1104 CC. GRAMINEZE. [Panicec. 
masculo. Glum:z 4, 3 inferiores sub l 1 vacus v. tertia paleam 
rarius florem d fovens ; terminalis florem [o] fovens, ceteris scepius brevior, cum palea 
inclusa rigidula. Rhachilla sub gluma fertili irinque ul hyalina nunc minima 
nunc gluma paullo breviore falcata v. lata. Stamina 3. $Stylia 
basi distincti; stigmatibus plumosis. Caryopsis oblonga, gluma paleaque plus minus 
induratis inclusa, libera.—Gramina habitu Panici sectionis Ewpanici, folis sepe latius- 
eulis interdum amplis. Paniculm ssepius dense, ramis simplicibus ramulosisve. 
Species ad 20, Americz tropiez incole. Dal in Mart. Fl. Bras. ii. ii. 276, (. 86. — Kunth, Rev. 
Gram. t. $4, 108. Trin, Spec. Gram. t. 210 ad 212 (Panicum), 323. Brongn. in Duperr. Voy. Cog. 
Bot.t.18. Pourn. Gram. Mex. 34. 
Genus vix a Pamico distinetum. In speciebus typieis (Maeropferis) habitu Panico olyroidi, P. 
aturensi affinibusque similibus, aurieulze spieularum rhaeheos dimidium glumse sepe superant; in 
Panico longifloro, 'T'rin., (quod Zchnanthi species) auricule minute adesse videntur; in Jehmantho 
pallente, Dell, affinibusque (Micropéeris) aurieulzee parvae alzefc sepe vix pi et hec 
species forte non immerito a Fourniero Gram. Mex. 30 ad Panicum restituuntur, a Munroio tamen in 
Jchnantho retinentur. 
I. Hoffmanseggii, Dell (Panicum, Trin. Spec. Gram. t. 219) et. Z. oplismenoides, Munro, a esteris 
habitu distant ob inflorescentiam uti totam plantam pilis longis mollibus patentibus vestitam. 
10. Oplismenus, Beau. Fl. Ow. et Ben. ii. 14, t. 68; Agrostogr. 53, t. 11, f. 3. (Ortho- 
pogon, R. Br. Prod. 194. Hekaterosachne, Steud. Syn. Pl. Glwm. i. 118.)—Spicule 
1-florze, cum pedicello articulatz, secus ramos indivisos secundos paniculee simplicis fasci- 
culatzw, flore terminali hermaphrodito. Glum:e 4, 3 exteriores membranace:e, plus minus 
' aristatz, extima ceteris non v, parum brevior sepiusque longius aristata, vacu:e v. tertia 
paleam parvam fovens; terminalis florem (j fovens, emteris brevior, obtusa, mutica, 
demum cum palea inclusa indurata. Stamina 3. Styli a basi distincti, stigmatibus 
plumosis, Caryopsis gluma paleaque induratis inclusa, libera.—Gramina sepius debilia, 
basi ramosa, adscendentia, foliis anguste v. late lanceolatis planis. Panicula unilateralis, 
ramis dissitis, nunc longiuseulis tenuibus, fasciculis pluribus secus latus inferius dissitis 
paucispiculatis, nunc ad fasciculum unicum densum in axi panicule sessilem. reductis. 
Spicarum rhachis in speciebus paucis Africanis v. Mascarensibus longe pilosa, ssepius 
tamen glabra. 
Species 3 v. 4, per regiones tropicas subtropicasque utriusque orbis late disperse, a botanieis non- 
nullis in unam junetz, ab aliis in species ultra 30 divise. ' Steud. Syn. Pl. Glum. i. 44 (Panici sect.). 
Trin. Sp. Gram. t. 187 ad. 193 (Panicum). | Fourn. Gram. Mex. 31 (quoad. sect, Orthopogon). Dell 
in. Mart. Fl, Bras, ii. ii. 144, £. 23 (Panici sect.). Benth. Fl. Austral. vii. 491. — Host, Gram. Austr. 
iii. &. 62 (Panicum). — Heichb, Ic. Fl. Germ. t. 28 (Orthopogon). | Jacq. Ic. Rar. t. 631 (Andropogon). 
INees, Gen. Fl. Germ. Monocot. i, n. 20. Buchan. IN. Zeal. Grass. t. 11 (Panicum). 
Genus Panico (Brachiarie) proxime affine quidem, sed habitu et gluma extima bene evoluta 
aristataque satis distinctum videtur. Kunth, Enum. Pl.i. 138, genus admisit sed pro sectione 
Echinochloam addidit. Hoe tamen nobis ab Oplismeno distare videtur nec a Panico separanda. 
ll. Cheetium, Nees, Agrostol. Bras. 269. (Berchtoldia, Presl, Rel. Henk. 323, t. 43.) 
—Spicule anguste, in panicula angusta densa conferti, Eel. infra medium arti- 
culato, flore hermaphrodito unico terminali. Glumse 4, 2 exteriores vacu:e lanceolatz 
M für setaces, plus minus insquales, longe setaceo-aristatze, secunda swpius infima 
major longiusque aristata, tertia pariter vaeua sed tenuior, brevius, aristata ; termi- 
nalis florem i fovens, brevior, rigidior, breviter acuminata ; palea paullo minor. 
Stamina 3. Styli a basi distincti, stigmatibus longiusculis breviter plumosis. Caryopsis 
oblonga, glumze paleaque plus minus induratis inclusa, libera. —Gramina elatiuscula, foliis 
angustis. Panicula terminalis, angusta, densa, interdum elongata, ramis tenuibus strictis 
subraraulosis. Spicule pedicellatz, quaquavers. 
Species nobis adsunt 2, altera Brasiliensis, altera Mexicana. Doll in Ma rt. Fl. Bras, ii. ii. 149, 
1. 24 (Panici sect.). 
Genus Oplismzno affine, quocum junxit Kunth, inflorescentia tamen facillim e distinetum. Fournier, 
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