1124 €0. GRAMINE.JE. [Zoysiec. 
multo minor, cum palea adhue minore tenuiter hyalina. Stamina 3. Styli basi breviter 
connati, stigmatibus plumosis brevibus. Caryopsis linearis, glumam intimam paleamque 
superans, glumis exterioribus inclusa, libera.—Gramina annua v. perennia, multicaulia v. 
basi ramosa, foliis ssepius brevibus. Spica terminalis, longa, rhachi tenui, spiculis nunc 
minimis densissime confertis, nunc longioribus sparsis. 
Species apud auctores nonnullos 7, sed ad 2 v. 3 inter se :wgre distinguendas reducendz, Asiow, 
Ariete et Australis inter tropieos incole. —Beawv. Agrostogr. 5, t. 4, f. 9. Steud. Syn. Pl. Glum. i. 
185. Kunth, Rev. Gram. t. 92. 
P. rara, Br., species Australiana, a speeiminibus Asiatieis Afrieanisve P. /atifolie, Ait., primo 
aspectu distinetissima apparet, quaeum tamen int. dii i i 
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70. zeptothrium, Kwnth, Enwn. Pl. i. 470, t. 38, f. 2.—Spiculse 1-florz, secus rhachin 
continuam spice breviter pedicellatze, flore hermaphrodito. Glumse 3, 2 inferiores vacus, 
Ibeori. t .bulatze, infima brevior, subcarinata, inzequilateralis, secunda invo- 
luta, a latere compressiuscula ; florens hyalina, ovata, subcarinata, 1-nervis ; palea triplo 
brevior. Stamina 3. Styli distincti, stigmatibus penicilliformibus. Caryopsis . . .— 
Gramen esspitosum, glabrum, rigidum, caulibus simplicibus, foliis margine involutis 
rigidis. Spica simplex, rhachi triangulari subflexuosa ; spiculee alternz,, pedicello cum 
rhachi articulato (char. ex Kunth). 
Species 1, Americze calidioris ineola, a nobis non visa, a Kunthio ad specimen Humboldtianum 
descripta. 
Genus evidenter Zoysie quam maxime affine, nec diversum nisi glumis vacuis 2, ot patria. 
71. Zoysia, Willd. in Gesellsch. Nat. Fr. Berlim NN. Schr. iii. 440. (Matrella, Pers. 
Syn. Pl. i. 73. Osterdamia, Neck. Elem. iii. 218.)—Spiculoe l-forse, secus rhachin con- 
tinuam spicze subsessiles y. breviter pedicellatz, ; flore her hrodito. Glumse 2, 
exterior vacua, lata, plicat inata, ti , mutica, interior florens multo 
minor, cum palea inclusa tenuis, hyalina. Stamina 3. Styli distincti, longiusculi, stigma- 
tibus plumosis. Caryopsis gluma exteriore leviter indurata inclusa, libera.— Gramina 
repentia, caulibus e basi ramosa breviter erectis rigidulis, foliis distichis rigidis sspe 
pungentibus. Spica terminalis, pedunculata, simplex, tenuis, spiculis arcte appressis nec 
unilateralibus, 
Species 2 y. 3 in maritimis Asie australis et orientalis, ins. Mascarensium, Australie et Nove 
Zelandiw late disperse, | Beauv. Agrostogr. i. 1. 4, f. 1. Kunth, Enum. Pl.i.A71..— Benth. Fl. Hongk. 
418. Hance in Seem. Journ. Bot. vii, 168. — Franch. et Savat. Enn. Pl. Jap. ii. 186, 608, Buchan. 
Grass. N. Zeal. t. 13 A. 
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72. Schaffnera, Benth. in Hook. Ic. Pl. xiv. 59, 1. 1978. —Spieulee 1-florz, in pedunculis 
illaribus brevissimis 1-3 subsessiles, articulatz, rhachilla brevissima. ultra florem non 
producta, flore hermaphrodito interdum sterili. Glumse 2, inferior vacua, spiculam 
sequans, oc-nervis, 3-D-aristata, aristis lateralibus basi sepe hyalino-appendiculatis ; 
superior florens membranacea, fere hyalina, brevissime 9-loba, arista inter lobos fere 
dorsali longiuscula patente ; palea gluma paullo brevior, tenuiter hyalina, 2-nervis, apice 
2-dentata v. obtusa. Stamina 3, antheris longis angustis. Styli 2, distincti, elongati, 
ienuissimi, stigmatibus breviter plumosis. Caryopsis . . .—Gramen annuum, humile, 
diffuse ramosum, foliis brevibus setaceis, caulinis longe vaginatis. Pedunculi intra vaginas 
foliorum floralium subinclusi, inferior interd litarius elongatus, 3-spicul , supe- 
riores in vagina fasciculati, breves, insequal Spiculie in quoque pedunculo 1 v. 2, alise 
perfeetze fertilesque, alis steriles v. vacuse, 
Species 1, Mexicana. 
Genus affinitatis valde dubiz. Primo aspeetu iconem QCathesteohi refert, spieularum structurà 
Zoysie accedit, folia foralia Andropogonis (Cymbopogonis) v. Aplude. Bini on : 
