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Tab. 95. ANTHISTmiA arundinacea. 



Culmo apice fasciculat 



ramosissimo, fol 



? 



ramulis floriferis geminis tei 



? 



compressis, supra medium braclea spathiformi glabra instruclis^ foliis longissimis 



> 



gidis 



? 



gustis, margine scabris^ vaginis carinatis 



? 



lanug 



spicis 



bb 



viatis^ spiculis 4 involucrantibus pedicellatisque masculis, externe papillosis et 

 aureo-hirsutis, sessili externe sericeo-hirsuta. 



r 



Anthistiria arundinacea Roxh. Flor. Ind. i. p. 2S6. 

 Cjmbopogon arundinaceus. SchulL ManU 2. p. 4S^. 



^ 



/ 



Crescit in Bengalia 



Culmus apice fasciculato-ramosissimus, foliosusj ramls erectis, compressiusculo-teretibus , ad 



latus interius planls, striatis. 



glabrlsj ra 



mulls florlferis filiform 



pressls^ glabriuscul 



1 



poUicaribus, supra medium bracte 



gemlnis vel ternis, com 



L 



\ bractea spathiformi. 



lanceolata, membranacea, aplce angustato-subulata ^ strlata, naviculari-concava, rosea, glab 



1 



gida 



poll. longa. Nodi glabri. Folia longlsslma 



gusle linearia 



apice 



gustato-subulata 



strlato-nervosa, nervo medio crasslsslmo, subtus promlnente, glabra 



margine 



scabra, glauco-vlrldia, it llneae lata; floralla gradatlm breviora et angustiora. Vaginae compres 



lae, carlnatae^ sulcato-nervosae . 



labi 



:ae 



9 



ad orem molllter lanuglnoso-clllatae 



marg 



purpurascentes ;, Internodla superantes. Llgula : margo angustlsslmus , rotundatus, clliatus. Spicae 

 in apice ramulorum solitariae, abbreviatae, ad spiculas septem redactae, cj_uarum quatuor exterio- 

 res sessiles masculae, Involucrum tetraphyllum referentes, tres iuteriores stlpltl communl brevi 

 denslsslme aureo-hlrsuto Insldentes. Ex hls una sessllis, hermaphrodita , arlstata, duae coUatera- 



les 



pedicell 



masculae, mutlcae 



perantes, splculis pedicell 



bre 



Splcula3 quatuor involucrantes , spiculam sessllem paulo 



parum inaequales, lineari-lanceol 



6-7 lineas 



longae : Glumae duae, lanceolataej inferior subcorlacea, acutato-subulata, concava, multinervi 

 externe scabra et papillosa, papillis piUferls \ pilis longis, rigidls, aurels, palentisslmls \ gluma supe 



brevior, acutata, membranacea, trinervia, concava, dorso planluscula, marglnlbus Inflexis 



superne pilis 



g 



molllbus clliatls, h\ 



bpurpurascens. Flos infe 



luma superiore brevior: Palea lineari-lanceolata . acutata, membranacea 



paleaceus 



glabra, superne pllis longis moUibus ciliata. Flos superlor bipaleaceus ; Palea inferlor flo 



paulo brevior, lanceolalo-linea 

 minuta , lanceolato-llnearls 



memb 



uninervla^ mutlca^ palea superior 



apice rotundato-truncatae , glabrae. Filame 



glabra, hyalino-membranacea. Squamulae duae 



hypogyna, llneari-capillacea 



bra. Antherae lineareS;, utrlnque blfidae, lobls obtusls, biloculares^ glabrse, cinnamomeo-fuscae 

 secUndum totam longltudlnem dehiscentes. Pistilll rudimentum nullum. Splcula? pedicellatae 

 spiculls Involucrantlbus mox descrlptis slmillimae, nisi parum longiores (8 lineas longae) pIHsqu 



longlorlbus obsltae; pedicellls spicula sessili dupl 

 compressls, ad marginem pllls moUibus adp 



obslt 



breviorlbus, parmn inaequallbus, 



cum glumls 



apice parum 



Glumae duae: Infer 



Splcula fertills sessilis, cylindraceo-lanceolata, basi haud artlculata, 3| llneas long 



oblonga, acmnine brevi eroso-obtusato terminata 



