Tab. 



77 



CHUSQUEA QuiLA. 



Fohis lineari-lanceolatis, acutato-subulatis 



ty 



scentibus 



j 



subsessilibus 



? 



paniculis diffusis 



? 



> 



s 



picul 



ovato-oblong 



subtus puberulis et 



? 



mucronatis 



paieis 



apice acutato 



■ 



Quifa herh. Domhey. 



Arundo Quila Poir, in herh. Musei P 



p. 12S. nec EncycL 6. p. 2y4.) 



(nec Molin. Hist. nat. du Chil 



I 



Crescit in regno Cbilensi 



ramosissimum : ramis teretibus 



duris, solidis 



Gramen per truncos arborum adscendens?, 



ginis marcidis laceratis obtectisj ramulis e nodis fasciculatim erumpentibus, compressiusculo 



" ■ , duris, laevibus, striatis, glabris, nitidulis, foliatis; nodis imberbibus. Foli' 



teretibus, solidis 



subsessilia , lineari-lanceol 



apice 



bulata, bas 



nervoso-striata , inaequi 



> 



latera, nervo medio subtus. prominulo, plana, rigidulo-membranacea , supra laete viridia 

 glabra, subtus puberula et glaucescentia , mar gine remote et adpresse spinulosa, 2-j-4-pollicaria 

 25-31 lineaslata. Yaginae sulcato-nervosae, teretes, glabrae, apice pilosiusculse , internodiislongio 

 res, i-ii-pollicaresj inferiores aphyll3e,abbreviatae,squamaeformes,imbricatae.Ligulaabbreviata 

 oblicjua, ciliato-pilosa . Paniculae in ramulis terminales, e summa vagina exsertae, ovatae ramosae 

 2j-4-pollicares, erectaej ramis alternis, solitariis, patentibus rhachique acute triangularibus 



striatis, scabriusculis. Spiculae breviter pedicellatae, solitariae, oblongo-elUp 

 triflorae ; flores disticho-imbricati , glumas duplo superantes ; duo inferiores unipaleace 



compressae 



9 



minaUs bipal 

 subulatae . herbaceae 



hermaphroditus. Glumae duae 



concavae , externe hirtellae 



^ales, ovato-oblongae, acuminato 



scab 



> 



superior quinquene 



inferior \ brevior et angustior, obsolete trinervia. Flores steriles glumae superiori similes, sed 



majores : Palea ovata, acuto-mucronata , 5 



(5-7-nervia ?), herbace 



cens, glabriuscula , carina scabriuscula. Squamulae etgenitalia nuUa. Flos hermaphroditus steri- 

 libus major : Paleae duae, herbaceae, virescentes, glabrae, apicem versus scabriusculae ; inferior 



ovato-ellipt 



mucronata 



7 



long 



(7-9-nervia?), carinato-concava^ palea superior 



eUiptica , carinato-navicularis, apice emarginata , lobis acutiuscuUs , ^^ 



L 



ferae 



apicem versus subbicarinata . Squamulae duae , laterales , subrhombeae, apice obtusae et pil 

 , inferne ^-^-nerviae, membranaceae , hyaUnae, glabrae, aequales^ tertia interior ame haud 

 visa. Stamina tria, hypogyna. Filamenta subulata, glabra. Antherae Uneares, utrinque bilobae, 

 glabrae, suppetentes apertae et membranaceae (effetae?). Ovarium ovatum, sessile, glabrum. Styl 

 duo , terminales. Stigmata puberula ?. Friictus junior Uneari-oblongus , embryoni contrari< 

 compressus, leviter curvatus, glaber, stylis persistentibus bicuspidatus . Pericarpium tenue, mem 

 branaceum, hyaUnum. Semen fructu conforme, basi affixum?. 



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1 



Cette graminee a ete rapportee du Chili par Dombey , sous le nom de Quila. Cest sans doute a 



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