Festucea.] CO. 'GRAMINEE. 1189 
2-nerves';- superiores 2-o0 gradatim minores angustioresque, quarum 1-2 verisimiliter 
florem d', eseterze paleam solam foventes v. omnino vacure ;'palea floris fertilis incurva, 
2:carinata, carinis la£e alatis. Stamina . . . Styli breves, distincti, stigmatibus plumosis. 
Caryopsis ineurva v. oblique obtuseque aeuminata, gluma paleaque inclusa, libera.— 
Gramina (annua?) humilia, multicaulia, erecta, e:spitosa, foliis angustis convolutis. 
Spicule parve, molles, ovatce v. orbiculatz, nunc in panicula terminali anguste spiciformi 
densa v. int pta fasciculatze, nunc (interd in eodem specimine) in capitulum 
ovoideum crassum intra folii vaginam subsessile confertow. 
Species 2, Australians. Benth, in. Hook. Ic. PI. t. 1250. 
236. Anthochloa, Nees im Lindl. Introd. Nat. Syst. ed. 2, 490, et in Pl. Meyen. 164 
(Antochloa).—Spiculie pauciflorze, secus rhachin simplicem inflorescentiz brevis subcapi- 
tuliformis singule v. inferiores 2-3-ns, breviter pedicellatze, rhachilla inter flores arti- 
culata, floribus hermaphroditis. Glume late, hyalino-scariosse, albe, muticee, 2 inferiores 
vacuse, incequales ; florentes majores, a basi brevissime cucullata latissime expansew, fere 
flabellat», breviter sub-D-nerves ; superiores 1-2 minores vacuse, sub-3-nerves ; palea 
angusta, hyalina, alte 9-4-fida. Stamina 3. Styli breves, distincti, stigmatibus plumosis. 
Caryopsis (immatura) ovoidea, intra basin glum:e palesque inclusa, libera.— Gramina 
humilia, czspitosa, foliis angustis planis. Panicul: laxe capituliformes, inter folia sessiles 
v. pedunculo brevi exsertz, glumis scarioso-petaloideis albis insignes, Helichrysi cujus- 
dam capitula v. corollas plenas simulant. 
Species edite 2, forte ad unam reducendz, Andium Peruvie et Bolivie iüeoke, Steud. Syn. Pl. 
Glum.i.292. Benth. im Hook. Ic. Pl. t. 1363. 
997. Mfelica, Linn. Gen. n. 82.—Spicule 1-2- rarius co-florce, anguste v. laxe panicu- 
latze, rhachilla continua v. tardius supra glumas inferiores articulata, ultra flores producta, 
glumifera, floribus h phroditis v. summo masculo. Glum:e 2 inferiores vacuze, mem- 
Lbranace: sepe hyalinse, obtus:e v. acutze, muticee, parum. insquales, 9-5-nerves v. secunda 
rarius 7-nervis, florentes majores, tenues v. rigidiores 5-o0- (sepius 7-9-) nerves, nervis 
lateralibus sepius infra apicem evanidis, carina interdum in mucronem v. aristam exeur- 
rente ; superiores 2-20 vacuse, gradatim minores semetque involventes, massam clavatam 
bblongam v. obovoid interdum demum induratam f v. rarius laxiuscule ; 
palea lata, gluma brevior, 2-carinata. Stamina 3. styli distincti, stigmatibus plumosis. 
Caryopsis oblongo-fusiformis, a dorso compressiuscula, levis, gluma paleaque inclusa, 
libera.—Gramina perennia, erecta, interdum elatiuscula, foliis planis v. convolutis. Pani- 
cula nune angusta tata longe floribunda v. subsi plex oligostachya fere iformi 
nunc effusa ramulis filiformibus p ispieulatis. Spicule sewepe majuscule, colorate v. 
subscarioss, demum szpe nutantes ; in M. imperfecta, Trin. (M. pocoide et M. panáicoide, 
Nuit.) parve numerose fere Pos. Glumze florentes nune margine longe denseque 
ciliatze nunc brevissime ciliatze v. omnino nude.  Lodiculm variant connate v. liberz. 
Species fere 30, Europe, Asie temperatz, Afriem extratropicm et Ameriese borealis andins v. 
australis extratropieze incole. Beauv. Agrostogr. 68, t. 14, J.4,0.. Kunth, Enum. Pl.i. 3915; Rev. 
Gram. t. 89." Schreb. Beschr. Grüs. t. 6, 54. Trin. Spec. Gram. t. 395. Qav. Ic. t. 412, 413. . Host, 
Gram. Austr, ii. 1. 9 ad 12, iv. t. 28. — Nees, Gen. Fl, Germ. Monocot, i. n. 60. Reichb. Ic. Fl, Germ. 
t.T2. Boiss. Voy. Hisp. t. VIT. Sibth. Fl. Grec. t. 10, T1. — Viv. Fl. Lib. Spec. t. 2, £L Dow: 
in Jacquem. Voy. Bot. t. Y15. H. B. et K. Nov. Gen. e£ Sp. 1.693. Darll in Mart. Fl. Bras. ii. iii. 
126, t. 38. 
In speciebus typieis Melice, spieulee sepius nutantes v. pendule, floribus rarius plus quam 2, 
glum:ze florentes margine plus minus scariose nec unquam aristatz, et glum:e superiores vaeus in 
massam clayatam v. obovoideam eonfortze. Sectio Bromelica, Thurb. in S. Wats. Bot. Calif. ii. 304, 
species 4 continet ex America boreali-oceidentali, spieulis erectis 3-8-floris, glumis florentibus 
rigidioribus interdum mueronatis v. aristatis, summis vaeuis angustioribus minus confertis. Sectio 
tam habitu quam characteribus quodammodo Diarrhene accedit, sed- mediante AM. stricta, Doland., 
arcte cum AMelicis typicis connectitur, 
