1192 CC. GRAMINEJE. [Festucec. 
venulosis, Panicula terminalis, nunc laxa effusa spiculis paucis nutantibus, nune dense 
floribunda. 
Species 5 v. 6, Amerieze tropieze a Columbia usque ad Indiam occidentalem et Mexicum disperse. 
Beauv. Agrostogr. 110, 1.12, f. 9. .Fourn. Grain, Mez. 121. P. Br. Hist. Ja. t. 4, f. 3 (Apluda). 
244. Pleuropogon, A. Br. in App. Parr. Voy. Suppl. 289, t. D. (Lophochlzna, Nees 
in Ann. Nat. Hist. ser. 1, i. 283.)—Spieule oc- (8-14-)forz, secus rhachin simplicem 
racemos, rhachill supra glumas inferiores et inter flores articulata, floribus herma- 
phroditis v. summo masculo. Glum: 2 inferiores vacuse, 'bhyali: 
1-nerves v. secunda. sub-3-nervis, muticze, inzequales ; florentes longiores, membranacec 
v. rigidulz, 7-nerves, apice breviter hyalinze, integrv v. emarginato-bifidze, nervo medio 
in mucronem v. aristam excurrente, lateralibus glumà Drenonbus; ; palea gluma Y 
brevior, hyalina, 2-carinata, carinis elevatis cristatis v. app lineari i 
ciliatisque. Stamina 3. Styli breves, stigmatibus plumosis. Caryopsis oblonga, cras- 
siuscula, gluma paleaque abus libera. —Gramins erecta, mollia, foliis planis. Racemus 
simplex, breviter ped laxus, interd gat Spiculze majuscule, dissitze, 
breviter pedicellatee, erectiuscule v. pendulte. 
Species 3, quarum una Aretiea, 2 Californiem. — Kunth, Emu. Pl. i. 368. Thurb, in S. Wats. 
Bot. Calif. ii. 306 C'aploctiena) Hook. et Arn. Dot. Beech. Voy. t. 98 (Lophochlena). 
UH mrylkinia, F. Schmidt, Reise Amwrl. Bot. 199, t. 8.—Spiculz l-florz, secus 
seeund:e, rhachilla sub flore demum artieulata glabra, 
ulira florem in stipitem gaius flore hermaphrodito. Glum:z 4 inferiores vacuz, 
extima angusta, 1-3-nervis, datim majores, 5-nerves, mucronato- 
acuminate v. aristatz ; quinta sola florens, cowteris Jongior longiusque aristata, 5—7-nervis ; 
palea angusta, 2-carinata, gluma inclusa. Stamina 3. Styli distincti, stigmatibus 
plumosis. Caryopsis longe oblonga, crassiuscula, exsulea.—Gramen perenne, flaccidum, 
longe ascendens, foliis planis. Racemus simplex, ei Plewropogonis subsimilis, spiculis 
jusculis breviter pedicellatis pendulis. 
Species 1, Japonize et ins, Saehalin incola. 
246. Uniola, Linn. Gen. ». 89. (Trisiola, Jtafin. 4. Jowrn. Phys. Ixxxix. 104. Chas- 
manthium, Link, Hort. Berol. i. 159.)—Spicule oc- (3-20-)flore, plans, paniculatze, 
rhachilla inter flores demum artieulata, floribus hermaphroditis v. summo masculo. 
Glum:ze complicato-carinats, rigidze, multinerves, acutz v. rarius obtusiusculw, muticrze, 
carina interdum anguste alata, 3-6 inferi vacus, gradatim auctz ; florentes vacuis 
similes nisi paullo majores, summa ssepius iterum minor florem d fovens v. vacua ; palea 
rigidula, 2-carinata, carinis anguste alatis. Stamina 3. Styli distincti, stigmatibus plumosis. 
Caryopsis oblonga, crassiuscula, a latere compressa, gluma paleaque laxe inclusa, libera. 
—Gramina erecta, sspe elata, foliis planis v. convolutis.  Panicula nune elongata, 
stricta, subsimplex, spiculis secus ux fasciculatis v. sparsis, nunc ampla, laxa v. densa. 
Spiculee in ordine. insigniter lat». p d magna ; glumse rigidz, herbaceze 
v. coriacez, nervis interdum donuisdiniie 1 2 utrinque evidentioribus semper tamen revera 
in U. paniculata glums 6 i , in ewteris speciebus 4 v. interdum 3 
vacusm. 
Species nobis notz genuinze boreali-Americange 4, quarum una etiam in America centrali et australi 
andina v. extratropiea invenitur. Jeauv. Agrostogr. 14, 1.10, f. 6. Kunth, Enum. Pl. i. 424; Rev. 
Gram. t. 72. Linn. Amon. Acad. vii. (..3, f. 40 (spicula U. paniculate). Benth. in Journ. Linn. Soc. 
xix. 122. His dubie additur U. racemiflora, "Trin. (U. virgata, Griseb. Fl. Brit. W. Ind. 531), ex 
India occidentali, inflorescentia fere Leptochloe ; spieze numerose breves omnino CA/oridearuin secus 
dunceulum longum densissime confertee seeundze, sed spiculz, etsi minimze, omnino. Uniole. | 
Species 3, Mexicanze, a Fourniero edite, nobis ignotz, ex charactere dato a genere differunt glumis 
vacuis 2 tantum et caryopsi lineari-elongata. 
