Agrostidec.] CC. GRAMINEZE. 1151 
iv. 4. 42 ad 47, 50, 51. — Heichb. Ic. Fl. Germ. t. 40 ad. 43. Nees, Gen, Fl. Germ. Monocot, i, a, 33. 
Parlat. Fl. Iial. i. 205. 
Genus A4grosti arcte affine, et, species nonnullee, e.g. C. tenella, Kunth, et C. olypica, Boiss, omnino 
intermedize videntur. 
134. Cinna, Linn. Gen. n. 15. (Abola, Adans. Fam.ii. 91. Blyttia, Pies, Novit. Fl. 
Suec. Mant. ii. 2.) —Spiculee 1-florze, paniculatee, rhachilla supra glumas inferiores articu- 
lata, sub flore vix inerassata glabra, ultra florem non v. in stipitem minimum producta, 
flore hermaphrodito. Glum:e 2 inferiores vacure, sub articulatione persistentes, carinatz, 
acutis, preter carinam subenerves ; tertia florens simillima nisi sub apice obtusiusculo 
arista brevissima v. mucrone dorsali instructa ; palea paullo minor sed pariter carinata 
(nervis 2 in unum coalitis?), carinis omnibus Subs minimis ciliatis. Stamen 1. Styli 
breves, distincti, stigmatibus plumosis. Caryopsis lineari-oblonga, gluma paleaque inclusa, 
li UEM AEN elata, foliis planis. Panicula longa, ramulis filiformibus fasciculatis 
ramulosis confertis v. sub anthesi expansis, dense v. laxiuscule multispiculiferis. 
Species 2, Americe et Europe regionum borealium incole, ab auetoribus nonnullis pro unius 
varietatibus habite, nobis tamen ex speciminibus siccis satis distinetee videntur.  ScAreb. Beschr. 
Grüs. t. 49. In C. pendula, Trin. (C. ezpansa, Link., C. latifolia, Griseb.), rhachille. continuationem 
ultra florem frustra quisivimus, quie tamen seepissime observatur in C. arundinacea, Linn. ; Beauv. 
Agrostogr. 81,t. 7,f.12. Ex Behrensio i in Bot. eus 1877, 431, palez carina in C. latifolia, i Geitebu 
e nervis 2 consistit arcte app sed p distineto separatis, quod tamen ex obser- 
vatione repetita sp fi nequimus, An revera in utraque specie nervi 2 
nunc arcte coaliti nune subdistineti ? 
135. Gastridium, Beawv. Agrostogr. 21, t. 6, f. 6.—Spicul:e 1-floree, parvze, in panicula 
densa spiciformi cylindracea conferte, rhachilla supra glumas inferiores articulata, ultra 
florem in stipitem brevem producta, flore hermaphrodito. Glum:e 3, 2 inferiores infra 
persist , vacua, Venen basi concav:e, superne carinatz, acute v. in 
aristam brevem products, parum ; tertia florens subtriplo brevior, tenuiter 
hyalina, lata, truncato- dentata, mutica v. sub apice arista dorsali instructa ; palea angusta, 
gluma vix brevior. Stamina 3. Styli breves, distincti, stigmatibus plétiosdi Caryopsis 
subglobosa, nitida, glumis basi veniricosis inclusa, libera.—Gramina annua, csespitosa, 
foliis planis. Panicula is, longiuscule ped lata, nitidula, rarius prope basin 
subramosa. Gluma florens pubescens. 
Species 2, regionis Mediterranez, Europe occidentalis et ins. Canariensium incole, una etiam in 
Africa tropica et Ameriea australi extratropica obvia, forte inquilina. — Kunth, Enum. Pl. i. 220. 
Sehreb. Beschr. Grüs. t. 23, f. 3 (Milium). —.Host. Gram, Austr. iii. t. 24 (Milium). — Nees, Gen. Fl. 
Germ, Monocot, i.n. 81. Reichb. Ic. Fl. Germ. 1.32. Sibth. Fl. Grec. t. 60 (Milium). Coss. et Dur. 
Expl. Alg. t. 40, f. 2, 3. 
136. Cheetotropis, Kunth, Rev. Gram. i. 271, t. 47.—8Spicule parvie, 1-florze, in pani- 
cula densa interrupte spiciformi numerose, rhachilla supra glumas inferiores articulata 
glabra, ultra florem szepius in pum capillarem. producta, flore hermaphrodito. Glumze 
2 inferiores vacus, sub art angustz, carinatz, acutz v. breviter 
parum les ; tertia florens multo brevior, lata, hyalina, truncato- 
dentata, mutiea v. sub apice setula minuta aristata; palea parva, hyalina. Stamina 3. 
Styli distincti, breves, stigmatibus plumosis. Caryopsis parva, gluma inclusa, libera. enr 
Gramen perenne, elatiusculum, foliis planis. — Panicula coarctata, densissima, ramulis 
breviter spiciformibus sessilibus ovoideis v. cylindraceis d ]tispieulat 
Glumarum inferiorum carin:e ciliate. 
Species 1, "Ohilesims; Genus Agrosti arcte affine, differt inflorescentia et rhachille continuatione 
Setacea. 
137. Triplachne, Link, Hort. Berol. ii. 241. —Spiculie 1-florze, parve, in panicula densa 
spiciformi confertz, rhachilla supra glumas inferiores articulata, ultra florem í siipitem 
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