Tab. 95. EULALIA AUREA 



Andropogon aureus Bory It. i.p, 36y. U 21.^ fVUld. Spec. 4. p. g2i 



Erianthus aureus Beauv. /Igrost. p. 4. 



Saccliarum aureum Spreng. Pug. 2. p. ij.^ Syst. i.p. 2B2. 



Crescit in Insula Borboniae. % 



Culmi flagelllformes^ repenles, ramosi, teretes, striati, glabri, ligneo-dmi, purpm"ascentes ; 

 ramis adscendentibus , glabris; nodis imberbibus, contractis. Folia lanceolato-linearia ^ apice 

 angustato-subulata ^ basi subcuneato-rotundata _, plana, multinervia, nervo medio crassiore, 

 membranacea, utrin^e margineque glaberrima, 5i-5|-pollicaria , interdum subpedalia, 3- 

 lineas lata. Vaginae teretes, nervoso-striatae , glabrae, ore villosae, 2-4|-pollicares , internodiis 

 paulo breviores. Ligula abbreviata, truncata, lacinulato-fimbriata, cinnamomeo-fusca . Spicae 

 digitato-fasciculatae j plurimae (8-i5), insequales, lineares, leviter curvatae, 1 j-5-pollicares , 

 breviter pedunculatae ; rhachis inarticulata ; internodiis semiteretibus , externe convexis et aureo- 

 hirsutis, interne planis et glabris, spicula contigua sessilii brevioribus. Spiculae geminae, altera 

 sessilis, altera pedice^lata, conformes, I5 lineas longoe, biflorae; flos superior hermaphroditus , 

 bipaleaceus; flos inferior plane obliteratus; pedicelli externe convexi et aureo-hirsuti, interne 

 plani et glabri, intemodia rhachis longitudine subaequantes . Glumae duae, chartaceae, oblongae, 

 longitudine subsequales , muticae, fuscae; inferiof binervia, marginibus inflexis subbicarinata , 

 dorso convexiuscula , apice eroso-truncata ibique ciliata, externe pilis longis (gluma duplo 

 superantibus ) sericeis aureis obsita, superiorem involvens; superior latior, uninervia, dorso 

 naviculari-carinata , marginibus florem involvens ibique ciliata , dorso pilis longis aureis obsita , 

 interdum glabrata. Flos hermaphroditus : Paleae duae; inferior (glumae superiori contigua) parva, 

 cuneato-linearis , apice bicuspidata et longe aristata, hyalina, basi articulata et una cum arista 

 caduca j arista hispidulo-scabra , spiraliter torta, fusca, glumas quadruplo superans , inferne geni- 

 culata, basiin paleam decurrens ibique mox evanescens. Palea superior (glmnae inferiori conti- 

 gua) parva, ovario brevior, tenuissime membranacea, hyalina, glabra, oblonga vel abbreviato- 

 ovata, apice 2-5-dentata vel bifida, rarius integra. Stamina tria, hypogynaj unum antepaleam 

 aristatam, duo lateralia. Filamenta capillacea, persistentia. Antherae lineares, utrinque bifidae, 

 lobis obtusis, biloculares, glabrae, croceae, exsertae, secundum totam longitudinem dehiscentes. 

 Pollinis granula minutissima, subrotunda, hyalina. Ovarium sessile, oblongo-conicum , apice 

 attenuato-subrostratum, glabrum. Styli duo, terminales, elongati, capillacei, glabri. Stigmata 

 plumosa, elongata, exserta, cinnamomeo-fusca ; pilis simplicibus, mollibus,subulatis,edentulis. 



Caryopsis suppetens nondum matura, elliptica, apicato-mucronata , laevis, glabra, fusca, 

 libera, glumis induratis paleisque involuta. Pericarpium tenue, membranaceum , adhaerens, 

 fuscum. Albumen farinacemn, album. Embryo fructu dimidio brevior. Corculum in sulco em- 

 bryonis receptum?, oblongo-cylindraceum , dorso ad medium adnatum, apice obtusum, basi 



acutum inque caudiculam brevem productum. 



