TaB. IIO. PANICUM DIAJVDRUM. 



Culmo ramoso^geniculato-adscendente, compressiusculo nodisque glabrisj foliis 



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linearibus, acutato-subulatis^ planis, interne scabriusculisji margine scabrisf vaginis 

 tereti-compressis , ciliatisj panicula erecta, diffusa^ ramis spicaeformibus , paten- 

 tibus^ ramulis unilateralibus, adpressis, scabris 5 spiculis ellipticis, minutis, glabrisj 

 glumis insequalibus , carina scabriusculis , violascentibus ; flore neutro bipaleaceo^ 

 hermaphrodito acuto , loeviusculo , diandro. 



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Culmus ramosus, geniculato-adscendens , sesqnipedalis et altior , tereti-compressus ? , striatus 

 ;laber: nodis constrictis, imberbibus. Folia late iinearia, apice angustato - subulata , bas 



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rotundata, plana, striato - 1 1 -nervia , rigido-membranacea , laete viridia, glabra., supra sub 



scabriuscula , margine scabra, 6-pollIcaria et longiora, 4-4 5 lineas lata. Yagina? usque ad basim 



compressGe, striatse, glabrae, margine cillato-pubescentes , 3-4-polli 



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nodia superantes ; infimae solutae. Llgula : margo angustissimus , glaber. Panicula ramosa 

 erecta, 8-9-pollicaris, viridis ; rhachi stricta, angukta, striata, glabra; ramis crebris, spicae 

 formibus,subtriangularibus, dorso striatis, scabriusculis , levissime flexuosis , sparsis, intermedii, 

 fasciculato-semiverticillalis , patentlbus, i-a-poUicaribus; infunis longioribus ( tripoUicaribus ) 

 remotis et divlsis ; ramulis unilateribus , bre vlbus , adpressls , filiformibus , flexuosis , scabrius 

 cuhs. Spiculae 2-5 In quollbet ramulo , pecUcellalaj , minutK, elllpticaj, glabrae, I llneae longoe 

 cum pediceUo articulata;, blflorx ; flore Inferiore neutro, superiore hermaphrodlto , utroqu( 

 bipalaceo. Gluma; duae, inaequales, membranaceoe, glabrae, virides , violascentes ; inferlo: 

 latlsslme ovata , acutluscula , cariaato-concava , trinervla , carina supeme scabriuscula ; glum; 

 superior duplo longlor, florem hermaphroditum subaequans , elliptica , oblnsa, qulniuenervia 

 naviculari-concava, carlna superne scabrluscula . Flosneuter glumam superiorem paulo superans 

 palea; membranaceae , glabra;, hyallno - vlrides , longltudine suba^quales; Inferlor elllptica, 

 obtusa, navlcularl-concava, superne dorso carlnata, carina scabrluscula vel glabra, trmervia ; 

 palea superlor acutiuscula,bicarInato-plana ; marginibus inflexis ; carinis scabrlusculls . Squamulae 

 et genltalia nulla. Flos hermaphrodltus neutro brevior , basi articulatus , eUIptlco - oblongus , 

 ..ntns. plano - convexus. Paleae tenulter chartacea;, sub lente subtilisslme striatulx, glabrs, 



ica . acula , concava , subenervla , margimbus 



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alblda;, longltudine suboequales; Inferior elllp 

 superlorem arcte amplectens ; superior elliptica, acuta, dorso planiuscula, marglnibus mflexis 

 genltaha amplectens; angulls obtusis, obsolete uninervlis. Squamul* dua;, antlc», coUaterales, 

 marginibus palea; semlobtect* , carnoso-membranaceae , glabrte , cuneato-rhomboideae , ap.ce 

 truncato-subbllob*, ovarlum paulo superantes. Stamlna duo, hypogyna lateraha( antenus 



abortiens ) . Filamenta filiformla . Antherae oblongae , ulrinque blfida; , biloculares , lob.s obtusis , 



nlgro-violaceae , glabr* ; locuUs secnndum totam longitudinem dehiscentlbus. O vanum sessde 

 obUque oblongmn, glabrum. StyU duo, terminales, elongati, glabri. Stigmata plmnoso-pemcil 



Uformla, exserta, violascentia; pUis slmpUcibus, elongatis, subedenluUs, hyahms. Fructusmih 



adhuc ignotus. 



