1108 CC. GRAMINE.E, [Panicec, 
19. Spartina, Schreb. Gen. Pl. 43. (Trachynotia, Mich. Fl. Bor. Am. i. 63.  Limnetis, 
Pers. Syn. Pl. i. 72. Ponceletia, Thou. Fl. Twist. Acugn. 36, in Mel. Bot. Solenachne, 
Steud. Syn. Pl. Glum. i. 12.)—Spieulze 1-florz, in spieis unilateralibus secus ped 1 
sessilibus subsessiles, cum pedicello brevissimo articulatze, arcte confertz, 92-seriatim 
imbri ; flore h phrodito. Glumze 3, 2 exteriores vacuse, angustze, carinatz, valde 
inrquales, tertia florens secundze :quilonga v. paullo longior latiorque, prster carinam 
fere hyalina ; palea vix inclusa, gluma sspe paullo longior latiorque, tenuis fere hyalina, 
tenuiter 2-nervis, florem involvens. Stamina 3. Stylus filiformis, elongatus, superne in 
ramos stigmat 2 filif papil v. breviter plumosos divisus. Caryopsis gluma 
paleaque parum rigescentibus inclusa, libera, linearis, teres v. leviter compressa.— 
Gramina maritima, rigidula, swpe elata, basi czespitosa v. repentia, foliis convoluto- 
teretibus v. basi explanatis. Spice secus ped 1 termi erectz, app , 
nunc confertte paniculam longam dense spiciformem formantes, nunc dissitz» angusto 
pedunculo appresse. Spicule in spicis numerose, secunde, imbricato-confertz, rhachi 
spicze ultra spiculas plus minus produeta. 
Species 5 v. 6, quarum una, per littora Ameriese Europee et Africze late dispersa, sub nominibus 
pluribus descripta, 2 v. 3 Americze boreali, 1 Americze australi extratropicz, F ins. Tristan d'Aeunha 
et Amsterdam proprie. ^ Beauv. Agrostogr. 25, t. 7, f. 6. Kunth, Enum. Pl. i. 277. Jacq. Ecl. 
Gram..t. 27. Host, Gram. Austr. iv. i. 66 (Limnetis). Nees, Gen. Fl. Germ. Monocot. i. n. 41. 
Reichb. Ic. Fl. Germ. t. 95. Groves in Trim. Journ. Bot. 1882, t. 226. Fabre in. Ann. Sc, Nat. 
ser. 9, xiii. t. 3. Brongn. in Duperr. Voy. Cog. Bot. 1.2. Torr. Fl. N. York, 1.153. Dell in Mart. FI. 
Bras. ii. ii. t. 8 (Solenachne), et ii. iii. £. 23. 
20. Xeroehloa, £. Br. Prod. 196.—Spicul:e anguste, in spica brevi simplici y. ramosa 
intra bracteam vaginantem paucs, rhachi spieze ultra spieulam sspe breviter producta, 
flore hermaphrodito v. fcemineo unico terminali, addito ssepe masculo inferiore. Glumse D 
tenues, extima brevis, lata, obtusissima, fere hyalina, secunda pariter vacua, longior et 
rigidior, obtussima v. retusa, tertia rigida, apice sub-2-fida, paleum. magnam 2-fidam 
facile 2-partibilem sepeque florem d fovens; terminalis angusta, tenuior at rigidula, 
paleam angustam et florem Q v. V includens. | Stamina 3. Styli plus minus connati, 
stigmatibus longis plumosis. Caryopsis gluma paleaque tenuibus rigidulis inclusa, libera. 
—Gramina erecta, basi ramosa, foliis erectis angustis v. fere teretibus. Bractew spiculas 
includentes in parte superiore caulis dissite, rigidule paleaceze, bracteas interiores Spicas- 
que breves stepe fere ad apicem obtegentes. 
Species 3, omnes Australianz. ' Benth. Fl. Austral, vii. 501. 
21. Stenotaphrum, Trin, Fund, Agrost. 175. (Diastemanthe, Steud. Syn. Pl. Glum. i. 
360.)—Spicul: acute v. acuminatze, per 2-4 in fasciculis v. spicis brevissimis secus rhachin 
complanatam paniculee spiciformis dissitis confertz, rhachi fascieul ultra fascieul 
producta, floré hermaphrodito unico terminali, addito sspe infero masculo v. imperfecto. 
Glumz 3-4, extima parva rarius deficiens, secunda. spiculam :equans v. paullo brevior 
pariter vacua, tertia secunds subsimilis paleam v. florem d fovens, rarius vacua ; ter- 
minalis florem D fovens, cum palea inclusa cseteris rigidior. Stamina 3. Styli a basi 
distincti, stigmatibus plumosis. Caryopsis oblonga, gluma paleaque tenuibus at rigi- 
dulis inclusa, libera.— Gramina repeniia, radicantia, ramis brevibus adscendentibus 
stepius compressis, foliis planis v. lutis patentil Infi tia terminalis, spici- 
formis, rhachi nunc angusta angulata, nunc lata crassiuscula subplana, demum haud raro 
tim di fasciculis ad faciem inferi 
rticul; ivisa, spicul seu exteriorem in scrobiculis 
alternis sessilibus v. semi-i is, fascicul rhachi apice. breviter mucroniformi 
rarius spiculis longiore. 
Species 2 v. 3, per regiones tropicas utriusque orbis imprimis in maritimis latissime disperse, in 
insulis maris Indici et Pacifici australis frequentissims. — Steud. Syn. Pl. Glum. i118. Trin. Spec. 
Gram. t. 360. | Kunth, Rev. Gram. 1. 211. Dell in Mart. Fl. Bras. ii, ii, £. 39, 
22. | Phylorhachis, Trim. in Journ. Bot. 1879, 353, t. 205.—Spicule 1-florz, 
