Panicec.] CO. GRAMINEJE. 1109 
anguste, in spicis issimis seu fasciculis 3-4 sul il i 2-3 steriles, 
inferior florem Hermaphroditum fovens, fhaeti pnus mee spiculas breviter producta, 
spicis in ped foliaceo-dilatat t is l-seriatis. Spicule fertilis 
giumn infima brevis, rigide setiformis, secunda tertiaque vacuz, quasi laterales, anguste 
latz, tenuiter h , quarta (v. potius palea ad axillam glumse tertis) 
maxima, rigida, obtusa, 2-carinata, inter carinas profunde sulcata ; gluma summa florens, 
paullo brevior, hyalina, tenuissime cc-nervis ; palea Jübiedutiengs. angustior, liyalina, 
Stamina . . . Stylus . . . Caryopsis oblonga, glumis laxe inclusa.—Gramen elatiusculum, 
perenne, caulibus rigidulis subramosis, foliis paucis lanceolatis planis, lamina basi sagittata 
caulem lectente. Ped lus terminalis, spathiformis v. fere cymbiformis, elongatus, 
falcatus, spiculis vix ultra margines prominentibus ; adsunt etiam interdum spiculce singulze 
erzeteris multo longiores in pedunculo axillari solitarise. 
Species l, Angolensis. Genus ad specimina fructifera descriptum, affinitatis dubie. Spicam 
unicam tantum examinare potuimus. Inflorescentia primaria fere Spartine. Spice basi tantum 
feriles Thuareg. Palea sub gluma tertia maxima JXerochMoc, a 'Trimenio ex rite et) pro gluma 
2-carinata descripta, sub anthesi forte florem d fovens, inibus a speci jam 
delapsis. 
23. Thuarea, Pers. Syn. Pl. i. 110. (Microthuareia, Tow. Gen. Nov. Madag. 3. 
Ornithocephalochloa, Kurz in Tim. Journ. Bot. 1875, 332, t. 171.)—Spicule monoicse, in 
spica unilaterali sessiles, 1-seriatze, superiores 4-6 mascul:e 2-florze, inferiores 1-2 flore uno 
terminali hermaphrodito v. ssepius foemineo, addito ssepius masculo inferiore. Glumre 3-4, 
extima parva hyalina v. in spicula d sspe deficiens, secunda vacua spiculte zequilonga, v 
inspicula d' paullo brevior, tertia et quarta florentes subzequales ; fructifera in spicula 9 rigi- 
dior etsitenuis. Stamina 3. Styli a basi distincti, stigmatibus dense plumosis. Sub fructu 
spiez rhachis valde dilatatur spiculam fructiferam includens et fide collectorum in arena 
sepelitur. Caryopsis gluma paleaque rigidulis vix tamen induratis inclusa, libera.— 
Gramen longe repens, radicans, caulibus breviter adscendentibus, foliis planis brevibus 
smpius minute se tib Spica terminalis, basi bractea vaginante inclusa, 
fructifera bractea delapsa denudata. 
Species 1 a nonnullis in 4 v. 6 divisa, ad littora maris Indiei et Pacifici late dispersa.  Beauv. 
Agrosogr. 197, t. 92, f. 9. Steud. Syn. Pl. Glum.i.112. Benth. Fl. Austral. vii. 502. Kunth, 
ev. Gram, t. 36. 
Nomen generi: a Kunthio que pluribus falso TiovanEA seriptum, nam a Persoonio a 
Microthuareia, Thou. (tune inedita) contractum fuit, nee Thouarsio dieatum. 
24. Spinifex, Linn. Mant. 163, n. 1333.—Spicule unisexuales, dioiez, spicatim v. 
sigillatim bractea stipatz, cum bracteis dense globoso-capitatw, .Spiculme d intra bracteam 
ssepius spicatze v. fasciculatze, 9-florw.  Glum:e 4, subsimiles, 2 exteriores vacus, nunc 
minores nunc majores quam 2 interiores florentes paleamque foventes. Stamina 3. 
Ovarii rudimentum 0. Spieule 9 intra bracteam solitarise, flore unico hermaphrodito v. 
fcemineo terminali, addito interdum inferiore imperfecto rarissime masculo. Stamina v. 
sepius staminodia 3, eum palea plus minus evoluta. Styli 2, a basi distincti, stigmatibus 
longis breviter plumosis. Caryopsis gluma paleaque induratis inclusa, libera. —Gramina 
dura; diffusa s repentia, famosa, foliis angustis v. marginibus involutis haud raro sericeo- 
terminales, bracteis nunc foliaceis nunc lanceolatis 
concavis subtents ; spiese d' in capitulo sessiles v. pedicellatze, spiculoe TY potius spicse 
1- spiculats. cum bracteis nunc in capitulum magnum densum conferti, spicarum rhachibus 
longe tib tibus, v. in S. parad. p 9 1minor, bracteis varie 
auctis "heteromorphis margine sepe scariosis. 
Species 4, quarum una in maritimis Asie tropies crescens a S. Airsuto Australiano parum 
diversa, estere Australiane, una etiam in Nova Zelandia et Nova Caledonia reperta." Beauv. 
Agrostogr. 197, t. 25, f. 1. Steud. Syn. Pl. Glum.i.118. Benth. FL Austral. vii. 503. - Labill. 
PL Nov. Holl. t. 280, 231. Benth. im Hook. lc. Pl. t. 1243, 1244. — Buchan. N. Zeal. Grass. 
t. 8, 9. 
