Tab. 106. PANICUM Gaudichaudii. 



Glabrum^ culmis caespitosis, strictis, indivisis 5 foliis planis^ spicis 12-16, fasci- 

 €ulatis, confertis, strictis^ spiculis solitariis, biseriatis, hispidulo-scabris. Gaudich. 



Uigitana stricta Gaudichaud^ partie botanique du Fojage autour du Monde 

 du cap. Freycinet ^ p. 4og. 



Ououma incolarum. 



Crescit in Insulis Mariae-Annae. 



Radix fibrosaj fibris elongatis, filiformibus, subtortuosis , glabris, albidis, simplicibus. 

 ulmi caespitosi, erecti, simplices, bipedales et altiores, teretes, striati, glabri, inferne 

 foliati, superne longissime e summa vagina exserli et strictij nodis glabris. Folia linearia, 

 angustato - acutata , striato-i5-nervia, nervo medio validiore, subtus prominente , plana, 

 rigido-membranacea , glaberrima , 4-6-pollicaria , 2 { -2 f lineas lata . Vaginae teretes , strlatae, 

 glabrae , imbricatae ; superiores 2-3^-pollicares. Ligula breviuscula , eroso-subtruncata, mem- 

 branacea, glabra. Spicaey-iG, fasciculato - confertae , sessiles , strictae , 3-4-pollicares , conni- 

 ventes. Rhachis linearis, dorso plana et glabra , margine subflexuoso - undulata et scabra , 

 interne nervo medio valde prominente scabro instructa, latltudine splcula?. Spiculse unila- 

 terales, sessiles, alterna?, solitarlae, blserlato -imbrlcatae, oblongae, externe planlusculae , 

 interne(ubi rhachl contiguae ) convexae, 1 1 lineae longae. Gluma Inferior ( exterlor ) plane 

 abortlens; superlor ( Interlor , rhachi contlgua) parva, splcula 6-7-pIo brevlor, trlangularl- 

 ovata, acutata, concaviuscula , uninervla, membranacea, glabrluscula. FIos neuter Inferior 

 ( exterior , a rhachl aversus ) , unipaleaceus : Palea oblonga , obtusluscula , subseptem- 

 nervia, nervis promInentibu.s, rigldis , membranacea, externe hispidulo - scabra , concava, 

 dorso planluscula, marginlbus florem hermaphrodltum amplectens. FIos hermaphrodltus su- 

 perIor( interior, dorso rhachlnspectans), longltudine floris sterills, blpaleaceus : Paleae tenulter 

 chartaceae, apice angustatae, obtusiusculae iblq^ue clliolatae, laeves, glabrae, concavae, albidae; 

 inferlor trinervla , superiorem binerviam marginibus amplectens ; superlor vix brevlor , genl- 



talia et tardius fructum amplectens. Squamulae Filamenta trla, hypogyna, capillacea, 



glabra. Antherae Ovarlum oblongum, basi attenuatum, glabrum. Styli duo, termi- 



nales, elongatl, filiformes, glabrl, basim versus connati. Stigmata plumosa, exserta, fusca ; 

 pilis simpHcibus , subdenticulatis ? Fructus oblongus , utrinque rotundatus, basi stylorum 

 terminatus , paleis parallele compressiusculus , externe convexus , interne planiusculus ibique 

 supra basim breviter stipitatus et supra stipitls orlginem macula oblonga hmbata, fusca instructus, 

 pallide fuscescens , laevls, glaber, palels arcte involutus. Pericarplum tenuiter membranaceum , 

 diaphanum, adhaerens. Albumen farinosum, album. Embryo elliptlcus , lenticularis , albu- 

 mini antice et versus baslm adnatus Ipsoque trlplo brevlor, antice pro recepllone corculi subfiisl- 

 formis exaratus. 



