Panicea.] CC. GRAMINEJE. 1107 
15. Plagiosetum, Benth. Pl Austral. vii. 494.— Spieule. angustz, subacuminat:, 
singule rarius 2 inter ramulos involucri obliqui parce ramosi et unilateraliter ramulosi 
(panieulee sterilis?) sessiles, flore unico hermaphrodito terminali. Glum:e 4, extima 
spicula multo brevior, secunda tertiaque vacu:e, subsequales, oc-nerves ; terminalis florem 
fovens, eum palea inclusa mox indurata. Stamina 3. Styli a basi distincti, stigmatibus 
plumosis. Caryopsis gluma paleaque induratis inclusa, libera.—Gramen ut videtur 
annuum, glabrum, foliis angustis. Involucra pauca, secus rhachin simplicem inflores- 
centi terminalis dissite ped lata, ped lis patentibus v. reflexis basi articulatis 
cum spicula deciduis. 
Species 1, Australiz centralis incola. — Hook. Jc. Pl. t. 1242. 
16. Paratheria, Griseb. Cat. Pl. Cub. 236.—Spicule lanceolate, in ramulis inflores- 
centie spiciformis solitariz, sessiles, ramulo articulato in setam longam ultra spiculam 
producto quacum deciduo, flore unico hermaphrodito. Glum:e 4, 2 exteriores minute, 
vacusm, tertia vacua, quarte. florem foventi sub:equalis, utraque rigidule membranaceo- 
herbacea; palea sub flore tenuior. Stamina 3. Styli basi vix brevissime connati v. liberi, 
stigmatibus plumosis. Caryopsis lineari-oblonga, gluma paleaque vix v. non induratis 
inclusa, libera.—G ( 1) multicaule, basi diffuse ramosum, foliis flaccidis. 
Racemus terminalis, pedunculatus, simplex, tenuiter spiceiformis, pedicellis seu ramulis 
is strictis 1-spiculatis aristiformibus demum prope basin articulatis. 
Species 1, Americze australis tropieze et Indie oceidentalis incola. Dell in Mart. Fl. Bras. ii. ii. 
150, 7. 25 (Panici sect. Leptachyrium). 
Genus potius Penníseto quam Panico affine. 
17. Eehinoleena, Desv. Journ. Bot. i. (1813) 70.— Spiculie angust, in spica unila- 
terali a pedunculo defracta sessiles, confertze, cum rhachi articulatze, flore hermaphrodito 
unico terminali, addito stepe inferiore masculo, spiculis nonnullis sterilibus in spica inter- 
mixtis. Glumze 4, 2 exteriores vacus, herbacere, hispidze, extima majore rigide acuminata ; 
- tertia nunc iis subzequalis vacua v. paleam parvam fovens, nunc brevior cum flore d; 
terminalis florem  fovens, cum palea inclusa obtusa levis. Stamina 3. Styli a basi 
distineti, stigmatibus plumosis. Caryopsis oblonga, gluma paleaque rigidulis inclusa, 
libera.—Gramen decumbens, ramosum, plus minus hispidum, folis planis. Pedunculi 
longi, rigidi, terminales v. axillares, ultra spicam unicam in acumen rigidum caducum 
producti. Spicule ad latus inferius spicz confertew, subfasciculatze, rhachi spices rigida 
ultra spieulas producta; spiculee steriles cum fertilibus intermixts, tenues, glumis 2-3 
angustis glabris vacuis. 
Species 1, per Americam tropicam late dispersa, Kunth, Enuin. Pl. i171,quad$1. H.B.et 
K. Nov. Gen. et Sp. t. 38. Rudge, Pl. Gui. t. 25 (Cenchrus). 
Echinolene cwtere Kunthii ad Panicum referendze. 
18. Chameeraphis, R. Br. Prod. 193.—Spicule anguste v. acuminats, secus ramos 
filiformes panicule simplicis paucte, dissitz»e v. solitarise, sessiles, cum. rhachi articulats, 
ramulo ultra spiculas setiformi, flore inali h iphrodito v. abortu foemineo, addito 
sepius inferiore masculo. Glum:e 4, extima vacua minima, secunda et tertia sub:equales, 
membranace:e v. rigidule, siepe acute acuminatze nec aristatze, oc-nerves, secunda vacua, 
tertia paleam swepiusque florem lum fovens ; terminalis fructifera brevior vix nervosa; 
palea marginibus inflexis nec auriculatis. Stamina in flore. d 3, in flore terminali ssepius 
ad staminodia 2 reducta rarius perfecta. Styli basi brevissime connati, stigmatibus 
plumosis. OCaryopsis gluma paleaque rigidule scariosis inclusa, libera.—Gramina  semi- 
aquatica, sepius glabra, foliis planis. Paniecula terminalis, pedunculata, ramulis simpli- 
cibus nunc numerosis filiformibus spiculas paucas dissitas ferentibus, nunc in racemo 
spiciformi confertis 1-spiculatis v. inferioribus dissite 2-spiculatis. 
Species 4, per Asiam tropicam et Australiam disperse. Kunth, Rev. Uram. t. 32 (Panicum), 36. 
Trin. Spec, Gram, t. 181. Gaudich. in. Freyc. Voy. Bot, t. 24. (Panicum). Benth. Fl. Aus:ra!. 
vii. 498. 
