88 CHLORIDE .E. 
SPECIES : 
1. Dactyloctenium egyptiacum J/i//d. ( Cynosurus egy ptius Linn. Sp. — Chloris mucronata Mich.— 
Elus wegyptiaca Pers. — Eleusine cruciata Lam. 1/7. — Rhabdochloa mucronata Beauv. — Dactyloc- 
tenium mucronatum JZi//d. — JEgilops saccharinum 77a/t. — Eleusine ciliata Hafiz.?) — Asia, Africa , 
America. : ; : 
2. Dactyloctenium prostratum 7Zi//d. ( Chloris prostrata Poir. — Eleusine prostrata Spreng. )— Ma- 
labaria. | 
3. Dactyloctenium radulans Beauv. ( Eleusine radulans Brown.) — Nova Hollandia. —— 
4. Dactyloctenium aristatum Lin£.— /Egyptus.—Simillimum D. mucronato, teste cel. Link. 
95. EUSTACHYS Dzsv. 
Spice digitato-fasciculatee. Spicule unilaterales, sessiles, biflore ; flore superiore 
sterili. Glumzx dux, membranacee, persistentes ; superior (exterior) major, apice 
emarginato-biloba , mucronato - aristata. Palee dus, membranaces; inferior 
carinata, sub apice mucronata; superior bicarinata. Squamule due, glabrae. Sta- 
mina tria. Ovarium. glabrum. Styli duo , terminales. Stigmata penicilliformia ; 
pilis simplicibus. Caryopsis oblique oblonga, triangularis, glabra , libera; pericarpio 
membranaceo, hyalino, humectato laxo, solubili. 
Gramina culmis ramosis , compressis, diffusis , repentibus. Folia plana. 
Medium tenet inter Dactyloctenium et Chloridem. Chloris submutica Zum. 
et Kunth. est minime hujus generis ob glumarum structuram. 
SPECIES : 
1. Eustachys petrza Desv. (Chloris petreea TAunb. — Agrostis complanata 44i£. — Cynosurus pas- 
paloides /a//. — Andropogon capense Hout.—Schultesia petrzea Spreng. Pug.)—Cap. bone spei, Ame- 
rica borealis, Jamaica. 
2. Eustachys distichophylla. ( Chloris distichophylla Lagasca. ) — Bonaria , Chili. 
3. Eustachys ? confertifolia. ( Chloris confertifolia Tiz., Spreng. ) — Ynsula St. Catharinae. 
Á4. Eustachys? retusa. ( Chloris retusa Lagasca. ) — Bonaria. 
5. Eustachys? polystachya. ( Chloris polystachya Lag.) — Mexico. 
96. CHLORIS. 
Chloridis species Swartz et auct. , Tetrapogon Desf. 
Spice digitato-fasciculatee , rarissime solitariee vel geminze. Spicule unilaterales, 
sessiles, 2-0-florze; flores distichi; 1-5 inferiores hermaphroditi, sub apice aristati (ra- 
rissime mucronati); reliqui neutri , aristati vel mutici. Glumee due, membranacez, 
persistentes, acutatae , muticze vel superior ( exterior [ in C. virgata ] ) brevissime aris- 
tata; in C. villosa: ambe mucronate. Palec dus, membranacea; inferior irinervia, 
trigono-carinata , sub apice aristata, plerumque margine dorsoque piloso-ciliata ; 
