Tab. 4q. AKUNDO Reynaudiana. 



-ranicula ramosa, diffusa^ spiculis subseptemfloris, glumas duplo triplove supe- 

 rantibus^ flore infimo unipaleaceo , neutro , reliquis hermaphroditis , ad ventrem 

 lanatis, summo tabescente^ foliis planis, interne margineque scabris. 



Crescit in Pegu. Legit cel. Reynaud 



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Gulmus erectus , simplex, teres, striatus, laevis, glaber, durus, sublignosus, medulla tenui 

 larctus, quadripedalis etaltiorj nodis imberbibus. Folia anguste linearia, apice valde angustata, 



ana, multmervia, externe glabra, interne margineque scabra, subsesquipedalia , tres lineas 

 lata. Vaginae internodiis duplo triplove breviores, teretes, sulcato-striatae, glabrae, 2j-2j-polllccs 

 longae. Ligula : margo ciliatus. Panicula terminalis, ramosa, dlflUsa, subpedalisj ramis fasciculato- 

 subsemiverticillatis , patentibus, elongatis, inferioribus 4-5-pollicaribus , remotis, ramuTiscpie 

 filiformibus, laxis, scabris 5 rhachis panicula? angulata, striato-sulcatn . Spicul.T pedicellatne, in 

 ramis et ramulis subracemosim dispositae , septemflorae , 2-2-l-lliicas longac j flores distantes. 



hermaphroditi ; infimus unipaleaceus , neuter^ summus tabcscens; rhachis flexuosa, artlcnlis 

 superne sericeo-pilosis. Glumae duae, subocquales, lanceolatae, acutatac, unincrviac, cannatfi', 

 glabrae, carina scabriuscula , fascescenles, spicula duplo breviores. Flos infimus neutcr ghimi«; 

 simillimus, sed paulo longior et 3-nervius. Flores hermaphroditi : Paleac membranacuu? ; infenor 

 ovato-lanceolata, 5-nervia, nervis viridibus, apicebifida, Inter lobos subulutos aristata, vires- 

 cens, carinato-concava, glabriuscula, versus marginemlanata ; pllis molUbus, rectiusculi s, albiflls, 

 paleam subaequantibus ; arista continua, scabra, curvata, palea dimidio brevlor. Palca supc- 

 rior j bre vior , lanceolata, bicarinata, binervia, hyaUna, apice emarginata , lobis acutis, cariols 

 viridibus, scabriuscuHs. Squamulae duae, laterales, hyahnac , glabrtK , subrhomboideae, apice 

 acuminatae ibi<pie lacinulatae, inaeq^uales, altera interdum apice producta et subcultriformis. 

 Stamina tria, basi stipiti ovariiferi inserta, duo interiora longiora. FilamenU glabra. Antherae 

 Hneares, ulnnqae bifid^, lobis terminalibus acutiusculis , basilaribus obtusis, biloculares, croceae, 

 secundum longitudinem dehiscentes. Pollinis granula minutissima, subrotunda, hyalina.^ Ovarium 

 breviter stipitatum, oblongum, glabrum. StyU duo, terminales, breves. Stigmata penicilUformia ; 

 piUs denticulato-paplUosis, flavidis, integris vel apice bifidis, Fructus mihi haud suppetit. 



