Festucec.] ^ 00. GRAMINEJE. 1191 
Species 1, Amerieze tropicze a Brasilia usque ad Indiam occidentalem et Mexicum incola. Kun, 
Enum. Pl. i. 423; Hev. Gram. t. 1. Doll in Mart. Fl. Bras. ii, iii. 7. 36. 
Genus Centothece et Lophathere affine.  Florem in spicula s€pe unicum fertilem. invenimus, 
gluma superiore vaeua v. paleam solam fovente, interdum tamen flores 2 fertiles adsunt, gluma 
vaeua ad apicem rhachille minuta v. 0. Stamina 2 dieuntur sed certe interdum adsunt 3. Spieule 
in aliis speciminibus femine:e videntur, in aliis hermaphrodite v. interdum mascula. 
241. Lophatherum, Brongn. in Duperr. Voy. Coq. Bot. 49,t. 8. (Acroelytrum, Steud, 
in Flora, 1846, 20. Alletotheca, Steud. Syn. Pl. Glwm. i. 117.)—Spicule 1-florz, secus 
panicule ramulos simplices sparss, rhachilla supra glumam infimam subarticulata ultra 
florem producta apice oc-glumif flore hermaphrodito. Glum:e 2 inferiores vacum, 
lati loe, obtusze, ! b-nerves, extima ssepe persistens, secunda similis nisi 
major; tertia florens adhuc major, 5-7-nervis, haud raro arista brevi terminata ; plures 
ad apicem rhachillze vacus v. paleam. parvam foventes, gradatim minores et semet invol- 
ventes, paucinerves, breviter aristatz, cristam unilateralem parvam e spicula exsertam 
formantes; palea glumze subzqualis, angusta, hyalina, 2-carinata, carinis plus minus 
alatis. Stamina3. Styli basi brevissime connati, stigmatibus elongatis tenuiter plumosis. 
Caryopsis oblonga, gluma inclusa, libera.—Gramen elatiusculum, erectum, habitu Cento- 
theca, foliis planis lanceolatis inter venas transversim venulosis. Panicula longa, ramis 
sparsis dissitis, nune elongatis spiculis distichis, nunc abbreviatis spiculis confertis. Spiculie 
subteretes, lineares v. rarius lati 1 i Ibsessil 
Species 1 v. 2, inter se valde affines, Indie orientalis, Archipelagi Malayani, Chine et Japoniz 
ineole. Kunih, Enum. Pl.i. 390.  Steud. Syn. Pl. Glum. i. 300. 
249. Streptogyne, Beawv. Agrostogr. 80, t. 16, f. 8. —Spicule pauci- (1-4-)florz, lineari- 
teretes, in spica unilaterali subsessiles, rhachilla inter flores scepius longiuscula'articulata, 
floribus saltem inferioribus l iphroditis. Glum:e 2 inferi vacusm, extima parva, 
secunda longior, latiuscula, convoluta, oo-nervis, acuta, mutica ; florentes longiores, rigidi- 
ores, arcte convolutz, oc-nerves, in aristam tenuem rectam producte, summze 1-3 vacuze, 
gradatim minores; palea gluma arcte inclusa, angusta, membranacea, breviter 2-fida, 
2-carinata, genitalia involvens.  Lodieule angusts 2 (v. 87). Stamina 2-3. Styli 2-3, 
basi breviter connati, stigmatibus longissime filiformibus breviter papillosis demum spira- 
liter tortis.  Caryopsis linearis, teres, exsylea, gluma paleaque leviter induratis arcte 
inclusa, libera.—G erectum elati lum, foliis longis planis in vaginam longe 
gustatis, venulis t istessellatis. Spica terminalis, longa, rigida. Spicul: longze, 
nunc dissitze rhachi adp , nunc confertse, semper secunde. 
Species 1, Indiz orientalis, Africze tropieze, Amerieze tropiez et civitatum australium Ameriez 
borealis incole. Kunth, Enwm. Pl.i. 427. Doll in Mart. Fl. Bras. ii. iii. 171, t. 46. 
Specimina Americana, Africana et Indica, inter se simillima, omnia variare videntur florum numero 
in spieula, stylis staminibusve 2 v. 3. Genus pluribus notis Lophathere afüne, abunde differt 
inflorescentia, spiculis longis, stigmatibus longissimis tortis, etc. 
943. Zeugites, Schreb. Gen. Pl. 810. (Senites, Adans. Fam. ii. 39, char. manco. 
Despretzia, Kunth, Rev. Gram. ii. 485, t. 157. Krombholzia, Fowrn. im Bull. Soc. Bot. 
Belg. xv. 463.)—Spieulie cc-flore, paniculatz, rhachilla continua v. vix sub flore fertili 
articulata supra florem fertilem sepe elongata, flore inferiore foemineo superioribus 
masculis. Glumse tenuiter membranaces, multinerves, 2 inferi vacusm, latissi 
parum insequales, apice v. truncatz, spe subdentatw, mutics, inter nervos 
swpius transversim venulos; tertia florem 9 fovens vacuis similis nisi paullo major, 
interdum mucronulata ; superiores 2-5 flores d' foventes'angustiores szepeque mucronulatz, 
venulis transversis raris; palea angusta, hyalina, 2-carinata. Stamina in flore d 3. Styli 
in flore 9 distincti, stigmatibus longiusculis laxe plumosis. Caryopsis oblonga, gluma 
paleaque inclusa, libera.—Gramina nunc debilia basi decumbentia ramosa, nunc elatiora 
valida, foliis planis petiolatis v. sessilibus ovatis v. ovato-lanceolatis, inter venas transverse 
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