1112 €C. GRAMINEJE, [Maydee. 
Tarsus I, MavpE&. 
31. Pariana, Aubl, Pl. Gui. 876, t, 337.—Spicule unisexuales, monoicz, 1-florze, ad 
quemque nodum rhacheos spicie articulatze, mascule oo cum foemineis 1-2, Spicule d 
&d nodum 5-6, verticillatze, pedicello planato erecto fult&. ^ Glum:e 3, 2 exteriores 
sublaterales, vacuse, breves, l latz v. subset , rigide, acutz; tertia florens 
oblonga, coriacea, erecto-patens, 3-nervis; palea vix brevior, concava, 4-nervis. Lodiculwe 
longiuscule. Stamina co (10-20, v. fide Neesii usque ad 40) exserta. Pistilii rudi- 
mentum 0.  Spicule 9 intra masculos sessiles 1-2.  Glumse 3, 2 exteriores vacuis, 
membranacec, fere hyalins, subsquales, l-nerves ; tertia florens vacuis subzequi- 
longa, rigidior, mox indurata, l-3-nervis; palea vix brevior, concava. Staminodia 0? 
Styli liberi v. basi in. ib connati, stigmatibus plumosis. Caryopsis oblonga, 
gluma paleaque plus minus induratis inclusa, libera.— Gramina valida, perennia, caule 
simplici v. rarius diviso. Folia latiuseula, subplicata, vaginis nune ad os longe rigideque. 
ciliatis nunc nudis ; lamina brevissime petiolata, interdum deest in caule florido. Spica 
terminalis, simplex, densa, verticillis masculis cum spicula foeminea rhacheosque articulo 
inclusis facillime secedentibus. 
Species ad 10, Ameriez tropiez incole. —Beauv. Agrostogr. 121, 4. 22, f. 2. Steud. Syn. PL. Glum. 
i118. Dellin Mart. Fl. Bras. ii. ii. 331, £. 47. 
Lodieule floris 9 ex Doll 5, in floribus a nobis inatis 3 vidimus majuseulas quarum 2 plus 
minus eonnatg; adsunt tamen interdum squamellze nonnulle interiores minute, quz forte pro 
staminum rudimentis habendie. 
. EnewiTIS, Dell in Mart. Fl. Bras. ii. ii. 338, £. 48, que Pariana parviflora, Trin., nobis videtur 
potius Parizme cujusdam forma dépauperata, quam genus proprium. In spica uniea a nobis visa. 
verticillum unieum adest perfectum, et stamen in floribus maseulis unicum. Czetera omnino Pariane. 
92. Coix, Linn. Gen. n. 1043.  (Lithagrostis, Gern. Fruct. i. 7, t. 1.)—Spicule uni- 
sexuales, monoies, spicats, superiores plures mascule, fceminewe 1-2 ad basin spicm, 
rhachi tenui supra spiculas 9 articulata. Spiculee 4 ad dentes rhacheos 2-3-nm, una 
pedicellata, 1-2-flore. Glum:se 4, 2 exteriores rigidule v. herbaces, parum inzequales, 
vacurm, 2 interiores cum paleis inclusis hyalinse, utraque florens, v. tertia preter paleam 
vacua. Stamina 3. Pistilli rudimentum 0. Spicule 9 in articulationibus 1 v. 2 infe- 
rioribus spicze singulze, eum spieulis 1-2 sterilibus e glumis 1-2 linearibus constantibus, 
cum rhacheos internodio tenui, intra vaginam clausam globosam v. oblongam lapideam 
apice poro parvo perforatam incluse, 1-9.flors. Glumswe 4, omnes tenues, plus minus 
hyalin:e, 2 exteri. vacuse latze inatz, 2 interi paleam hyali que 9 
includentes, v. tertia przeter paleam vacua. Staminodia rarissime adsunt 3. Styli fere a 
basi liberi, longissimi, filiformes, pilis brevibus papilloso-villosis stigmatosi. Caryopsis 
globosa v. oblonga, cum glumis idis intra bráct glob v. oblongam lapideam 
arcte inclusa.— Gramina elata, foliosa, ramosa. Spiez sepius plures in vaginis foliorum 
superiorum ped latze, interd dense fasci , parte mascula tardius decidua, 
internodiis seu articulis fcemineis globosis v. oblongis s:epius solitariis rarius 9. superpositis 
diu persistentibus demum articulatim solvendis. 
Speeies 3 v. 4, quarum una per regiones calidiores utriusque orbis late dispersa indigena v. 
inquilina, ezterze Indi: Orientalis incolie a specie typiea tamen parum diverse,  Beauv. "Agrostogr. 
137,1.24,/. 5. Steud. Syn. Pl. Glum. i. 9, excl, sp.plur. Jacq. Ecl. Gram. t. 40. — Parlat. in 
Webb. Phytogr. Canar. t. 942,943. Doll in Mart. Fl, Bras, ii, ii. £, 10, 
33. Polytoca, H. Br. in. Benn. Pl. Jav. Rar. 90, t. 5. (Cyathorhachis, Nees ex Steud. 
Syn. Pl. Glum, i. 403.)—Spicule unisexuales, monoicte, ad dentes alternos spicse sessiles, 
mascule in eadem v. in distincta spica superiores, fceminei inferiores, rhachi inter 
spieulas 9 articulata. Spicule 4 secus rhachin geminze, erecto-patentes, angustte, 2-florze. 
Glum:e 4, 2 exteriores vacur, extima acuta v. in setam longam producta, secunda brevior, 
minus rigida, 2 interiores tenuiores, mutic:, cum paleis inclusis hyalins, flores foventes. 
Stamina 3. Pistilli rudimentum 0. In Spieze parte inferiore foeminea spicule gemin:e, 
altera stipitata angusta sterilis, glumis swpius 4 angustis insqualibus vacuis, altera 
