v. subramosa, spicis secus axin sessilibus erectis ; spicul: secus faciem inferiorem rhacheos 
spicarum 2-seriatim imbricatis, ob vesiculas glumarum prominentes specie 4-seriatze, 
Species 1, Europe orientalis, Asize temperat: et Americz borealis incola. Beauv. "Agrostogr. 96, 
5.19,f.6.  Kunth, Enum. Pl.i. 27. —Reichb. Ic. Fl. Germ. t. 25. — Nees, Gen. Fl. Germ. Monocot. i. 
7.40. Ten. Fl. Nap. t. 5. 
Nomen Joacniwza, Ten., a Kunthio citatum, nunquam editum fuit, haec planta enim a Tenoreo in 
loco citato sub nomine Beckmannie descripta et delineata est. Nomen Zruckmannia, a Nuttallio 
errore forte seriptoris Jaequinio tribuitur, nam in auctoris Horto Sehombrunensi, hee species nec 
deseripta nee delineata est, 
; 4. Isachne, Jt. Br. Prod. 196.—Spicul» zqualit 2-florcee, paniculatz, rhachilla supra 
inferi. rtieulata brevissima ultra flores non producta, floribus hermaphroditis 
v. uno abortu sterili. Glumze 2 inferi vacui persistentes v. sigillatim caducze, mem- 
b , Scpius acuti le, mutice, parum inzquales; 2 florentes parum breviores 
obtuse membranace:e, fructiferze cum palea inclusa plus minus induratz sepius hemi- 
Sph:erieze faciebus planis sibimet applicite. Stamina 3. Styli distincti, stigmatibus 
plumosis. Caryopsis gluma paleaque inclusa, libera.— Gramina perennia v. rarius annua, 
ipitosa v. basi d bentia v. reptantia, foliis planis sspe rigidulis. Panicula ter- 
minalis, pyramidata v. elongata, ramulis tenuibus sepe filiformibus divergentibus v. 
divaricatis parce losis. Spicule sepius parve, nune minime subglobosm; secus 
ramulos dissite pedicellatze v. subsessiles. 
Species ad 20, per regiones calidiores utriusque orbis late disperse, plerzeque gerontogec, Asiaticze 
v. Africanz, ab ins, Mascarensibus usque ad Australiam et Japoniam extense, pauce Americans 
tropiem,  Kunth, Enim. Pl. i. 1855 Rev. Gram. 1.32, 117. Trin. Spec. Gram. t. 85,860... Buchan, 
XN. Zeal. Grass. t, 12. Dell in. Mart, Fl. Bras. ii. ii. 273, 1. 80. Fourn, Gram. Mer. 34. 
Genus charactere artificiali, spieularum. rhachilla supra nee infra glumas inferiores vaeuas artieu- 
lata, ad seriem Poacearum nec Panicacearum pertinet, sed affinitas naturalis certe maxima cum 
Panici sect, Eupanico (Effusis), e& suadentibus Hackelio alisque nune ad JPaniceas restituimus. 
Panicum Gardneri, Thw. Enum. PI. Zeyl. 359, ut, rite observavit, auctor, Zsachni Walkeri, Wight, 
simillimum ost, e& nobis omnino congener videtur, etsi flos unus spiculee haud raro (nee semper) 
sterilis evadit, pedicellus more generis inarticulatus est, eique referenda videtur Isachne nilaghirica, 
Hoclist, Gmava, Nees ez Steud. Syn. Pl. Glum. i. 119, quoad synonymon Wightianum, est Zsachne 
pulehella, Roth (Panicum bellum, Steud. 3 P. inalaccense, "Trin.). Character tamen genericum Steudelii 
haud convenit. 
8. Panicum, Linn. Gen. n. 76. (Thalasium, Spreng. Syst. Cur. Post. 92, 30, ex char.) — 
Spiculze ovatz, acuminatee v. obtuse, rarius globosce, eum pedicello articulatz, laxe v. dense 
paniculatz, y. in spicis (seu panicule simplicis ramis) indivisis secus rhachin fasciculatze, 
flore hermaphrodito unico terminali, addito sepe inferiore masculo. Glumze scpius 4, 
infima vacua, spicula multo brevior nunc minima v. in paucis speciebus evanida, rarius 
spieula paullo tantum brevior, nunquam aristata; secunda et tertia ssepius subiequales, 
membranacez, muticz v. rarius aristat», vacurm v. tertia pales rudimentum v. florem 
masculum fovens; terminalis florem V fovens, cxteris szepius brevior obtusiorque, rarius 
mucrone coronata, cum palea paullo breviore inclusa chartacea v. demum indurata. 
Stamina (an semper!) 3. Styli distincti v. ima basi brevissi connati, stigmatib 
plumosis. Caryopsis gluma paleaque rigidulis v. induratis inclusa, libera.—Gramina 
annua v. perennia, humilia v. elata, habitu vario. Inflorescentia interdum e spicis sim- 
plicibus secus peduneulum dissitis v. ad. apicem approximatis, ssepius tamen varie interdum 
ample laxissimeque panieulata. 
Species in herbariis nostris servata verisimiliter inter 250 et 280, ab auctoribus nonnullis triplo 
plures enumeratz, per regiones calidiores utriusque orbis latissime disperse, nonnulli fere cosmo- 
politane, in Europa tamen uti in Asiz- et Ameriez borealis temperatis pauez, — Zeauv. Agrostogr, 45, 
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