1138 0C. GRAMINE. [Phalaridec. 
Stamina4 v.2. Styli distincti, stigmatibus plumosis. Caryopsis glumis majoribus inclusa, 
libera.—Gramina perennia, foliis scepius brevibus planis v. siccitate convolutis. Panicula 
terminalis, anguste laxa, pedicellis filiformibus. 
Species 5, Australie et Nove Zelandiw ineole. Benth. Fl. Austral. vii. 052. — Hook. f. Handb. 
NN. Zeal. Fl. 320. Labill. Pl. Nov. Holl. t. 118 (Ehrharta). — Hook. f. Fl. Tasm. t. 160 (Microlena et 
Diplaz). Raoul, Choix Pl. Nouv. Zel. t. 4.  Buchan. N. Zeal. Grasses, t. 2 ad 4. 
101. Tetrarrhena, R. Br. Prod. 210.— Spicul: 1-florz, in spica simplici v. vix ramosa 
Subsessiles, rhachilla supra glumas inferiores articulata, fore terminali hermaphrodito. 
Glum:e 6, 2 inferiores infra articulati persist parvze, tertia varia, quarta cceteris 
sepius major, rigida, quinta ei similis nisi minor, terminalis (v. palea ?) angustior, omnes 
carinae, muticze; palea czeterum 0. Lodicule majuscule. Stamina 4. Styli breves, 
distincti, stigmatibus plumosis. Caryopsis glumis majoribus inclusa, libera.— Gramina 
perennia, foliis planis. Spies v. paniculw spicif terminales, ped late, ssepius 
simplices, interdum ramulis paucis brevibus instruct. 
Species 4, Australianm. Benth. Fl. Austral. vii. 658. — Labill. Pl. Nov. Holl. t. 117 (Ehrharta). 
Hook. f. Fl. Tasm. t. 154. 
102. Phalaris, Linn. Gen. n. 74.—Spicule 1-florz, compresse, in panicula spiciformi 
dense confertee, rhachilla supra glumas inferiores articulata, flore terminali hermaphrodito. 
Glum:e ssepius 6, 2 inferiores infra articulati persist , Gieteris majores, tenuiter 
paleacez, carinato-complicate, muties, carina interdum alata, 2 intermedis ceteris 
brevi tenuissi anguste l latee v. ad setas reductz v. rarius una deficiente, 
2 superiores tenues v. hyalin:e carina&z muticz, quarum quinta latior tenuiter 3-5-nervis 
nervo medio interdum obsoleto, sexta (v. palea?) ob nervum medium sepius obsoletum 
tenuiter 2-nervis ; palea ceterum 0. Stamina 3. Styli distincti, stigmatibus plumosis. 
Caryopsis oblonga, glumis superioribus inclusa, libera.—Gramina annua v. perennia, foliis 
planis. Panicula in pedunculo terminali nunc stricte spiciformis v. capituliformis, nune 
subinterrupta dense thyrsoidea, spiculis in ramulis brevissimis subsessilibus. 
Species 9 v. 10, regionis Medi ab ins. Canariensibus usque ad Affghani et Americze 
extratropiez tam borealis quam australis incole, dus ex Europeis in Africa, Australia aliisque 
regionibus inquiline.  Beauv. Agrostogr. 36, t. 7, f. 1. Kunth, Enum. Pl. i 31. Schreb. Beschr. 
Grüs. 83, £, 10, 12. Trin. Spec. Gram. t. 74 ad 82. Cav. Ic. t. 64. Host, Gram. Austr. ii. t. 88 ad. 
40. Nees, Gen. Fl. Germ. Monocot. i. n. 19. — Reichb. Ic. Fl. Geri. t, 59.  Sibth. Fl. Grec. t. 56 
ad 58. Webb, Phytogr. Canar. t, 241. Doll in Mart. Fl. Bras. ii. ii. 28, t. 9. 
Ale glumarum inferiorum valde variabiles sunt. In P.canariensi latissime; in P. gparadoza, 
aliisque angustissimz ; in P. intermedia, Bosc. (P. americana, Ell.), omnino desunt. 
Dionarur, Trim. Fundam. Agrostogr. 127 (BarpINGERA, Gertn. Mey. et Schreb. Fl. Wetter. ex 
Schrad. Fl. Germ. 181, 1. 6, f. 5. — Reichb. Ic. Fl. Germ. t. 52. INees, Gen. Fl. Germ. Monocot. i. 
».13. Tyrmormss, Mench, Meth. 201), est P. arundinacea, Linn. ; Host, Gram. Austr. ii. 26, t. 38, 
à speciebus carina exalata parum diversa, caule elato arundinaceo, et panicula distinete ramosa, dense 
thyrsoidea, ramuli tamen breves densissimeqi icif et eh alii ad genus distinguen- 
dum desunt. 
103. Anthoxanthum, Linn. Gen. n. 42, —Spiculs 1-florze, anguste, parum compressze, 
in panicula spiciformi cylind fertz, rhachilla supra glumas inferiores articulata 
sepius pilosa, lore terminali hermaphrodito. Glum:e 6, 2 inferi infra articulati 
persistentes, acute ie v. in aristam brevissimam products, secunda ceteris 
longior, 2 intermediz multo breviores vacus anguste carinatze medio dorso v. prope 
basin aristate, 2 superiores multo breviores hyalinee obtuse muticm, quarum quinta 
latissima sextam (v. paleam ?) angustam 1-nervem floremque includens ; palea creterum 0. 
Stamina 2. Styli distincti, stigmatibus elongatis plumosis. Caryopsis oblonga, glumis 
nterioribus non inJuratis inclusa, libsra. —Gramina aromatica, erecta, annua v. perennia, 
foliis planis, Panicula spiciformis terminalis, pedunculata, densa v. laxiu scula, ramulis 
brevissimis dense plutispiculati 
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