Tab. q4. ELIONURUS elegans. 



Caulibus simplicibus , monostaclijis; nodis sericeo-barbatis j vaginis ore pilosis 

 foliis anguste linearibus; gluma exteriore spiculae sessilis sericeo-pilosa, margin 

 tuberculis pedicellatis villosis obsita, aplce biaristata; paleis muticis; glumis spi 

 cula3 pedicellatee masculae aristatis^ apertis; pedicellis villoso-pilosis. 



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Crescit in Senegalia. 



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Radix fibrosa^ fibrls fillformlbus , glabrls. Culmi caespltosi, erecti, graciles, simpllces, 2o-24- 

 poUicares,, teretes, loeves, glabri^ nodls serlceo-barbatls. Folia anguste linearia, acutata, plana, 

 membranacea_, glabra, laste viridia, 2-3|-pollIcarIa , dlmidlam llneam lata. Vaglnae teretes, 

 membranaceae, sulcato-striatae , glabra?, ore piloso-ciliatae, internodils duplo triplove breviores; 



inferiores i-il-pollicares; summa duplo longlor, apliylla, acutata. Ligula : margo densis 



slme sericeo-clllatus. Spica solitaria , longisslme e summa vagina exserta, suberecta, levlter 



falcata , subblpolllcarls ; splculis sessilibus y adpressis , per serles duas oppositas dispositis , sterili- 



bus per unam. Rhachis obllque articulata ; artlculi compresslusculi^ vlUosi, ad latus exterlus 



pilis longls albls obslti, apice supra cicatrlcem ligulato-producli. Splculae geminae; altera sessilis; 



altera pedlcellata, sessilem paulo superans; pedlcello vIUoso^ superne incrassato, inferne ad 



latus exterlus pilis longis albis obsito, rhachi articulo breviore. Splcula sessllis, biflora; flore 



inferiore (exterlore) neutro_, superiore (interiore) hermaphrodito _, utroque unipaleaceo. Glumae 



duae, clausae; inferior (exterlor) oblonga, apice angustata et blfida, lobls subulato-arlstatls , 



chartacea, dorso convexa et sericeo-pilosa, ad utrumque latus tuberculis circlter 12 pedicellatls 



unlseriatis apice pilosis obsita^ marglnibus inflexis^ stramlneo-flavida , enervla; arislis hispidulo- 



scabrls, subaequalibus^ gluma dlmldio brevioribus. Gluma superior (interlor) paulo brevior, 



oblongo-lanceolata, apice angustato-subulata et hispldula, membranacea, albida, trinervia, 



nervis lateralibus obsoletis, dorso convexa et villosiuscula , marginlbus inflexls. Flos neuter : 



Palea una^ gluma superiore brevlor, lanceolata, acutata, hyalino-menibranacea , enervla, con- 



cava, glabra^ inferne virescens, florem hermaphroditum amplectens. Sc[uamulae et genltalia 



nuUa. Flos hermaphroditus : Palea inferior flore neutro f brevior, o vato-oblonga ^ aplce oblique 



Iruncata vel obsolete triloba, concava, obsolete unlnervia, membranaceo-hyalina, glabra; palea 



superior nulla. Squamulae duae, coUaterales , parvae, subcuneatae, truncatae, carnoso-membra- 



naceae, glabrae. Stamlna tria?. Antherae oblongas^ utrinq;ue bifidae, lobis obtusis, biloculares, 



secundum totam longltudinem dehiscentes^ glabrae, croceae. Pollinis granula minutissima, subro- 



tunda, hyalina. Ovarlum.... Styli duo, lerminales^ breves. Stigmata plumosa, fuscescentia ; 



pihs slmpliclbus, subsubulatis, edentulis. Caryopsis immatura^ oblonga^ obtusa, basi stylorum 



umbonata, embryoni parallele compressa, laevls, fuscescens, glabra, paleisfloris hermaphroditl 



et neutrius involuta, e paleis decidens, ad baslm interiorem macula nlgro fiisca notata. Peri- 



carpium tenuiter membranaceum, adhaerens. Embryo obovatus, lentlcularis , albumini inferne 



et antice adhaerens ipsoq^ue trlplo brevlor. Albumen farinaceum, album. Gorculum cylindraceo- 



clavatum, obtusum, basi acutum, fissurae embryonis immersum elq^ue inferne adnatum. Splcula 



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