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superior bicarinata ; arista recta , non articulata, rarissime abortiens. Squamule 
dus, integrae, glabrae. Stamina tria. Ovarium glabrum. Styli duo, terminales. 
Stigmata plumosa; pilis simplicibus. Caryopsis elongata, trigona , glabra , libera; 
pericarpio tenui, membranaceo, interdum solubili. 
Gramina exotica. Culmi simplices vel plerumque ramosi. Folia plana. 
SPECIES GENUINE : 
1. SPICULJE BIFLORE ; FLOS SUPERIOR UNIPALEACEUS, NEUTER , MUTICUS, LATIUSCULUS ; PALEA INFERIOR FLORIS 
HERMAPHRODITI SUB APICE SUBMUCRONATA : r 
1. Chloris submutica Hum. et K unt. (Eustachys submutica Hoe. et Schult. — Chloris imberbis 
Desf. ) — Mexico, Brasilia. 
2. SPICUL/E 3-4-rr1onx; FLOS INFIMUS HERMAPHRODITUS, ARISTATUS ; RELIQUI STERILES DILATATI, EX HIS 1-2 
INFERIORES ARISTATI, SUMMUS MUTICUS , RARISSIME OM NES ARISTATI : 
2. Chloris ciliata Swartz. ( Andropogon pubescens 24it.) — Antille , Jamaica. 
3. Chloris virgata Swartz. ( Rabdochloa virgata Beauv. ) — Antigua , Mexico. 
4. Chloris elegans Humb. et Kunth. — Mexico. 
5. Chloris polydactyla Swartz. (Andropogon polydactylon Linn. Sp. — Andropogon barbatum 
Linn. Amon.) — Jamaica , Cumana. 
6. Chloris fasciculata ScArad., Schult. — Brasilia. 
7. Chloris consanguinea. — Brasilia. — Eadem ac praecedens ? 
8. Chloris barbata Swartz. ( Andropogon barbatum Linn. Mant.)— India orientalis et ? Brasilia. 
9. Chloris montana Hox?. — India orientalis , ut subsequens. 
10. Chloris polystachya Hox?. (Chloris Roxburghiana ScAu/t. ) 
3. sPICULUE 2-B-rronx; FLORES OMNES ARISTATI ; INFERIOR HERMAPHRODITUS; RELIQUI TABESCENTES , TENUES: 
11. Chloris humilis. — Brasilia. 
12. Chloris foliosa 77i//d. — Insula St. Thom» Americes , Portorico. 
13. Chloris cruciata Swaríz. ( Agrostis cruciata Linz. — Rabdochloa cruciata Beauv.)-— Jamaica , 
Cuba. : 
14. Chloris Beyrichana. — Brasilia. 
15. Chloris radiata Swartz. ( Andropogon fasciculatum Linn. Syst. — Agrostis radiata Linn. Sp. — 
Cynosurus scoparius Lam. — Chloris scoparia Hort. Paris. — Chloris virgata Durand. — Chloris pallida 
JV illd. — Chloris compressa Dec., teste specim. in herb. Desf. ) — Yndia occidentalis , Peruvia. 
16. Chloris divaricata Brown. — Nova Hollandia. 
17. Chloris Prieuri. — Senegalia. 
Á. SPICULIE J- Á[- FLORJE ; FLORES INFERIORES HERMAPHRODITI, ARISTATI ; SUMMUS TABESCENS , DIFFORMIS , 
MUTICUS : 
18. Chloris monostachya Poir. ( Cynosurus monostachyus J/aAl. — Eleusine monostachya Spreng. ) 
— India orientalis. 
19. Chloris truncata Brown. ( Chloris dolichostachya Lag. — Chloris elongata Poir. — Chloris megas- 
tachya Schrad. ) — Novà Hollandia , Insulz Philippine , Timor. 
20. Chloris Gayana. — Senegalia. 
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