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PAPPOPHORUM 



PALLIDUM • 



Anstis9,plumosis3panicula spicaeformi, cjlmdracea, conferta: foliis moUiter 



pubescentibus^ glumis moUiter pilosis. 



appophorum pallidum Brown Prod. i. p. 18 S. 

 Enneapogon ^^WiA^Desvaux Journ. de hot. i8i3.p. yo. 



Crescit in littoribus Novae Hollandiae 



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inter tropicos 



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Culmi simplices, teretes, striati, glabri, Inferne foliosi, subpedales. Folia anguste linearia, apice 

 subulata, plana, externe sulcato-nervosa, interne strlata, membranacea, molUter pub 



tardlus glab 



4-pollicaria, vix lineam lata. Vaglnae approximato-imbricatoe, sulcato 



pubescentes, praesertim adapicem. Ligula: margo piloso-serlceus. Panlcula splcaeformis, cyllndra- 

 cea, conferta, 21 lineas longa, crassltie pennae cycneae; rhachl ramis pedicelHsque molllter pubes- 

 centibus. Spiculae pedicellatse, triflorge j flores dlstantes j inferlor hermaphrodltus, sessiHs ; superiores 

 tabescentes, gradatlm minores, neutrl, summus imnutusj rhachls splcula3 glabra. Gliuna; duae. 



membranaceae , concavae, albido-stramineae , externe moll 



pllosae 



millaterae 



apice 



bllobae, lobls obtusis, flores superantes; inferlor ovata, 9-nervia, nervis alternls longioribus 

 apicemhaud attingentibus ; gluma superior longlor et angustlor, septemner via . Paleae duae; infe 



subrotunda, herbac 



ja , concava , 9-nervia , apice truncato-rotundata el 9-fida , basi pllis 

 longls serlceis albls clncta ; lacinlis subulato-arlstatis , complanatls, rectlusculis , patulis, rigidls. 



unlnerviis, margine plumoso-sericeis , superne hlspldulo-scabrls , subaequallbus, palea 

 longloribus , cum ipsa contlnuis ', palea superlor paulo longlor , membrahacea, oblongo-elliptlca 

 blnervia, bicarlnata, externe molliter pilosa, aplce emarginato-bifidaj lobis acutatls; carlnis 



carnoso 



glabr 



prominentlbus , arcuatls, ciilatis. Squamulae duae, coUaterales, subdolabrlformes, 

 membranaceae , glabrae. Stamina trla, basi stipltls ovarli Inserta. Filamenta caplUacej 

 Antherae hnearl-oblongae , apice emarginatae, basi blfidae, blloculares, glabrae, flavidae, secun 

 dum totam longltudlnem dehlscentes. Ovarlum stipitatum, oblongum, glabrum. Styll duo 

 tenninales. Stigmata plumosa?. Caryopsis obllqxie obovato-elllptlca, obsolete trlgona, brevite 



stlpitata , cum stlpite 



culata 



apice 



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bsolete 



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baslbus stylorum distantib 



Isevls, glabra, interne planiuscula iblcpie supra basim macula subrotunda 



fusca, adip 



dula, palels obtecta, Hbera, vix dimidiam Kneam longa. Pericarpium 



membranaceum , adhaerens. Embryo albumini far 



albo 



agglutinatus , ipso paulo 



brevior, eUipticus. Corculum tereti-subfusiforme , in sulco cotyledonis receptum eique per dor 

 sum medium adnatum, paulo brevius, antice lobulo unguiformi instructum. 



Uechantillon decrlt et figure icl, m'a ete communique par M. Brown. 



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