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SPECIES DUBLE : 
4. Cynosurus multibracteatus Atom. e£ Schult. ( Cynosurus polybracteatus Poir. ) — Barbaria. 
5. Cynosurus paniculatus Tun. — Cap. bone spei. 
6. Cynosurus ternatus Forsk. — Arabia. 
140. LAMARCKRIA Moss) 
Spicule biflorze ; spiculis crebrioribus sterilibus intermixtis; floribus remotis ; 
altero hermaphrodito; altero rudimentario, arista suffulto. Glume dux, lanceo- 
lat» , subulatee, subsequales, a flore inferiore remotz. Paleze due, membranacee ; 
inferior cylindraceo-involuta , infra apicem bifidum aristata; superior bicarinata. 
Squamule dua? minutissime, glabro. Stamina tria. Ovarium glabrum. Styli duo, 
terminales, breves. Stigmata elongata, puberula. Caryopsis oblonga , complanata , 
glabra , palez superiori adherens. Spicule steriles 5-8-floro; floribus unipaleaceis, 
distantibus; glumis ut in spiculis fertilibus; paleis obovato-subrotundis, concavis, 
muticis. 
Culmi.cespitosi, erecti, simplices vel ramosi. F'olia plana, membranacea. Li- 
gula longissima. Paniculze simplices , confertze; spiculis pedicellatis, 
Vix a Cynosuro distincta, nisi glumis a flore inferiore remotis. 
SPECIES : 
1. Lamarckia aurea Moench. ( Cynosurus aureus Linz. — Chrysurus cynosuroides Pers. ) — Europa 
australis , Darbaria , Oriens. 
141. ECTROSIA Baowx. 
Spicula multiflora; floribus distichis , distantibus; infimo hermaphrodito; reli- 
quis tabescentibus, masculis vel neutris longius aristatis. Glume duse, membra- 
nacez, carinate , mutice, spicula breviores, insequales (subzequales, ex Brown. ). 
Pale: membranaces ; inferior trinervia, carinata, apice bifida, inter lacinias aris- 
tata; arista recta, non articulata ; palea superior bicarinata, mutica. Squamule dus, 
laterales, subcuneatee, obsolete emarginato-bilobe , carnosoxmembranacee, glabre. 
Stamina tria , stipiti ovarii inserta. Ovarium stipitatum, glabrum. Styli duo, ter- 
minales, breves. Stigmata plumosa; pilis simplicibus. Caryopsis oblongo-fusiformis, 
levis , glabra , libera , decidua. Embryo fructu triplo brevior. 
Gramina tropica. Panicula ramosa, coarctata. Spicule pedicellate. 
Choridi affinis, inflorescentia presertim distincta. Inter 'T'riraphin et Eleusinem 
posuit ill. Brown. Festucis quoque similis. 
